Today at ComicsAlliance, I resume my role as resident Batmanologist by taking a look at some of the Caped Crusader’s strangest equipment, including the little gem featured above.
There is no better proof that Batman thinks of everything than the alarming specificity of his equipment, and that’s real.
Everyone knows that the thing that separates Batman from the criminals he fights is that the Batman doesn’t kill. So why not have a look at all those times that Batman totally killed people, a body count that stretches for a solid 70 years.
Most of what’s in there is easily explained away, but there’s at least one–the one that contains the panel above–that if you haven’t read the story, you will probably not believe actually happened. Heck, I’ve got a copy sitting here and I can barely believe it. Enjoy!
Today at ComicsAlliance, Rusty and I are back with another Great Comic that Never Happened, featuring an awesome yet ill-advised expansion of the Johnny DC Universe!
Today at ComicsAlliance, I’m taking a look at another great comic that never actually happened, but this time, it’s not one that Rusty and I made up. Instead, I posted some amazing pieces commissioned by Randy Saitta depicting an imaginary Bronze Age team-up book featuring Batman and the Shadow!
I flat-out love these things. Not just for the art, which is great–Saitta’s gotten some amazing artists to do his “covers”–but for the fact that he went so far as to create a logo, slap a Comics Code stamp on them, and even get a DC logo and a price that firmly places them in 1973, when DC was actually publishing the Shadow. It’s a great idea, and if I had a ton of money, I would totally do this exact kind of thing.
Except that mine would probably be “The Fury and the Devil,” starring Herbie Popnecker and Devil Dinosaur.
Today at ComicsAlliance, I’m celebrating the complete, utter and humiliating defeats of the Human Flame in Final Crisis Aftermath: Run
And I have to say: It’s a testament to how seriously I take this job that they weren’t just ten straight entries of Batman cold wrecking dudes. As it stands, B-Dubs still makes the list twice. Enjoy!
In all the world of comics, there is no love story more true, enduring, or tragic than that of bodybuilder/physicist Victor Freis, as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the major motion picture Batman & Robin
Warning: Giving a loved one any of these is virtually guaranteed to ruin your relationship forever.
I generally try to keep my celebrations pretty quiet, but sharp-eyed ISB readers may have noticed a few vague references over the past few weeks to Christmas, my favorite holiday.
Yes, Christmas! A time for family and togetherness, but far more importantly, a time for presents. And I’ve got to say, I made out pretty well this year. In addition to the truly amazing t-shirt that Euge gave me as part of our live-on-Ajax gift exchange…
…I also managed to score a nice version of RoboCop from Rachelle, some great presents from readers–including an action figure of Dr. Rockzo: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Clown from Charlie Oliver–and a copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii
I also got a surprise from the creators of El Gorgo, Mike McGee and Tamas Jakab: The complete Bronze Age Betty and Veronica
…things would’ve been so much easier.
Incidentally, the panel above is Ronnie doing an impression of Virginia Cleary, a little known Riverdale resident who is so sexy that her walk is always accompanied by the sounds of Frosty the Snowman:
The standout gift, however, is the one I got way early from Kevin Church: A Batman storybook:
But not just any Batman storybook, as I found out when I popped it open to the title page. This is the story of a very special team-up:
That’s right: A story where I help Batman solve not just a case of a stolen robot, but the case of the stolen robot. It’s one of those books where you put in a kid’s name and a little information about them and it plugs them into the story, but man, for something based on a form, they got my voice down pat:
It arrived so early that it was a complete surprise, and as it ends with me and Batman becoming best friends, it’s basically the best thing ever.
As for gifts that can’t be bought in a store, I got a great one of those too: A piece of art from Smithy based on the first issue of Woman of A.C.T.I.O.N.:
What is the true meaning of Christmas, if not Lars the Henchman stealing a super-spy’s lacy underthings?
As for the presents I gave, well, Kevin and Dave Lartigue have put theirs up for all to see, but I was also part of doing something nice for Love and Capes creator Thom Zahler that was whole lot of fun to do.
I got a few other things (and I think there are still a few on the way), but at this point I’m just going on and on about presents I got, so I’ll just give one more thank you to everyone for giving me such a fun Christmas, and here’s hoping everyone out there got something nice too.