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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 8:59:47 GMT -5
I said this in another thread. I discovered Batwoman from the reprints in the old DC 100 pagers. I immediately loved the character. IMO she was a better "choice" for Bruce as a wife than Catwoman. I really liked the imaginary stories from that era that depicted Bruce & Kathy married.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 9:08:02 GMT -5
I said this in another thread. I discovered Batwoman from the reprints in the old DC 100 pagers. I immediately loved the character. IMO she was a better "choice" for Bruce as a wife than Catwoman. I really liked the imaginary stories from that era that depicted Bruce & Kathy married. I agree with you 100% and the stories in the 50's of which Batman and Robin fought crime were my favorite stories and the dynamics of Batman, Robin, Batwoman, and Bat Girl (Betty Kane) were my favorite readings and that's alone made it great and I will be spending more time on this and how it's influence me in my daily readings when I was a teenager back in the 70's of which these books in poor conditions brought me joy reading them. Many of the comic books featuring them were a nickel a piece and that's went a long way back then and that's why I loved Batwoman and Bat Girl so much. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 9:16:21 GMT -5
Always loved the Red Skull. I'd be interested to learn more about why he was phased out to a certain extent during the late 70's and 80's. From his reintroduction in the Silver Age, till the mid-70's at least, he seemed to get a big push in terms of being used in in-house Marvel ads and in merchandise. Did his Nazi background make Marvel squeamish for a time? I might be off base on this. I don't know. The Invaders were published at that time- maybe they didn't want WWII events mixed up with modern day adventures? I also vaguely remember a rumor that when Kirby came back to Marvel from DC he was given Capt America but he wrote it separate from the rest of the Marvel Universe & avoided established villains.... |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2016 11:00:45 GMT -5
Always loved the Red Skull. I'd be interested to learn more about why he was phased out to a certain extent during the late 70's and 80's. From his reintroduction in the Silver Age, till the mid-70's at least, he seemed to get a big push in terms of being used in in-house Marvel ads and in merchandise. Did his Nazi background make Marvel squeamish for a time? I might be off base on this. I don't know. The Invaders were published at that time- maybe they didn't want WWII events mixed up with modern day adventures? I also vaguely remember a rumor that when Kirby came back to Marvel from DC he was given Capt America but he wrote it separate from the rest of the Marvel Universe & avoided established villains.... Didn't the Skull "die" for an extended time in the late Bronze Age/80's? This might be what I'm thinking about. The wiki's didn't help because they didn't go into publication history and I haven't done an in-depth search yet. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 13:04:58 GMT -5
I don't know. The Invaders were published at that time- maybe they didn't want WWII events mixed up with modern day adventures? I also vaguely remember a rumor that when Kirby came back to Marvel from DC he was given Capt America but he wrote it separate from the rest of the Marvel Universe & avoided established villains.... Didn't the Skull "die" for an extended time in the late Bronze Age/80's? This might be what I'm thinking about. The wiki's didn't help because they didn't go into publication history and I haven't done an in-depth search yet. I did a search on comicvine. The Red Skull "died" in Cap #300. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 15:15:16 GMT -5
Didn't the Skull "die" for an extended time in the late Bronze Age/80's? This might be what I'm thinking about. The wiki's didn't help because they didn't go into publication history and I haven't done an in-depth search yet. I did a search on comicvine. The Red Skull "died" in Cap #300. Thanks for this information ...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 15:34:20 GMT -5
I said this in another thread. I discovered Batwoman from the reprints in the old DC 100 pagers. I immediately loved the character. IMO she was a better "choice" for Bruce as a wife than Catwoman. I really liked the imaginary stories from that era that depicted Bruce & Kathy married. I agree with you 100% and the stories in the 50's of which Batman and Robin fought crime were my favorite stories and the dynamics of Batman, Robin, Batwoman, and Bat Girl (Betty Kane) were my favorite readings and that's alone made it great and I will be spending more time on this and how it's influence me in my daily readings when I was a teenager back in the 70's of which these books in poor conditions brought me joy reading them. Many of the comic books featuring them were a nickel a piece and that's went a long way back then and that's why I loved Batwoman and Bat Girl so much. Do you remember the "imaginary" stories written by Alfred? In them Bruce & Kathy were married. Dick was Batman with Bruce, JR the new Robin...they were in Batman #131-#163 5-6 times in various issues. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 18:04:48 GMT -5
I agree with you 100% and the stories in the 50's of which Batman and Robin fought crime were my favorite stories and the dynamics of Batman, Robin, Batwoman, and Bat Girl (Betty Kane) were my favorite readings and that's alone made it great and I will be spending more time on this and how it's influence me in my daily readings when I was a teenager back in the 70's of which these books in poor conditions brought me joy reading them. Many of the comic books featuring them were a nickel a piece and that's went a long way back then and that's why I loved Batwoman and Bat Girl so much. Do you remember the "imaginary" stories written by Alfred? In them Bruce & Kathy were married. Dick was Batman with Bruce, JR the new Robin...they were in Batman #131-#163 5-6 times in various issues. Vaguely, md62 and I do recall people at my Comic Book Store that they were repeated several times in various issues that you mentioned earlier. Thanks for mentioning this. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 18:15:31 GMT -5
Origin Story of Batwoman
Detective 233 - Pages Cover to Page 6 Cover  Page 1  Page 2  Page 3  Page 4  Page 5  Page 6
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 18:31:42 GMT -5
Origin Story of Batwoman
Detective 233 - Pages 7 to Page 12 Page 7  Page 8  Page 9  Page 10  Page 11  Page 12 Complete Story Here.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2016 19:50:40 GMT -5
Didn't the Skull "die" for an extended time in the late Bronze Age/80's? This might be what I'm thinking about. The wiki's didn't help because they didn't go into publication history and I haven't done an in-depth search yet. I did a search on comicvine. The Red Skull "died" in Cap #300. Thanks. After the Byrne/Stern run my Cap knowledge is scant. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 21:57:56 GMT -5
Bat Family 1956 to 1969-70
 One of my favorite period of reading Batman and the Detective Comics starting in July 1956 and onward to the year 1969 was considered one of my favorite times reading Batman and Detective Comics because of the variety of characters that were available to all of us. They had Batman, Robin, Alfred, Bat-Mite, Commissioner Gordon, Batwoman, and Batgirl along with the various Rouge Gallery of Batman that made this series memorable to me. Batwoman is one of my favorite heroine of all-time for DC Comics and her costume is one of the most legendary one of all time because of the gorgeous rendering of Red, Yellow, and Black. Batgirl made it special because not only one Dynamic Duo in Male Department and another Dynamic Duo in the Female Department and that's was the key reason behind my love of this period because it's made Batman and Robin to think twice about their female counter-parts and it's adds tension, excitement, and drama to the stories and that's why I loved this time so much because it was a fun time reading these books. I will be getting Batman The Dynamic Duo Archives 1 and 2 that covers Detective Comics #327-333; Batman #164-167 & Detective Comics #334-339; Batman #168-171 because these were the fun years of Batman that made the many dynamics quite interesting because Batman and Robin had to contend all of their rouge galleries of the Joker, Riddler, Clayface, Penguin, Catwoman, Catman, and countless others that made this period quite colorful and interesting. I read about 50 to 70 stories during this time period and having said that I just was amazed of the flock of colors with so much red, green, yellow, and black that the art of Sheldon Moldoff, Neal Adams, and others made it truly special. I consider the art in this period my favorite because of the colors are so vivid, crisp, and very bold. Kathy Kane was glamorous, confident, and brought full of energy to the table and add that with Bette Kane who played Bat-Girl was the perfect foil for Robin, with great charm, full of innocent, and so adorable and very pretty young girl that loves Robin so much that she made it quite difficult for Robin handle from time to time. Not only that, Batwoman did the same thing but she made it quite interesting because she made it even more difficult for Batman from another perspective that's made the couple dynamics one of the most challenging one indeed. I can go on and on about them and that's why Batwoman along with Batgirl has a big influence on my life because it's made Comics fun again and this period from July 1956 to 1969 one of the many highlights of my life. Batwoman was a big part of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 21:59:47 GMT -5
Some of my favorite pictures of Batwoman and Batgirl
    
Sheldon Moldoff  One of my favorite Covers featuring Batgirl 
Batgirl was Batwoman a very short time
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 19, 2016 0:54:17 GMT -5
As a young kid, I kind of liked the Superman and Batman families and the reprints in there.
Somehow it all felt right, like Batwoman, Batman, Robin, Bat-Girl, and Ace the Bathound.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 2:44:47 GMT -5
Somehow it all felt right, like Batwoman, Batman, Robin, Bat-Girl, and Ace the Bathound. My favorite family! ... Don't forget Alfred and Commissioner Gordon too ... |
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