Super Speed Comic Reviews: BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #36
WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Batman fights Nazis. You need nothing else.
WHAT WAS COOL? Giant squid Nazi robots, fighting in a cemetery.
WHAT WAS EVEN COOLER THAN THAT? The absolutely cheesecake shot of Lady Blackhawk. I didn't know WWII pilots wore mini-skirts. The fault of a public school education, so many holes in my knowledge.
BEST LINE? "Fried calamari...and they say bachelors can't cook."
WORST PART OF THIS BOOK? The fact all I know of the Blackhawks is from cartoons. And they say Hawkaaaa! Or maybe they don't. Now that I think about it, I hope they don't.
BEST ZOMG MOMENT: An old classic. Bruce Wayne shows up at Blackhawk Island, and as it often the case when Wayne goes anywhere, shit goes down. Seconds later, Batman appears. Did I mention they were on an island? And no-one makes the connection. They never do.
YOU ONLY BOUGHT THIS FOR LADY BLACKHAWK, DIDN'T YOU?
I would never buy a book just for a panel. Never!
That would be shallow of me.
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posted by Kid Dork at
11:20 AM
4 Comments:
Like I am quickly fumbling for my Usenet search engine for that book. Like fun I am.
O.K. Just read it. For that picture alone. Ouch.
But, on to the bigger points.
Did you not think we would care to know about the Batman/Doc Savage book? Large-busted redheads? Batman brandishing two-pistols? Doc Freaking Savage?
Lady Blackhawk must have really spun your salad. Not that I blame you.
I've pre-ordered my copy of Batman/Doc Savage. All I learned is that it's an alternate Earth, or dimension, or what have you. I checked the cars, and they all look modern, so it ain't the Forties. Bruno told me DC might be using this world to bring in other pulp heroes--like the Shadow--but we'll see.
But that's some fucked up shit. Batman using guns? Scaring women? Making them drop drinks?
World's gone crazy. Plum loco.
I think Batman using guns is totally bad-ass imagery. Go big or go home, you know?
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