1960s 'New Look' Batman

[Kevin Roegele]

What do you think of the 'New Look' era of Batman that began in 1964?

 

[BubbaGump]

Carmine Infantino was the ****.

 

[IRON_Lad]

 

[deathfromabove]

Carmine Infantino was the ****.

co sign.

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

I was born in 1976 so I grew up with the yellow bat oval ingrained in my mind, but I prefer the all black bat with the pouch belt, it gives it a more grittier look to Bats.

 

[Nepenthes]

so was the new look when his ears finally turned into the little horns we know today? not those stupid little cloth flaps from before.

I love the way Robins drawn in this pic

 

[Kevin Roegele]

so was the new look when his ears finally turned into the little horns we know today? not those stupid little cloth flaps from before.

No, the ears have always varied in length since day one.

 

[Two-Face]

Excellent! I like it

 

[theMan-Bat]

What do you think of the 'New Look' era of Batman that began in 1964?

Carmine Infantino's 'new look' Batman and Robin art always makes me think of Adam West's Batman and Burt Ward's Robin.

 

[Joker]

I hate the black forehead, with a passion.

 

[rpenguin]

I wish they would bring the black forehead back, it was so awesome.

 

[Joker]

I wish they would bring the black forehead back, it was so awesome.

I will end you

It looks so out of place.

 

[batpawn]

I hate the black forehead, with a passion.

and i hate the blue cape, cowl and boots with a passion. he's the god damn dark knight, and not mr. bluebird. other than that, i think it was finde for it's time.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

and i hate the blue cape, cowl and boots with a passion. he's the god damn dark knight, and not mr. bluebird. other than that, i think it was finde for it's time.

the blue capecowlboots were there long before you were born, so show some respect.

 

[batpawn]

so were the black cape and cowl.

and i respect them a little bit more.

 

[Nepenthes]

in the 1950's Batman was supposed to be a jolly SUPERHERO. he wore rainbow suits and battled funny aliens, and superheroes are supposed to wear nice respectable colours like red yellow or blue, which denotes trust and reliability in colour psychology.

Alot of people say Batman was blue due to printing limitations; this is pure nonsense and a result of shallow thinking. Printing was able to reproduce black and greys easily in the 50's and 60's but he was blue because *shock* comics with bright colours are more attractive to children, and because batman in the 1950's was the complete antithesis of the grim figure that was introduced 1939 and bought back in 1967. entire decades where he represented something entirely different. respect the blue. blue is adam west. blue is the batman the world first got to know, the stage from where it all began

 

[Joker]

so were the black cape and cowl.

and i respect them a little bit more.

Exactly. He was meant to be black, they never should have changed it.

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

I know the color printing back in the day was very limited but how does one explain Superman's all black hair with blue highlights? I actually thought Supes' hair was blue.

 

[Frank]

the blue capecowlboots were there long before you were born, so show some respect.

But the blue is SUPPOSED to be black. Black with blue highlights to show detail. Eventuall people got lazy it the costume started looking more blue than black.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

But the blue is SUPPOSED to be black. Black with blue highlights to show detail. Eventuall people got lazy it the costume started looking more blue than black.

But so what? FOr most of his fictional existence it was blue - well into the 90s.

SO that's Batman for me. Plain and simple. The iconic version.

 

[Frank]

It just looked blue to you and a lot of other people because that was the dominant color there.

Look at Bruce and other characters that had black hair. It looked blue.

Same thing happened to Spidey qand the black in his suit. Poor spidey...

 

[TruerToTheCore]

It just looked blue to you and a lot of other people because that was the dominant color there.

Look at Bruce and other characters that had black hair. It looked blue.

Same thing happened to Spidey qand the black in his suit. Poor spidey...

no. at some point it BECAME BLUE. TO claim otherwise is just denial.

 

[Joker]

It only became blue due to the colorist. It was never supposed to be blue.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

It only became blue due to the colorist. It was never supposed to be blue.

...

and what... does that change?

Okay I get it:

Batman is teh dark and badass so he wears teh black. Teh black is teh kewl.

 

[Infinity9999x]

...

and what... does that change?

Okay I get it:

Batman is teh dark and badass so he wears teh black. Teh black is teh kewl.

Personally I never liked the blue on Bats. I've never been a fan of super bright colors, but that's just my preference. Heck, as a kid I wanted the blue on Spider-man to be replaced with Black.