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Frank Miller wasn't the first ever to have a flying Batmobile. He was the first in the modern era. There was a flying Batmobile in the Silver Age. The first flying Batmobile ever was in Detective Comics #351 (1966) "The Cluemaster's Topsy-Turvy Crimes!" written by Gardner Fox, art by Carmine Infantino. Batman and Robin had equipped the Batmobile with a new "hydrofoil attachment" and rear-end propeller that enable the vehicle to travel over land and water on a cushion of compressed air. Yeah, there was a flying Batcave in the Silver Age in Detective Comics #186 (1952) "The Flying Bat-Cave!" written by David Vern, art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, and Detective Comics #317 (1963) "The Secrets of the Flying Bat-Cave!".
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The flying Batmobile going through a Lexcorp building was pretty awkward, considering 9-11 happened at around the same time that issue was released.
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Yeah, that was right before 9-11 when Miller drew that and Batman says "Striking terror. Best part of the job." Frank Miller lives in New York City, in Hells Kitchen.
Frank Miller: 9/11 happened, and I had just run a flying Batmobile into a skyscraper and blown up downtown Metropolis. I hit the bricks. When he said, “Striking terror. Best part of the job,” that was before the attacks. Then I was stuck with it. Because DC left it up to me whether the book would be changed, because the parallels are just creepy. I decided to write my way out of it. That whole period of time in this city… it was the flock of war. There were fighter planes flying over my home. Of course, every time I heard a plane, you know what I thought. So it was a very tough time to make those kinds of decisions. I long ago determined that a character like Batman can only be defined as a terrorist if his motto is striking terror. I didn’t want to dodge it and also, I wanted Batman to creep you out. That I wanted from the start. http://www.4thletter.net/2009/04/son...-miller-x-tcj/
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Batman was created during the height of the PULP magazine era....all the crime fighters were depicted with guns blazing (preferrably two guns) and were killing criminals right and left. The only main exception to this was Doc Savage....his character was written in the first 5 books killing criminals who deserved it....and then for the next 176 original books he decided to never again purposefully take a life, and tried to capture and turn as many over to the authorities as he could (many of course did wind up dead due thier actions). So there was a precedent for a hero using guns and killing criminals that most likely would have wound up in the gas chamber anyway...and then deciding to change his tactics and try to be more lenient.
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Neal Adams was genorous enough to share a nice colored page from Odyssey:
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I like how it has that retractable hardtop and door-area so they can just jump right into their seats without using doors. Neat.
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Robin has pants, thank God.
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I love the art.
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Pretty cool. Oh yeah and it seems Neal Adams is inking #2. Each issue has a different inkist... Hope they all make the art look as good as it can be!
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Preview pages with the dialogue!
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I've just finished #1, and I don't know what to think of it. So far it's a mediocre story with Batman over explaining the obvious like he did in the 70's.
For example when he's climbing up the traincart, he thinks "Could've waited on drawing the gun. Now I have to climb with one hand...stupid" Batman doesn't think like that, and these first three pages could have easily not been inserted. I mean look at his mask... Not to mention what he did to Man-Bat.
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Batman seems slightly out of character, and the dialogue is really poor.
Also, the bigger man-bat is just....no thanks. but it was ok i guess. I'll get the next issue, seeing as this didn't reveal enough about the story to truly judge the plot. |
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Batman doesn't think like that and make errors like that now, because now he's a professional. The first pages is a flashback to the very beginning of Batman's crime-fighting career where he's wearing a early amateurish version of the costume, not Batman currently.
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So I thought the issue was pretty cool. The artwork was fabulous, but the writing seemed a bit choppy and a little stilted. The whole thing with Batman yelling at Man-Bat confused me, and the overall read of the entire issue left me feeling like I missed something. Hopefully it's cleared up in the next batch of issues.
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Besides, I have a feeling that we're gonna see similar stuff in that Batman: Earth One book, which everyone will probably praise, while piss and moan about Batman's flappy ears in this book. Anyways, was anyone else still confused as to what that weird white cowl thing Bruce was wearing was? Something to put under the cowl to keep it stiff? And was anyone else kinda disjointed when you first see Dick, he's in a t-shirt and then the next time after that he's all of a sudden in his Robin costume?(actually, on second look, you can see him finishing putting his boot on, to show that time passed...but still.) also, kinda bummed that Dick Giordano died. It would have been cool to see him ink Adams one last time. |
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The characterization is perfect. Batman upset that Kirk took the formula again and came to the cave in Man-Bat form after all the times Kirk as Man-Bat has had trouble controlling himself. ![]()
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I loved the first issue. Dialogue was good enough for me, but nothing special. Loved all the art, characters and pacing. The other Man-Bat was a brand new character, right? Still very cool stuff happening! Next issue will have AQUAMAN!
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I was also less impressed with this issue than I was hoping. I'll probably give it another issue or two to pick up, but just realizing this will be two miniseries (I thought it was only going to be six issues) makes me less interested. 12 issues is 50 bucks.
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I read this last night... interesting but I'm not sure what to make of it. The beginning is confusing. It starts out with Batman talking to someone, beginning his narration of the story. We know that he's not talking to Dick, because he mentions Dick in the third person. Yet, later, as he is continuing his narration of the story, he IS talking to Dick, who is wearing Tim's costume (which I have no problem with, because I hate the original Robin suit). I thought this was Tim until Batman starts talking internally about how "this was the last time I saw Dick in his element" or something.
The Man-Bat stuff is confusing too... was the larger Man-Bat actually Ra's? Anyway, I think Neal Adams was the guy who said Batman Begins was the best interpretation of Batman in any medium, so I guess that's why decided to model his new Bruce Wayne design on Christian Bale. It's a nice touch, because I often get annoyed how most artist just make Bruce look like a Clark Kent clone with more sinister eyebrows. |
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