Johnathan | November 3, 2012
And with Halloween comes the traditional posting of the costumes! This year, Comarade Paul and I realized that our respective shapes were juust right to pull off one of our favourite duos in entertainment. Plus, our girlfriends were cool enough to do most of the heavy lifting with regards to, say, sewing and such. 21 [...]
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 | August 25, 2011
So I’ve been reading Flashpoint, and I while I’ve been enjoying some of the alternate timeline ideas, I haven’t really been able to get into it as being consequential. This might be due to the upcoming reboot, or my disdain for Reverse Flash as a boilerplate EEEEVIL TORTURE VILLAIN, but the fact remains that I [...]
Johnathan | April 6, 2011
Yes, though my old computer is dead as a doornail at the tender age of one year, I have found solace in the arms of a brand new model. In celebration and jubilation I offer you this image, from The Brave and the Bold No. 62, as it brought me great solace over the long [...]
Johnathan | March 1, 2011
You may or may not remember my special report on some alternate, reader-suggested costumes for Robin a while back, and Rachelle’s post on some terrible costumes that Batman was retconned into having considered even further back. Well, guess what? I have more! Evidently the suggestions just kept on rolling in, and in Batman No. 259 [...]
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 | 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 | September 13, 2010
It’s that time again: time to over-analyze the fashion choices that the super-villain on the go is making for his underlings. What fun we shall have! The Villain: This is the guy, and I’m going to call him the Rocketeer (more on that later): The Rocketeer (no relation) had a cunning plan to steal missiles [...]
Johnathan | January 23, 2010
Consider this a companion piece to Rachelle’s post on rejected Batman costumes from the depths of the 90s. Back in 1969, Dick Grayson finished high school – after only 25 years! take that, Archie! – and moved away to attend an institute of higher learning. A few readers took this opportunity to point out that [...]
Rachelle | July 28, 2009
In 1995 a team of "archaeologists" at DC discovered Bruce Wayne’s long lost collection of concept sketches for his costume. These sketches were released in the form of an Elseworld entitled Batman: Knight Gallery, and let me tell you, it has not aged well. From these historic drawings we learn that: a) Bruce Wayne was ahead of [...]