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mysteryfan (mysteryfan) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-04 23:54:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: superman/clark kent, creator: bob haney, creator: dick dillin, title: world's finest comics

Superman says, "Bananas!"

I promised

superfan1 I'd post this.
The cover, which did catch my eye:

Aaaaand, here's the context. Or the setup, anyway. The plot could pretty much be any characters, and it's... well it's Bob Haney. Really long, all over the place story. Ghost of John and Martha, Superman stands in as newsman for Clark, Batman visits a geek show, etc., etc.
Lots of it revolving around 'New Metropolis'. Anybody know if it ever showed up in another story?

Clark's 'freed the slaves' comment/joke about salary what? Bruce's: 'siphon off excess population' what?
Also: Ever hear of urban sprawl, 1976 World's Finest Comic?

Clothes. In a pool. Look like 'a guy struggling to swim'. Okay.

From World's Finest #235, Art by Dick Dillin and John Calnan, Story by Bob Haney

A whole bunch of other stuff happens, but I think Bruce and Clark on a date

And this panel are enough.

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	He ain't no hollaback girl! parsimonia 2009-07-05 05:24 am UTC (link)
	The shit is bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S! ...on that note, I need sleep. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: He ain't no hollaback girl! magnetic_regina 2009-07-05 11:19 am UTC (link)
	Damn! Beat me to it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-07-05 05:58 am UTC (link)
	I love how they're dressed identical on their date. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-05 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	I love that too! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perletwo 2009-07-05 07:00 am UTC (link)
	Ed Dawes? Is that where they got the idea for Rachel Dawes from, you think? Also: Why are they holding a business meeting in a gym? (I know, I know, Earth Logic, booooo, etc., but really now.) Ahhh, another chance to use my Bromance icon... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-05 02:15 pm UTC (link)
	It's never explained. I think it must just be for the water gag. Ahhh. I love your Bromance icon. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kusonaga 2009-07-05 09:05 am UTC (link)
	I love Bruce's look when Mr. Edge runs to the water. (Reply to this)

	sistermagpie 2009-07-05 02:08 pm UTC (link)
	Even the crazy bananas line is overshadowed by Clark's slavery joke in the same panel as Bruce planning to skim off "excess population" and ghetttos like so much foam off a glass of beer. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-05 02:12 pm UTC (link)
	I know! It really, really threw me. Just offhand, here you have it, let's listen in on the 'real' thoughts of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent. And be afraid. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-07 12:51 am UTC (link)
	I think what he means is that the current city is overcrowded, and they need an addendum to it in order to contain all the extra people. They're having a real estate crisis, basically - so Wayne's solution is to simply add more real estate to the city, thereby allowing people to spread out more, rent prices to drop, etc. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-07 04:18 am UTC (link)
	For me, it's at least partly the language choices used. It seems a little dismissive to talk about people say, in certain sections of the city like that. I'm pretty sure the writer of this story wouldn't mean people of Wayne's stature. To me it smacks of a certain amount of elitism. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-07-07 04:58 am UTC (link)

An unfortunate aspect of Batman's history is that for many years, his unofficial title seemed to be 'protector of the rich people and their easily burgled mansions'. Sure, crooks robbed payrolls and museums and so forth, but it seemed like two thirds of the booty that the Joker and Co. went after was located in Mr. Vanderwhatzis's private safe in his fifteen-story manor house, or his yacht, or in the purses and round the necks of the guests attending his cleverly themed parties. Poor people seemed to be entirely ignored in the Batman books for many years, except as picturesque background detail or as a cheap bit of pathos. So it's hardly surprising that the ghettoes of Metropolis are far from Bruce's first concern - no mansions to be robbed there, after all.

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	superfan1 2009-07-06 07:18 am UTC (link)
	I know couples usually do things to spice up their relationship, but this is beyond cute and weird. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-07 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Well, they've been together a long time. Guess they ran out of the other stuff. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dreadedlurker 2009-07-06 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, TV newsman Clark Kent? Hmm? When did this happen? Other than that, Clark and Bruce look ADORABLE. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-06 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	It happened in the 70s for a while. Aren't they, though? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-07-07 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Yes very...... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-07-07 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Really, really, really. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dreadedlurker 2009-07-06 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Also, I would love to see someone say "that clumsy klutz Kent" five times fast. (Reply to this)