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The Joker #10
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cyberghostface
Earlier this year I posted Joker's solo series which ran for nine issues. There was also a tenth issue that was completed but never published. Four decades later it was included in The Joker: The Bronze Age Omnibus. Fortunately for those not wanting to pay sixty dollars just to get one issue DC recently released the issue on digital format for $1.99. So without further ado...
( Scans under the cut... )
On a related note the Joker just knocked Deadpool off the spot for the biggest R-rated movie ever.
The Joker #6
May. 2nd, 2019 03:13 pmcyberghostface
"Yeah, and now we could do justice to that baby, but at the time, 'Okay, you’ve got a homicidal maniac and he has to be the protagonist 12 times a year.' I was never satisfied with the work I did for that. Given the Comics Code there was just no way to make it work. He had to be Hannibal Lecter in order to be consistent and logical and be The Joker, and he couldn’t be that back then. Now with the freedom comics guys have they could probably make it work.
"In terms of good writing, good plotting, it couldn’t be done. It was the same problem that the movie guys had. When I teach writing I use the movie, 'The Bad Seed' as an example of that; where it was adapted from a Broadway play about this angelic little girl who kills people wantonly any time she doesn’t get her way, and the way the play ended, she’s gonna get away with it. 'Oh, my God, she’s going to grow up!' (chuckle.) In the movie, because of that requirement, the last minute she walks to the end of a dock and lightning strikes her dead. So God takes care of it. God handles what the cops couldn’t, and nothing in the story sets that up. It’s not the writer’s fault; I mean they had to do it that way. So that was the problem with The Joker, you couldn’t be logical and consistent and do that character as a protagonist." -- Denny O'Neil( Scans under the cut... )
The Joker #1
Apr. 25th, 2019 08:11 pmcyberghostface
"[The Joker] was and is the great trickster figure in all of pop culture, maybe in all of storytelling. But in order for the Joker to work, in my opinion, he can't be a nice guy, he can't be amusing like a clown. There has to be real element of danger. He might turn on you in a second...
"If you adhere to the letter of the [Comics] Code, the bad guy has to be caught at the end of the story; there has to be a strong suggestion that justice will be serviced. We have a continuing character that, by his very nature, is a criminal. He's not the Joker if he's Simon Templar the Saint, or Boston Blackie, guys who are 'bad' but are actually Robin Hoods. He's the Joker—he's got to be a vicious, unpredictable criminal. Okay, now fit that into the Comics Code as it was back then. I don't think whoever made the decision to give him his own series realized that it was a huge problem." -- Denny O'Neil
( Scans under the cut... )
lego_joker... let's have a look at the day that Dick Grayson graduated from high school after being held back for thirty years. And the historical implications for the Bat-comics surrounding it as a whole.
For different heroes (and their respective supporting casts) in the DC Universe, the exact moment of transition from "Golden Age" to "Silver Age" varied from "clear as day" - such as in the case of the Flash and Green Lantern, who had entirely new people take over the titles - to "muddled, vague, endlessly-debated mess" - as was the case with Superman and Batman.
The transition from "Silver Age" to "Bronze Age" was just as messy for many heroes, if not moreso. After all, unlike the jump from Golden to Silver, the jump from Silver to Bronze saw no retcon saying "Oh, all the comics published during [insert time period here] took place on this Earth, while the ones you're reading right now take place on this Earth!". A portion of comics fans and/or scholars today even deny the very existence of a "Bronze Age", choosing to lump all of the output from the 1970s to the mid-1980s (a rough approximation, mind you) into the Silver Age.
Still, there were definite changes in tone, art style, and story elements in most of DC's publications once the 1970s rolled around. Clark Kent, for one, became a TV News Anchor, while Oliver Queen picked up his (in)famous rough-edged personality and left-wing ideals (as well as his fabulous goatee).
For me, though, the clearest line in the sand - at least where DC's major heroes were concerned - was the one drawn in the Batman books.
(Note: 7 pages - and a cover - from Batman #217.)
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For different heroes (and their respective supporting casts) in the DC Universe, the exact moment of transition from "Golden Age" to "Silver Age" varied from "clear as day" - such as in the case of the Flash and Green Lantern, who had entirely new people take over the titles - to "muddled, vague, endlessly-debated mess" - as was the case with Superman and Batman.
The transition from "Silver Age" to "Bronze Age" was just as messy for many heroes, if not moreso. After all, unlike the jump from Golden to Silver, the jump from Silver to Bronze saw no retcon saying "Oh, all the comics published during [insert time period here] took place on this Earth, while the ones you're reading right now take place on this Earth!". A portion of comics fans and/or scholars today even deny the very existence of a "Bronze Age", choosing to lump all of the output from the 1970s to the mid-1980s (a rough approximation, mind you) into the Silver Age.
Still, there were definite changes in tone, art style, and story elements in most of DC's publications once the 1970s rolled around. Clark Kent, for one, became a TV News Anchor, while Oliver Queen picked up his (in)famous rough-edged personality and left-wing ideals (as well as his fabulous goatee).
For me, though, the clearest line in the sand - at least where DC's major heroes were concerned - was the one drawn in the Batman books.
(Note: 7 pages - and a cover - from Batman #217.)
( Read more... )
Batman...and all that Jazz
Mar. 2nd, 2012 11:20 amjkcarrierA little late for Mardi Gras, but we were discussing death in comics over at the Noscans group, and it reminded me of the jazz funeral scene in this Batman story:
Batman #224, 1970: "Carnival of the Cursed!"
8 pages worth of panels from a 24-page story.
Warning: Villain uses some ableist slurs.
( Read more... )
Batman #224, 1970: "Carnival of the Cursed!"
8 pages worth of panels from a 24-page story.
Warning: Villain uses some ableist slurs.
( Read more... )
icon_ukAs promised, this is the second mega-posting to celebrate the end of "Dude(s) in Distress Week", dealing with published images... (This is sort of a "Greatest Hits", as much of it has been posted before)
The history of the "Dude in Distress" in graphical literature is a long and noble one... there are probably medieval woodcuts showing that sort of thing, but as that slightly predates most of the usual area of scans_daily, we'll skip to something vaguely more recent... well, relatively speaking.
LOTS of scans under the cut, but I've used smallish thumbnails so as not to kill your broadband completely! Just stun it slightly...
( Over a century of Dudes in Distress )
The history of the "Dude in Distress" in graphical literature is a long and noble one... there are probably medieval woodcuts showing that sort of thing, but as that slightly predates most of the usual area of scans_daily, we'll skip to something vaguely more recent... well, relatively speaking.
LOTS of scans under the cut, but I've used smallish thumbnails so as not to kill your broadband completely! Just stun it slightly...
( Over a century of Dudes in Distress )
Tags:
- char: batman/bruce wayne,
- char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson,
- char: robin/red hood/jason todd,
- char: robin/red robin/tim drake,
- creator: alfredo alcala,
- creator: brian bolland,
- creator: chuck dixon,
- creator: dick dillin,
- creator: dick giordano,
- creator: don kramer,
- creator: don newton,
- creator: eddy barrows,
- creator: gene colan,
- creator: george perez,
- creator: greg land,
- creator: irv novick,
- creator: neal adams,
- creator: nick cardy,
- creator: scott mcdaniel,
- creator: tom grummett,
- creator: tony daniel,
- creator: trevor von eeden,
- in-joke: bondage,
- theme: dude in distress week,
- title: batman,
- title: detective comics,
- title: nightwing,
- title: robin,
- title: the hardy boys,
- title: world's finest
chocochuyBonjour again, Ladies and Gentlemen!
As I promised last week, today you get another dosage of the saga of the Gentleman Ghost and you are going to get a nice treat in this session. Ever wondered what would happen if the world's greatest detective faced the world's greatest thief on a match of wits and resources? Well, today's session will deal with such scenario by pitting the Gentleman Ghost against Batman. Witness in amazement as the Cadaverous Cavalier of Crime confronts the Dark Knight on a series of battles that would make them sworn enemies. The actors are ready and the stage has been set. It's Showtime!
( Ghosts and Bats )
As I promised last week, today you get another dosage of the saga of the Gentleman Ghost and you are going to get a nice treat in this session. Ever wondered what would happen if the world's greatest detective faced the world's greatest thief on a match of wits and resources? Well, today's session will deal with such scenario by pitting the Gentleman Ghost against Batman. Witness in amazement as the Cadaverous Cavalier of Crime confronts the Dark Knight on a series of battles that would make them sworn enemies. The actors are ready and the stage has been set. It's Showtime!
( Ghosts and Bats )
strannik01Last time, on Mosconian Invasion:
Two of the greatest heroes in MLJ Comics, the Shield and the Wizard, joined forces the fight against the dastardly plans of the MOSCONIANS, the people so evil they manage to be both Nazis and the Communists. The valiant Wizard raced off to protect Annapolis and West Point, while the Shield went after the Mosconian spy ring in Washington D.C. The Wizard came back to the capital just in time to save his brother, the head of Naval Intelligence, but in their last act of cowardness, the Mosconians filled the building with cement. Will the Wizard and Grover be able to escape from the wreckage? Will the Shield be able to stop the Mosconians? Click on the cut and find out on this installment of the first crossover in comic book history - THE MOSCONIAN INVASION!
The following story originally appeared in Pep Comics #4. Writing by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick
( The Shield stops an enemy force from attacking Pearl Habor - in 1940 (11 pages behind the cut) )
Two of the greatest heroes in MLJ Comics, the Shield and the Wizard, joined forces the fight against the dastardly plans of the MOSCONIANS, the people so evil they manage to be both Nazis and the Communists. The valiant Wizard raced off to protect Annapolis and West Point, while the Shield went after the Mosconian spy ring in Washington D.C. The Wizard came back to the capital just in time to save his brother, the head of Naval Intelligence, but in their last act of cowardness, the Mosconians filled the building with cement. Will the Wizard and Grover be able to escape from the wreckage? Will the Shield be able to stop the Mosconians? Click on the cut and find out on this installment of the first crossover in comic book history - THE MOSCONIAN INVASION!
The following story originally appeared in Pep Comics #4. Writing by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick
( The Shield stops an enemy force from attacking Pearl Habor - in 1940 (11 pages behind the cut) )
icon_ukFrom here;
Here are a few samples from a retailer who attended the DC Retail launch on Friday
( Confirmation for what a number of us expected it would seem )
And for legality, a reason why working for Two-Face might have it's little perks when you've just rendered Gotham's finest unconscious...
To borrow one of my favourite Xander quotes from Buffy "Hands! Hands in NEW PLACES!"
Here are a few samples from a retailer who attended the DC Retail launch on Friday
( Confirmation for what a number of us expected it would seem )
And for legality, a reason why working for Two-Face might have it's little perks when you've just rendered Gotham's finest unconscious...
To borrow one of my favourite Xander quotes from Buffy "Hands! Hands in NEW PLACES!"
The 12 Labors of Wonder Woman - Part 2
Feb. 9th, 2011 11:10 pmjkcarrierPart 1 of this storyline is here. The TL;DR version: Amnesia and bad continuity have left Wonder Woman unsure of her abilities, so she asked the JLA to monitor her next 12 missions to make sure she's still fit for duty. Now it's The Flash's turn to play peeping tom, in "The War-No-More Machine!"
( What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? )
( What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? )
