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mysteryfan (mysteryfan) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-31 09:02:00

Entry tags:

char: batman/bruce wayne, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, creator: frank robbins, creator: irv novick, creator: joe giella, title: batman

Batman's Moment of Truth

Batman contemplates revealing his identity. Robin, for once, is not the optimist.

From Batman 211: "Batman's Big Blow-Off!", 1969
Also in Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 4 TPB (2009)
Story by Frank Robbins, Art by Irv Novick and Joe Giella

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	echtrhoi.livejournal.com 2009-08-31 02:35 pm UTC (link)
	Godfather references will never stop being awesome. (Reply to this)

	tanetris 2009-08-31 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, "someone" has poisoned the food. Nevermind the one person who had access to it who isn't keeled over..... Perhaps it was the Riddler. (Reply to this)

	blaketiger 2009-08-31 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	Anybody know who the other three guys on that article are? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-08-31 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	The cigar guy is underworld boss Spooks Manson. He's the one who set up the deal, and the others (even Bruce Wayne) are wild guesses (who aren't named in the story) designed to force Batman to reveal his identity in order to spare the guys in the picture from mob hits. (Reply to this) (Parent)

sistermagpie
2009-08-31 03:53 pm UTC (link)

Bwahaha! I feel like Bruce must be testing Dick. Bruce, why would you need to dress up like a bat if everyone knows you're Bruce Wayne?

I love that last picture where Dick ups the ante and points out that he's worried about his own arse there as well. It reminds me of Michael Cain in Batman Begins where he, too, says he's worried about his own safety.

Also, I must continue to ask why everybody stopped drawing Bruce and Dick as looking this way. It's the way they always look in my head. Whether or not they're wearing ties and cowl neck sweaters. (Work that casual look, Bruce.)

Who are those other guys in the picture? The one smoking the cigar is especially nice--Batman would not want to be a role model who smoked, I think.

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	icon_uk 2009-08-31 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it's a very pretty arse, no wonder he's worried about it. And Bruce Wayne actually smoked a pipe back in the 1940's. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sistermagpie 2009-08-31 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	I remember his pipe! It was very distinguished. Dick must have tried it out a few times, or at least posed with it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

mysteryfan
2009-08-31 06:39 pm UTC (link)

I love when they look this way! He works the heck out of it.

Only one of the other guys is named in the story, and he's the cigar smoker, who's underworld kingpin Spooks Manson. Spooks knows Batman will reveal himself to save the completely random guys in the picture so that they won't get killed by gangsters on the off chance they're Batman. But (surprise) Batman outmaneuvers the reporter and Spooks by showing that he's none of the guys in the picture, unmasking himself and revealing that he's really...Dun Dun DUN... Howard um, Hayes, richest man in the world, who is also a recluse and agreed to the ruse. But then Hayes decides HE wants the acclaim so he tries to kill Batman and take his place. But his plan of death by plane crash does not succeed, and once again Batman cannot be killed by air vehicle crash. So when Howard (Batman) Hayes goes to pick up his Man of the Year Trophy, real Batman punches him out.

And presumably adds the trophy to his trophy stash.

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	mullon 2009-08-31 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	I want more double thumbs up Bruce. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-08-31 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	Agreed! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eritreus 2009-09-02 01:35 am UTC (link)
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	mysteryfan 2009-09-02 12:22 pm UTC (link)
	Aw! LOL. This Guy!, indeed! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lover_youshould 2009-08-31 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	There is nothing about this post that is not amazing. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-08-31 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. Glad you enjoyed! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	note to self: buy showcase presents batman vol 4 scottyquick 2009-08-31 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	I love that Bruce is like "let's not talk about how I'll die! Let's talk about how I can do good for 24 hours!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: note to self: buy showcase presents batman vol 4 mysteryfan 2009-08-31 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	I love that Bruce is like "let's not talk about how I'll die! Let's talk about how I can do good for 24 hours!" I know! Oh, Bruce Wayne! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	redsilkscarf 2009-08-31 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Silver Age Dick is so pretty. :D I didn't know that this was published recently in a TPB; I remember seeing the whole story on the old Scans_Daily and desperately wanting a copy of it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mysteryfan 2009-08-31 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	I put it on old S_D, but just the above pages, although I guess it's possible somebody put the whole thing up some other time. Anyway, glad you like! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ar_feiniel_ 2009-09-01 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Has Dick ever not been pretty? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redsilkscarf 2009-09-02 06:34 am UTC (link)
	I have often missed his beautiful cheekbones in some of the more recent comics. =( Not that anything could stop him from being the most attractive person in the DCU, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	janegray 2009-08-31 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	This is fantastic :D (Reply to this)

	jelly_ace 2009-08-31 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	Bruce is waaaayyyy too excited by the possibility of inspirational talks to youth. Just sayin'. (Reply to this) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-08-31 11:59 pm UTC (link)

Yes, the faraway look in his eyes speaks volumes

"And we could hold it at... boys camps... and to show there's no difference between rich and poor, we'd all be there without any clothes" *

Dick sidles rapidly to the door trying to recall social services phone number.

* Why am I hearing this in a voice which comes across like a cross between Adam West and the police scientist in "Police Squad"? :)

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	parsimonia 2009-09-01 12:08 am UTC (link)
	Thank you for re-posting this! I just love the art on this. It's so pretty. And look at the floating heads! (Reply to this)

	zordboy 2009-09-01 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"Batman's Big Blow-Off!" No. Just no. (Reply to this)

psychop_rex
2009-09-01 10:10 am UTC (link)

I can just imagine how this would've gone if it had continued a bit longer:

Dick: 'You'd be sued by every irate housewife whose window ever got broken during a battle!'

Bruce: 'Which I could afford, seeing as how I'm a bazillionaire. On the other hand, I could give free educational tours of the Batcave to groups of schoolchildren!'

Dick: 'One of which might be a disguised dwarf assassin ready to take you out...'

Alfred: 'Not to mention, I might add, the absolute PIGSTY that the cave would be afterwards, regardless...'

Bruce: 'I suppose that's true enough. But just think! No more awkward excuses for dashing off and changing clothes during the middle of a date! I could go on dates in costume, and when I rushed away to fight crime, they'd applaud!'

Dick: 'That WOULD be nice, if it weren't for the fact that underworld snipers would likely have taken you out long before you reached the point of running away.'

Bruce: 'Come ON, I'm Batman! I eat crooks like that for breakfast! I'd take them out without breaking a sweat and impress my date with my crimefighting skills!'

Dick: 'Always assuming you could GET a date who was willing to risk the possibility of being cut down by a stray bullet. That's kind of a turn-off for most women.'

Bruce: 'But... but... I could market the Batarang as the next big children's toy! Imagine, walking through the park and seeing people tossing around Batarangs instead of frisbees! Wouldn't that be heartwarming?'

Dick: 'You're really getting into this, aren't you?'

Bruce: 'Just let me have my fantasies for a minute, OK?'

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	mysteryfan 2009-09-02 12:21 pm UTC (link)
	LOL. Please Dick! Let him! Just for a minute! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingrockwell 2009-09-01 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Uninterrupted dinners? I am not seeing the logic there! Having his identity out would, if anything, mean less free time for family dinners! (Reply to this)