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mosellegreen (mosellegreen) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-29 13:56:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: vicki vale, genre: elseworlds

Citizen Wayne, by popular demand
Several people expressed interest in seeing a sample of the Elseworlds story "Citizen Wayne", set in the 30's, so:

Bruce Wayne is the owner of a crusading newspaper. His employee Vicki Vale has just told him that someone speculated that he might be the Batman.

(Bruce's father was still killed when Bruce was a child, but his mother lived.)

As a bonus, here are a few Batman- or superhero-themed cartoons gleaned from different places.

I think this one was in some comic book publication in '88 or '89. Or it could have been in my college newspaper. I just found the clipping in a box from that era recently.

This one came from and old humor book called For Men Only.

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	octopussoir 2009-06-29 01:27 pm UTC (link)
	I chuckled at the Help Wanted one. And let's be honest, Batman's booth at career day would be way more crowded than that. (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-06-29 02:39 pm UTC (link)
	Either its a funny angle, or Vicki's got a big backyard. Not that that's a problem. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	besamim 2009-06-29 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	I wonder what the 30s equivalent of "Baby Got Back" would be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	salad_barbarian 2009-06-30 01:21 am UTC (link)
	I know there is a lounge version of that song by Richard Cheese. But I'm not sure if there is a jazz version. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shadowvalkyrie 2009-06-30 01:55 am UTC (link)
	I would like to look at that, but I can't stop boggling at her big hair. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brandiweed.livejournal.com 2009-06-29 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	Sadly, the "Crimson Ghost" one is probably referring to the guy's football star nickname. It's funnier to imagine he was a masked avenger, though. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mosellegreen 2009-06-29 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	I hadn't even thought of that. Phooey. It does make a lot more sense that way, but since I don't follow sports, I couldn't think of any other reason for someone to have such a sobriquet. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-06-29 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	I love Noir!Batman's outfit, even more than I liked Pirate!Batman's. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-06-30 12:30 am UTC (link)
	It's an interesting costume, all right. The mask reminds me more of an insect than a bat, and I wish there'd been a BIT more in the way of a cape - those 'batwings' aren't even poncho-length - but striking it certainly is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-06-30 02:40 am UTC (link)
	I like the pants and the wings-things the most. XD (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-06-30 03:27 am UTC (link)

Each to their own. At least this one has batlike characteristics; I've seen alternate Batman costumes that are so un-batlike in design that you wonder why they bothered doing a Batman story. It's like 'wait - that's Batman? That can't be Batman - he's got no cape, and his costume's red, and his mask looks more like a chipmunk. Why not just call him 'Chipmunk-Man' instead?'

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	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-06-30 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I know what you mean. "Munk-man!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-06-30 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	With Nutstash, the Boy Plunder! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-07-01 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Someone should totally draw that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-01 07:38 am UTC (link)
	I would, but my art skills aren't good enough. I'm good at stick figures, but not much else. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	joysweeper 2009-07-01 01:15 am UTC (link)
	There are a lot of superhero-themed Bizarro comics. (Reply to this)