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Hey. How long did it take you to print enough parts for a shelf? I just need an estimate

I was always of the understanding that is not really known who wrote what with early Batman? Writers were almost never credited

(Apologies if this is a redundant comment: I was almost done with a comment, and accidentally brushed against the icon for another video, which diverted e from your page...). Thanks for another entertaining and informative episode. Two thoughts. FIRST: Of all the newspapers you could have chosen in your hypothetical to talk about the differences between dailies and Sunday strips you chose the NY Times -- A paper that has famously never had a comics page. Still, it was a hypothetical, so maybe you were descriping a hypothetical alternate universe where the Times has an EXTENSIVE Funnies section... SECOND: I found the description referring to Alfred as "Batman's bat man" quite interesting, and I wonder if it was coined as a play on the traditional phrase used to describe a valet/butler: a "Gentleman's gentleman." Keep up the good work.

love the collection

You guys talked a little about the Batman Dailies. For Christmas in 2006 my grandparents bought me the collection book of all the Batman dailies from 43-46. Because of the dailies (along with Nolan’s movies) I’m a Batman fan. I remember reading them on my grandparents couch under a lamp in the corner of the living room reading and being fully invested in the stories. I even read these during the summer of 2007 and 2008 during the hyping up of the dark knight. It felt like being a kid from that era experiencing Batman stories for the first time. If it wasn’t for the dailies I wouldn’t have become a huge batman fan.

Stan Lee used to talk about this. It was easier to place the characters in New York because the publishing industry was centered there. Most artist didn't know what middle America looked like. It was also essential for publishing itself. If you ran up against a deadline, you could finish in the bullpen and have it to print in 3 hours. You also didn't need to explain that large cities have crime. It was common knowledge. With places like Manhatten and San Francisco having communities from around the world. You could have exotic crime. Unfortunately, it happened during post war years, so it was very racist.

I've never dug into it, but the trope of the actor turning into a criminal, usually a master of disguise. Pops up a lot in Golden Age radio. Specifically, there's a surviving episode of Nick Carter: Master Detective. And an episode of The Shadow in which they're looking for an actor who can disguise himself, hiding in plain sight. I've often wondered if there's an original play or Penny Dreadful that featured this. The other fun trivia about this is. 'The Terror', the movie that Basil Karlo was famous for, is a real lost silent movie.

The misconception is that he carries a gun. He always picks up a gun off the floor after he beats up the criminals. He gets a gun to shoot The Monk in that story. But he doesn't have it when he's fighting the wolves. So it isn't standard issue with his utility belt. There are a few splash pages where he's got a holster, but that's never in the story.

found you a few months ago and finished all the back catalog before tweedle dum and tweedle dee, so this last month of waiting was hard

As always love the research you delve into to present these episodes. It's weird how all three introductions of Alfred seem to be pretty different, aesthetically & to some extent caricature/character line walk depending on the medium.

I would love to see a scarecrow video!

If you're gonna do the serials. You should take the time to listen to the episodes of The Adventures of Superman radio show. That featured Batman and Robin. Because Superman is the hero of the program. You get the most inept version of Batman and Robin ever. Especially with a running gag in the show. Where they play fast and loose with secret identities.

My favorite live action Alfred is easily Alan Napier from the 60's show. Otherwise, I always liked Alfred in Batman the Animated Series, but then, everything in that show was likable.

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Hi, great video. Unfortunately both Tweedledee and Tweedledum never became big deals in comics, i remember Len Wein (creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing that had a very good run on Batman in the 70's) said in a interview that he had a pitch for a Batman story with them but he was never given the possibility to publish it by DC, a real shame since the guy wrote some of the very best stories involving B or C list Batman villains like Signalman, Calendar Man or Crazy Quilt. I would say that now that there's Mad Hatter having another Alice in Wonderland themed villain may seem kinda redundant. I think they work well as Mad Hatter's henchmen and that they are basically his opposite: they know they aren't the real Tweedledee and Tweedledum but accept the gimmick cause it's fun and they are amused by it. As for the Lewis Carroll's part i'll play a bit the devil's advocate: even though Carroll's behaviour seems at least creepy by today's standards it must be said that none of the girls Carroll ever talked with has ever spoken badly about him, the real Alice always talked about him as a sort of non related uncle, even her son said that she never said anything bad about him. Moreover we got access to Carroll's diaries and doesn't seem they contain any trace of sexual interest in Alice or any other girl. More probably Carroll was a very shy guy. It is known of his very bad case of stutter to the point that if someone asked his name he replied with "Dododgson" (he even made fun of himself for this by inserting himself in the first Alice book as the Dodo) and that this problem disappeared where he was in presence of girls, maybe he simply didn't feel judged when he spoke to them (and this could also explain why on the other hand he despised boys by labeling them as nasty and rude). P.S. i know italian names can be difficult to pronunce but Brian came closer 😂. Sorry for the behemoth of a message and the clunky language.

52:39-52:57 So you said that “The Man Who Laughs” was lost for decades, but what you describe here is similar to how Stan Lee wrote the Thing and Alicia Masters’s romance (though I think Ben did let Alicia touch his face).

Harlan Ellison reminds me so much of Penguin from Batman Returns, and that isn’t entirely an insult.

That point near the end about the over analysis of meaning juxtapose to "it's goofy nonsense for kids", not only is a great examination of Carroll's work, but also this show and more importantly the entire conceit of Superhero comics as a whole.

But Arkham didn't show up until the bronze age, where did golden age Batman drop off his criminals? Good show!

This podcast is excellent and you should feel excellent.

If I were one of these villains I don't know which I'd be more insulted by, all the fat jokes or simply being called TweedleDUM.

btw that batman 75th trade is available on dc universie infinite ultimate

Just listened to this episode and here are a few thoughts: (1) The original reports of Springheel Jack reminds me quite a bit of the descriptions of the "Mothman" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman#:~:text=Mothman%2C%20in%20West%20Virginian%20folklore,Creature%20... I know how much you love Wikipedia); (2) In the two chapters you excerpted, where Springheel Jack seems more of a prankster, he reminds me a lot of Steve Ditko's Creeper; (3) Regarding the word "Fortean": It's derived from the name of Charles Fort, who published four books at the beginning of the 20th Century. He spent his life going to the NY Public Library, combing through periodicals, and cataloguing anomalous phenomena like frogs falling from the sky, strange lights in the sky (this is pre-UFOs), etc.

How come ur shelves don’t sag 😂

Pacman is lucidly dwelling in the space supplied since Barack, and to be honest I cant argue with his philosophy when America completely re-drew the monopoly board. THAT'S what you're seeing. step 1 vetting the candidate is not allowed, step 2...

What's the name of the Lois Lane inspiration? Torchy someone?

A sorta spiritual successor of this is The Batman of Arkham. Set in 1900, Bruce is the head psychiatrist and owner of Arkham Asylum. He spends his days treating and trying to understand his rogues gallery. Its not as good as Gotham by Gaslight, but does show a different take on Bruce dealing with criminals and attempting to help them recover.

Dr. Conary is by far my favorite guest you've had! She's such an intelligent and knowledgeable lady, but her grace and personability makes it feel like someone I've known for years. Hoping you have her on again!

Yesss Casually comics!!!

Outside of Spellbinder and False Face who are old Batman villains.

I do think of Clayface was interesting character.

Wish more adoption do more with the duality of Two-Face.

Thank you for saying that, Sasha!! Batman can be relatable while being rich! Being rich never took him away from that, and I honestly hated it when James Tynion IV made the concept of not making him rich anymore. It really weaken his character.

Mark Hamill's Joker would get to say the line "Papa Spank" in Batman: Beyond Return of the Joker. I don't know if that was a deliberate reference to this infamous issue or just a fun coincidence, lol.

Your show was just suggested to me today and because I saw Sasha, this was the first one I watched. Already subbed and will catch up slowly with the back episodes. I enjoyed the vibe. I’ve been following Batman on and off in the comics since 1975, so it’s interesting to me to hear younger people coming to all the lore and history.

Golden Age gender dynamics is a fun thing to explore. I was reading The Black Canary Archives and noting the differences in how she's written by Robert Kanigher in the late 40s and Dennis O"Neil in the early 70s is fascinating.

I've been looking for a batman show like this for years! Thanks for the deep dives!

Sasha is my favorite CZcamsr. She's a joy to watch. I enjoyed the discussion. Thanks for having her on!

For Hatter to pull so many gas related weapons out of his hat, I guess he was a bit of an air head...

I always find it funny that we have the Wonderland Gang with Mad Hatter, but then you have Batwoman's half sister with her 'Alice' persona and they rarely seem to cross paths

Brian with the deep history pull this episode. On the female reporter angle I recently read a 1940 book by the original Nancy Drew author which featured her newspaper go-getter reporter girl main character Penny Parker, who has her own lesser known detective series. The trope was very prevalent, in the 40s and I am sure there are plenty of other forgotten examples from the period.

Casually Comics is the best comics related channel on CZcams imo.

The thing is this is not even the first appearance of A Mad Hatter villain in Batman. In Detective Comics #74 there is the first appearance of Batman's villains Tweedledee and Tweedledum and one of their henchmen is a guy with a Mad Hatter costume