tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post4967521219154683860..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: Batman!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-70360965234902555952012-06-03T11:57:27.750-04:002012-06-03T11:57:27.750-04:00Batman was always my favorite comic book character...Batman was always my favorite comic book character, too, with Captain America rating second place. Reading the comics when I was a kid in the Fifties, I particularly enjoyed the stories that were fairly-clued whodunits. <br /><br />I read THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF BATMAN a long time ago. Hmm...maybe I should add it to my books-for-sale lists. (As it is, I have a number of Batman graphic novels and a hardcover collection of comics, BATMAN FROM THE 30S TO THE 70S already on the list.) Martin Greenberg brought out at least three other anthologies of Batman stories--ones that featured the Joker, the Penguin, and Catwoman. <br /><br />Andrew Vachss, best-known for his very hardboiled novels about a man named Burke, wrote a novel in 1995 titled BATMAN: THE ULTIMATE EVIL, about child abuse.Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-85834894590536897192012-06-02T13:33:44.906-04:002012-06-02T13:33:44.906-04:00Thanks everyone for your enthusiastic comments! Th...Thanks everyone for your enthusiastic comments! They are most encouraging! :)<br /><br />Although I cannot say Batman was a big part of my childhood -- I grew up in a home where I wasn't even allowed to watch STAR WARS -- when I got a little more mature and discovered the animated series, I fell in love all the same!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-10833448247742274492012-06-02T09:56:18.627-04:002012-06-02T09:56:18.627-04:00A fascinating digression - or is it? As this colle...A fascinating digression - or is it? As this collection makes clear, the tradition from which the dark comic fed was much more closely linked to the detective pulps of the 30s than one might think, especially if one is more accustomed to the campy pre-Nolan movies or the Marvel universe, that belongs to the the postwar, angst-ridden baby-boomer generation. Fascinating stuff Patrick - I've come across this collection often over the years, but if I see it gain i will definitely pick it up if nothing else for Ed Hoch's contribution, which sounds really great.<br /><br />cheers mate.<br /><br />SergioSergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-38672781200245654942012-06-01T07:21:03.825-04:002012-06-01T07:21:03.825-04:00Now you've done it, Patrick, your Batman revie...Now you've done it, Patrick, your Batman review gave me rush of nostalgia and now I'm flipping through clips from the cartoons mentioned in the post above, and I'm not sure whether I should thank your or curse your descends. <br /><br />But look what I found: my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LikMS5gDDI&feature=related" rel="nofollow">favorite scene</a> from <i>Batman Beyond</i>, in which Bruce's successor, Terry, fights The Joker, who shockingly turned up in the future, and watch how the new Batman deals with Mr. J. :)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-4506626185995546832012-06-01T07:04:16.147-04:002012-06-01T07:04:16.147-04:00Patrick, I applaud your choice to diverge from you...Patrick, I applaud your choice to diverge from your usual topic, without straying away too much from it, and I have been thinking more and more of just reviewing my left-over pile Colfer novels. The one drawback of blogging is that has taken the variation out my reading. I also want to re-read <i>The Never-Ending Story</i> and finish <i>A Journey to the West</i>. <br /><br />Anyway, my nostalgic Batman memories come mainly from <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk" rel="nofollow">Batman: The Animated Series</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVdTbiLku48" rel="nofollow">Batman Beyond</a></i> being part of my Sunday morning fix. <br /><br />And Hoch really was a great writer, wasn't he?TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-62442046820772750842012-05-31T23:48:01.966-04:002012-05-31T23:48:01.966-04:00Frankly Batman and Robin were my early childhood h...Frankly Batman and Robin were my early childhood heroes, and they will always be!Black Pipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17778842999672886878noreply@blogger.com