Dick Sprang does Superman/Batman
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shankieFrom 1958, or World's Finest Comics #94, by the team of Dick Sprang & Stan Kaye... "The Origin of the Superman-Batman" team, which was reprinted like seven times over the years, and is found nowadays in a few archives and collections like World's Finest Comics, Vol. 2 and The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (not to be confused with Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 & 2.) It's also analyzed in an essay about the role of male partnership and camaraderie in early comics, if you're interested.
The story is a good example; the plot centers on Superman finding a new partner and the profound betrayal Batman & Robin (especially Batman) go through.
Batman has the cutest sad faces, flashbacks about dressing up as Superman, but best of all? Sweet old-school Batmobile. Oh yeah.
I love how they refuse to believe Superman's really rejected them; and completely ignore his desire for them to stay uninvolved.
The cloud-like lines around the panels indicate when Batman's flashing back to their first mission with Superman.
I love love how chipper and domestic these old comics are. Also, Batman's ear. Got a nice shape to it, don't you think?
There's gotta be an easier way to hide a helicopter; I mean, their structural integrity is not designed to be balanced on the tail; building that thing must have involved costs and labour that boggle the mind.
"No means no, Batman! I'm with Powerman now, he's more man than you'll ever be!"
"Sob!"
XD
It's kinda weird that Robin feels better about being fake-rejected for a robot than a real person. Wouldn't that be more of an insult?
The moral of the story? Batman will never give up on Superman's fidelity, because he'll always be true. :)
The story is a good example; the plot centers on Superman finding a new partner and the profound betrayal Batman & Robin (especially Batman) go through.
Batman has the cutest sad faces, flashbacks about dressing up as Superman, but best of all? Sweet old-school Batmobile. Oh yeah.
I love how they refuse to believe Superman's really rejected them; and completely ignore his desire for them to stay uninvolved.
The cloud-like lines around the panels indicate when Batman's flashing back to their first mission with Superman.
I love love how chipper and domestic these old comics are. Also, Batman's ear. Got a nice shape to it, don't you think?
There's gotta be an easier way to hide a helicopter; I mean, their structural integrity is not designed to be balanced on the tail; building that thing must have involved costs and labour that boggle the mind.
"No means no, Batman! I'm with Powerman now, he's more man than you'll ever be!"
"Sob!"
XD
It's kinda weird that Robin feels better about being fake-rejected for a robot than a real person. Wouldn't that be more of an insult?
The moral of the story? Batman will never give up on Superman's fidelity, because he'll always be true. :)
Re: Oh, the gayness of the old comics
on 2008-05-21 01:48 pm (UTC)