Listen Up Casuals! Welcome to a show for the casual fan. We break down your favorite comic book shows and movies and compare them to the comics they are based on. Did they nail it? What was different? Did we love it or hate it? Tune in to find out! On this episode we are joined by Casey Bowker to talk all about the Dark Knight himself, BATMAN!
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INTRO
Welcome Casey Bowker – Comic book writer and Director of DFAT Entertainment
Your earliest memory of Batman or what made you become a fan
FIRST APPEARANCE (FA)
Detective Comics #27 – created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger 1939 – FA Commission Gordon
KEY ISSUES/KEY RUNS
Detective Comics 29 – FA Utility Belt / Doctor Death 1st Batman villain
Detective Comics 31 – FA Batarang
Detective Comics 33 – Origin / Joe Chill & Death of Waynes (1939)
Detective Comics 38 – Dick Grayson/Robin (1940)
Batman #1 – FA Joker & Selina Kyle (1940)
Batman #3 – FA Catwoman in costume (1940)
Batman 4 – Gotham City first mention (40)
Batman 5 – FA Classic Batmobile (1941)
All Star Comics 7 – Frist Superman Batman team-up AKA World’s Finest
Detective Comics 60 – FA Bat Signal (1942)
Batman 12 – FA Batcave (referred to as underground hanger) (1942)
Batman 16 – FA Alfred Pennyworth (1943)
All Star Comics 36 – FA Trinity (Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman)
VILLIANS!
DC 40 – Clayface (40) / DC 58 – Penguin (41) / DC 66 – Two Face (42) / DC 140 – Riddler (48) / Batman 121 – Mr Zero aka Mr Freeze (59) / Batman 181 – Poison Ivy (66) / DC 411 – Talia Al Ghul
Worlds Finest Comics 153 – Batman slapping Robin (from the meme)
Detective Comics 370 – first published Neil Adams Batman art
Batman 200 – Neil Adams writing debut (1968)
Batman 232 – FA Ra’s Al Ghul (1971)
Batman 242 – FA Matches Malone (1972)
Batman 258 – FA Arkham Hospital (referred to in The Batman)
Brave and the Bold 200 – FA The Outsiders
Batman and the Outsiders #1 (1983)
Batman 357 – Jason Todd aka 2nd Robin (1983)
Dark Knight Returns (1986)
Batman Year One (1987)
Batman Son of the Demon GN – First Damian Wayne
The Killing Joke (1988)
Batman 436 – Tim Drake (1989)
Vengeance of Bane – FA Bane (1992)
Knightfall Saga (1993-94)
Batman 497 – Knightfall Breaking of the Batman
The Long Halloween (1996-97) – RIP Tim Sale 2022
No Man’s Land (1999)
Death of Batman – Infinite Crisis #6 (2006)
Batman 655 – Damian Wayne
New 52 – Scott Snyder Court of Owls (2012)
Detective Comics 46 – Bill Finger finally gets credit (2015)
COMMERCIAL
ROCCO’S MODERN RUNS
- Detective Comics – Bruce Wayne loses billions, focus on what Batman means for the rich v poor
- Batman – Batman Inc./Ghostmaker
- Robin – Death tournament/Mother Soul
- Harley Quinn – added to the Bat Family
- Nightwing – Large inheritance from Alfred, using it without a mask
- Catwoman – funneling Wayne’s money to Lucius Fox
- The Next Batman – Jace Fox, Lucius’ son, operating in NYC
- DC Pride – Kevin Conroy
MOVIES/TV APPEARANCES
Favorite Batman/Bruce Wayne
- Adam West
- Michael Keaton
- Kevin Conroy
- Val Kilmer
- George Clooney
- Christian Bale
- Ben Affleck
- Robert Pattinson
Honorable Mentions
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