Johnathan | October 31, 2011
No matter how grumpy he is the rest of the live-long year, ol’ Batman sure does mellow come Halloween: Why? Who knows! May be he enjoys the chance to walk the streets without too many hassles, or appreciates the relative scarcity of Zorro costumes as compared to Batman ones. Maybe he just enjoys mini [...]
Johnathan | September 14, 2011
Batman liked dressing up as a gorilla enough to do it at least once more: From Detective Comics No. 269.
Johnathan | September 2, 2011
I was going to write about Flashpoint No. 5, but I just don’t feel like being super negative today. Suffice to say that I exclaimed "That’s stupid" more than once, and that my dog was saddened by the tone of my voice. I had to calm him down with a belly rub. Instead, here’s an [...]
Johnathan | August 31, 2011
… that Batman came home from a fancy East Coast college and Robin was horrified to find that he had become a nerd.
Johnathan | July 4, 2011
Okay, I’m not as sure about this one as I was about the obscurity of that Superman power, but I like using the superlatives. Still, though: purple hat and cloak over top of his regular Bat-duds? Travis Morgan goatee? If this isn’t the most half-assed of the Dark Knight’s disguises then it’s as least in [...]
Johnathan | June 20, 2011
You may or may not know the story of World’s Finest Comics, so here it is: Originally an anthology book in the fine tradition of Action or Adventure or Detective, World’s Finest featured the solo adventures of both Superman and Batman. Accordingly, every cover featured the two, plus Robin, engaged in some kind of wholesome [...]
Johnathan | February 15, 2011
It has been noted that early Green Arrow tales are basically early Batman with the bats removed. And without any good supporting cast. Plus there are arrows. The excellent thing about this, at least from the perspective of someone who writes about comic books on the Internet, is that where Batman pitted himself against a [...]
Johnathan | February 1, 2011
DOORMAN (thinks): Oh my god I can’t believe how late I slept in this morning. I’d bet I got ready in 3 minutes flat. Sure hope Old Man Johnson doesn’t notice my… Oh hey, Batman. DOORMAN: Can I help you sir? BATMAN: Is Mr. Geraldson in right now? DOORMAN: BATMAN (thinks): EPILOGUE: Doorman docked one [...]
Johnathan | January 26, 2011
I’m sure that most of you are familiar with the part of Batman’s origin in which he chooses his theme: It’s one of the iconic Batman moments, and even though it’s been watered down over the years by such ideas as L’il Bruce Wayne falling down into what would someday become the Batcave and being [...]
Johnathan | December 27, 2010
Here I am, back again and filled with residual holiday spirit. Hope everyone had as delightful a holiday as I did, with roasted beasts and dogs and children underfoot and a nice soft couch to curl up on at night. As a special super-late present to you all, here is the post that I intended [...]