tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post7377971902784775039..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Who's Batman?Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-14204965119170060772015-04-01T20:52:57.677-03:002015-04-01T20:52:57.677-03:00And the kid is supposed to be a robin redbreast(?)...And the kid is supposed to be a robin redbreast(?) I think... They just threw stuff at the wall to see what would stick back then.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-3646315242013507102015-04-01T20:48:15.450-03:002015-04-01T20:48:15.450-03:00Man, you gotta love those Golden Age heroes. Creat...Man, you gotta love those Golden Age heroes. Creators would try anything back then. I mean, who thought the adventures of a grown man dressed up as a rodent would sell even one comic book? (A Bat? They might as used a spider motif!) Kids would read anything back then!Boosterrifichttp://www.boosterrific.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88598197642686471952015-04-01T12:37:21.176-03:002015-04-01T12:37:21.176-03:00Sounds kind of interesting. I wish DC would exper...Sounds kind of interesting. I wish DC would experiment with reviving one of these older characters with potential instead of ANOTHER Klarion book (Like Teekl needs TWO solo series).Randalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-33734544713391025512015-04-01T09:55:36.435-03:002015-04-01T09:55:36.435-03:00The only thing I can remember about this character...The only thing I can remember about this character was that there was an attempt by the creators to do an "April Fool" about who invented him. Apparently, they pretended that the guy who came up with the name and half the costume was the creator, whereas another guy who came up with the color scheme, the cape, the cowl, his lack of superpowers, his origin story, the idea that he’s a detective, the words “Batmobile” and “Gotham City,” Robin, the Joker, Catwoman... was completely ignored and wasn't ever allowed to have his name mentioned in any official or non-official capacity.<br /><br />Now that I think about it, the first guy kept the April Fools joke going a lot longer than you are supposed to. LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-42833842519904692692015-04-01T09:23:18.711-03:002015-04-01T09:23:18.711-03:00He also used to appear in World's Finest but w...He also used to appear in World's Finest but was dropped when the Superman/Ghost Patrol team-ups went to book length stories.larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793265090391920278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-18701805969546074732015-04-01T09:07:37.603-03:002015-04-01T09:07:37.603-03:00I think I read one of this guy's stories a yea...I think I read one of this guy's stories a year ago. I didn't realise it was as old as the 1940s, though thinking about it that might explain some questionable stuff like the sexism, the child abuse and its use of slurs Like "retarded".Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-29889222961946479612015-04-01T07:56:16.629-03:002015-04-01T07:56:16.629-03:00You know how "Star Trek" fans like to ha...You know how "Star Trek" fans like to have a command of obscure trivia so that they can out-trivia one another? I don't know if you remember before the Internet, but for some reason, comic book readers seized about the Bat-Man as "the" character to know things about; if you could talk knowledgeably about major Bat-Man characters (like Roh Kar, the Martian manhunter) you had "cred".<br /><br />To this day, comic book fans have a reputation for an undue affection for this Bat-Man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com