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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 29, 2016 16:37:17 GMT -5
The Scarecrow should recruit a Tin Man, a Cowardly Lion and a wizard to terrorize Gotham City with an Oz-based crime spree. (For example, a jewel exposition at the Gotham Pavilion called the Emerald City.) And they could get into a turf war with the Mad Hatter and his Wonderland Gang.
With Batman stuck in the middle!
And waiting in the wings (preferably in Batgirl's comic) a crime gang based on Jane Austen heroines!
(Since the 1970s, I've wanted to see a story where the Joker commits a bunch of crimes based on the works of Oscar Wilde. Call it "The Joker's Wilde." It's a natural!)
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Post by String on Apr 29, 2016 17:26:20 GMT -5
This discussion reminds me of an old But I Digress column by Peter David in CBG. He talks about attending the premiere of (either) Batman Forever or Batman & Robin. Halfway through the film, he recounts hearing soft sobbing and swearing from the front of the theater, it was O'Neill, distraught over how Schumacher had injected camp back into the Batman franchise in such a way that almost seemed to undo all the great work O'Neill had created to overcome that image in the first place.
Did the TV show influence the SuperFriends cartoon in any way? Back when Cartoon Network (or was it Boomerang?) aired it late at night, I remember dozing off amid an episode where the Legion of Doom managed to capture Green Lantern along with Batman & Robin (and someone else I can't recall at the moment).
Anyway, they formulated these elaborate methods to de-power the others but all they did to Batman & Robin was to take away their utility belts. That's it....and the duo were rendered helpless.
I don't know, it just sounds like something inspired by the TV show.
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Post by MDG on May 4, 2016 9:41:57 GMT -5
I took Batman Showcase Vol 3 out of the library last week (partly to get into this thread a little more), and one thing I always forget is that the bulk of batman stories in the SA were still by Moldoff. Infantino was the main cover artist and regular artist on Elongated Man, but only occasionally drew the lead story in Detective. So it wasn't like the Batman in the stories changed overnight (though there were fewer aliens and fantastical elements).
But rather than trying to distance the book from the show, it feels like they're jumping in with both feet. Remember, the Batman craze was probably the first time mainstream newspapers and magazines were talking about comic books in over ten years--and this time it wasn't about burning them!
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Post by Hoosier X on May 4, 2016 12:23:47 GMT -5
OMG! 1960s Moldoff! I love those awkward Moldoff figures! And the more serious he tries to draw them, the more awkward they look! Like he threw marionettes on the ground and traced them, adding the details and backgrounds later! I make fun of him a lot, but I find his work continually entertaining. Probably second to Dick Sprang as my favorite Batman artist. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 22:42:16 GMT -5
OMG! 1960s Moldoff! I love those awkward Moldoff figures! And the more serious he tries to draw them, the more awkward they look! Like he threw marionettes on the ground and traced them, adding the details and backgrounds later! I make fun of him a lot, but I find his work continually entertaining. Probably second to Dick Sprang as my favorite Batman artist. This is the Batman that I grew up reading and admired about and I just love this style of art that was done by Sheldon Moldoff at that time frame! |
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