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mysteryfan (mysteryfan) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-30 13:06:00

Entry tags:

char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: catman/thomas blake, char: catwoman/selina kyle, creator: dan adkins, creator: don newton, creator: gerry conway, era: bronze age, series: bat/cat

Bat/Cat: True Love

My favorite Bat/Cat moment yet...
(Scans: Pencils by Don Newton, inks by Dan Adkins; story by Gerry Conway.)

Batman shows up at Selina's place:

Next panel, 'twenty-five minutes later':

What I wouldn't give to see those intervening twenty-five minutes. Batman wrangling cats into the Batmobile.

Batman, taking care of Selina's cats? I really, really like.

Here are some other random images from the two-issue story that ran in 'Tec 508 and 509. It has never been reprinted in the U.S and the two stories were each 19 pages long. I've posted 9 pages total from both stories.

(At the end of this issue Selina leaves Gotham for a while. It's sad because she leaves, and sad because we then get, in my opinion, way too much Vicki Vale for a while. Still, Alfred is awesome.)

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	darklorelei 2009-04-30 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	<3 Alfred. Surely everything can be fixed with tea. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-04-30 01:39 pm UTC (link)
	<3s with you. Surely it can't hurt... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

superfan1, 2009-04-30 09:49 pm UTC

mysteryfan, 2009-05-01 10:28 am UTC

zhinxy
2009-04-30 01:37 pm UTC (link)

What I wouldn't give to see those intervening twenty-five minutes. Batman wrangling cats into the Batmobile.

Oh the weirder moment came a little later, when they first got down into the batcave and he had that strange compulsion to shove them in a display case.

"And your mommy's whip goes there, and her costume is in there, and you go in here..."

*HISS SCRATCH CLAW*

"I... No no, kitties. You're right. It's okay. You're right. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me... I..."

Alfred comes in with the food, Bruce gets to soil examining...

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	mysteryfan 2009-04-30 01:41 pm UTC (link)
	He's so darn OCD. Again with the collecting and fetish-izing. I hope Alfred made him take his medication. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-04-30 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	Twenty minutes later... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	proteus_lives 2009-04-30 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	If anyone can herd cats, it's the goddamned Batman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mysteryfan, 2009-04-30 06:32 pm UTC

darklorelei, 2009-04-30 07:41 pm UTC

	zhinxy 2009-04-30 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	OMG Seriously, thanks for posting this! Love Love this one, Don Newton, Gerry Conway, and everything! (Reply to this) (Thread)

mysteryfan
2009-04-30 01:47 pm UTC (link)

It IS pretty. The 'OMG, I have to leave' seemed a bit forced to me, but what are you going to do?

No problem! I like it, too. And I LOVE the moment at the beginning, with the--well, the intimacy of taking on Selina's cats. Even though we know Alfred's the one who ends up feeding them and changing the kitty litter.

I even liked the 'thinks he's a pharaoh guy' storyline. And how often do we get to see Batman climbing the Sphinx? Not often enough.

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	richiedaley 2009-04-30 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	That art is awesome. I don't think I've ever seen Selina and Bruce this good looking. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-04-30 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Isn't it? Don Newton and I agree. Gorgeous. Shame this has never been reprinted or collected or something. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sistermagpie 2009-04-30 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	The poster ahead of me said this, but damn, they are so damn good-looking! Or even more than that, they're just sexy and believable as a couple. Bruce totally seems like a hot guy women would want to date. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-04-30 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	Doesn't he? I really like them both here, and yes. Agreed. Here, have more casual Bruce, from the same arc. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	retro_nouveau 2009-04-30 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	My name is Wayne. Bruce Wayne. From Goldfinger to Moonraker... XD Kitties in the cave. I bet when they were done eating one curled up in his lap and the other on his keyboard. I love the Catamaran -- in my fanon, Selina now lives on a boat that she takes to Aruba every time she ~~scores a big haul~~ gets tired of all the loons in Gotham. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	octopussoir 2009-04-30 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	I'm now picturing the Goddamn Bat-Connery. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mysteryfan, 2009-05-01 05:55 pm UTC

	mysteryfan 2009-05-01 10:14 am UTC (link)
	Hey, nice icons!! Are they shareable? I love them! Also, I'm loving the way you think! Very much likes your fanon and the idea of Batman working around snuggly kitties (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	benicio127 2009-04-30 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	Our lives are too short to keep each other guessing... And yet... they still do... Much love for the cat collecting part. :-D (Also who else is loving the fact that we officially made it two weeks of Bat/Cat??!! Hellz to the YEAH!) (Reply to this) (Thread)

mysteryfan
2009-05-01 10:18 am UTC (link)

And yet... they still do...

You know, I was thinking about that, and the difference between what I tend to want from Lois/Clark versus Bruce/Selina.

And how the writers try to keep the tension of why the Bat/Cat dance continues for any given story, whether it's because of him or her or bad/good or personal issues or one of them's dying. And probably there's some world-saving in there too.

Yeah. Me too!

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	pyrotwilight 2009-04-30 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs: They dream of Supergirl. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-01 10:21 am UTC (link)
	Heh:) Took me a minute. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	DON NEWTON metrosessuale 2009-05-01 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Does that man get enough love? I mean, uh, as an artist, of course. What utterly gorgeous art. I love this lean Batman so much it hurts, and Bruce and Selina are believable as a sexy, somewhat dangerous young couple. And Bruce's CLOTHES. Whoa. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: DON NEWTON mysteryfan 2009-05-01 10:22 am UTC (link)
	Yes! Agreed on every count! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-01 04:01 am UTC (link)
	It does NOT pay to try to wake up Batman when he's been stressed lately. Let sleeping Batman lie... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-01 10:25 am UTC (link)
	Batman should use an alarm clock. My mom would say that Alfred is being an 'Alarm-Mommy'. Which mom's generally don't like to be, in my experience. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	chipsnopotatoes 2009-05-02 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	just catching up on bat/cat week now. thanks for posting this. this is the selina i like best so i may have to hunt for these older issues. would you mind letting me know what issue # these were? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-05-02 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	Absolutely! Detective 508 and 509. For me, it's certainly a favorite version of Selina. And Bruce. She's wonderful and so is he. So glad you liked! (Reply to this) (Parent)