Catwoman’s suit is a metaphor for the character herself. She’s sexy, sneaky, and willing to use anything at her disposal to get what she wants. Catwoman has always used her feminine wiles (whatever that means) to advance her cause, but never before has a uniform Read More …
By David Lebovitz, with additional writing by Dylan Roth Patient Record Full name: Harleen Francis Quinzel Sex: Female Age: (left blank) Height: 170 cm Weight: 140 lbs Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Harleen Quinzel (henceforth referred to as “patient” or “she”), alias Harley Quinn, is a Read More …
Dr. Victor Fries skitters across his lab’s cold metal floor. Six long, spindly metal legs support his Plexiglas-enclosed head. The legs’ movements are controlled by the same type of neural impulses that would have moved the limbs he was born with, communicated through a first-of-its Read More …
THERE CAME A TIME WHEN THE BATMAN DIED! WHEN THE CAPED CRUSADER WAS PITTED AGAINST THE GOD OF EVIL THE DARK KNIGHT DETECTIVE VERSUS D – A – R – K – S – E – I – D OH MIGHTY DARKSEID, WHOSE VERY Read More …
Hey there little Bane-iacs, it’s been a wild trip recently for your old buddy, the Banester. Life’s really been suplexing me a lot lately, I’m talking about the ups and the downs! So I gotta just get something off my chest that’s been eating away Read More …
Part of the magic of Batman is that he’s a character that’s been interpreted in so many ways that there’s a Batman for pretty much everyone. Batman has been approached by hundreds, if not thousands of writers and artists over the course of his 74-year Read More …
In nearly every iteration of Superman, the creators find a way to offset Kal-El’s Space Orphan status by throwing him a bone in the form of perpetual Space Ghost Dad. Sure, young Mr. Kent, you ARE stranded on a planet, the last of your kind, Read More …
A Long Halloween, Deadshirt’s series of essays celebrating the characters of the Batman universe, begins where Batman does: with a man with a gun. In nearly every incarnation of the story, Bruce Wayne became Batman when, as a young boy, his parents were shot and Read More …
What’s left to say about Batman? He’s one of the most celebrated, and most studied characters in popular fiction, conquering every form of mass media from long-running comic books to blockbuster movies to award-winning video games. There are papers, textbooks, entire websites dedicated to Batman Read More …