All posts by Phantom Stranger
Maybe we shouldn't monopolize the part to one person anymore
Can you do something with this chest emblem?
The art style is flat out lazy - its vapid meaningless crap. Hurts the batman brand very badly
When Julie Schwartz took over the Batman titles, he had Batman pick up a pistol to threaten a group of thugs who were going beat the Dynamic Duo to a pulp. Schwartz didn't perceive anything weird or shocking about it. Due to all the letters the "no guns" policy was put into play because of that. After the 50's Bruce Wayne's moral code seems entirely dictated by the public whereas prior editors just did self censorship to make it more kid friendly and appealing to parents hoping that the stories promote good morals. Comic books used to have a letters section in the back to answer reader questions. The handwritten letters from readers were pretty much constantly shaping the direction the editors took other than basic sales numbers.
Isn't that how he's always presented? a boogeyman that grabs people out of the shadows. Adam West dancing about like a clown is more likely to ruin childhoods today
It's ultimate opinion the all-inclusive opinion to the point where it its not even an opinion at all just a wall of names.
This is a strange manifestation.
If batman's tools and technology are present i guess it is speculative fiction technically. But yeah its just going to be a boring mobster show for the most part.
Bruce Greenwood is the most obvious choice, for a while it sure seemed that way. But i wish they would bring back Billy Baldwin.
Bob Kane couldn't actually draw or paint
Cthulhu isn't comparable to Mickey Mouse, it was never corporate or important.
Tarzan isn't considered valuable either. What happened to Sherlock Holmes wont happen to WB's most valuable asset, well until Harry Potter came along.
The internet is being dramatic about Steamboat Willie
WB lawyers will never let that happen, same with Mickey Mouse
1) Batman: Year One
2) Batman: Shaman
3) Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 3 trade paperback
The character was wholly uninteresting until Garder Fox gave him the fear toxin in 1967, even then he was still pretty lame. Bring back Crane's Smoking Pipe! Marvel did it first and better, with Mr. Fear in Daredevil. Nobody is going to be scared of a traditional Scarecrow outfit so today they do everything they can to him look more intimidating, as far away from that as possible. It makes sense for this character to use some kind of hallucination gimmick to enhance his look toward his enemies and victims.
It's a long story but the original writer Daniel Waters had an explanation for why Batman was angry enough to single out this thug for an Execution. Instead of attacking the Salvation Army Santa with an ordinary sled, he used a bat-sled from a Batman themed gift shop. In addition to this, he chased a little girl and was trying to strike her with the bat-sled. Alfred grabbed the girl and ran from the Strongman. Batman arrived in the Batmobile and actually witnessed this, Alfred ducks and Batman fires a Batdisc at the Strongman, knocking him out. So when Batman runs into him again there was a little more context as to why. But Waters was fired because his dialogue was unusable so they brought in this guy Wesley Strick to rescue the script and the bat-themed gift got cut at the last minute even though they already built all those props. The bit with Alfred rescuing the little girl was likely cut because it would be a logistical nightmare coordinating a stunt for an elderly man and a child.
