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cantsayidont · 7 days

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March 1984. Poor Jason. Everyone knows it, but you can't just say it.

#comics #detective comics #doug moench #pat broderick #bob smith #batman #bruce wayne #robin #jason todd #pre crisis #catwoman #selina kyle #batcat #batromance #this is a very funny scene but broderick's faces kind of ruin it #i removed the bottom part of the panel at the upper right #which is the end of a different scene but couldn't be trimmed neatly because of the panel shapes #batman close-ups

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because-batcat · 3 months

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"You won't die, Selina-- I'll see to that! You can't die-- you're the woman Bruce Wayne loves!"

Batman (v1) #324 (June, 1980)

Written by Len Wein with art by Irv Novick, Bob Smith, and Glynis Oliver

#Len Wein #Irv Novick #Bob Smith #Glynis Oliver #Batman #Bruce Wayne #Catwoman #Selina Kyle #Comic #comics #1980 #80s #detective comics #dc

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splooosh · 6 months

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“Hair Raising”

Ramona Fradon

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pookiestheone · 30 days

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Bob Smith

#Vintage Men #Bob Smith

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dirtyriver · 4 months

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Betty and Veronica Double Digest #90, original cover art by Dan DeCarlo (pencils) and Bob Smith (inks)

#Comics #Archie #Original art #Dan DeCarlo #Bob Smith #Betty and Veronica #Betty Cooper #Veronica Lodge #Archie Andrews

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haveyoureadthiscomic-poll · 2 months

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#starman #will payton #roger stern #tom lyle #bob smith #dc #dcu #dc comics #poll

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boanerges20 · 8 days

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Bob Smith

#motorcycle #bob smith #motolegends #sport bike #racing #motorsports #ride hard or go home #built for speed #experience speed #classic motorcycle #please reblog #moto love #lifestyle

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balu8 · 8 months

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The Night Force #7

by Marv Wolfman; Gene Colan; Bob Smith; Michele Wolfman and Todd Klein

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#dc comics #the night force #gene colan #bob smith #marv wolfman #michele wolfman

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sprockyeahlegion · 9 months

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“didn’t you”

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evilhorse · 10 months

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It will be a great pleasure to watch the sands of your lives run out.

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cantsayidont · 4 months

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July 1983 to October 1986. In 1983, DC lured Doug Moench away from Marvel and books like MASTER OF KUNG FU and MOON KNIGHT to take over BATMAN and DETECTIVE COMICS under the editorship of Len Wein. Their run, which lasted 40 months, was the final phase of the Bronze Age Batman continuity; although it continued for some months after the end of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, everything up to DETECTIVE COMICS #566 and BATMAN #400 is functionally part of pre-Crisis continuity, in particular most anything to do with Jason Todd becoming the second Robin. (Jason debuted during the end of Gerry Conway's run in early 1983, but it was Moench and Wein who oversaw Jason's actually becoming Robin.)

From 1981 to 1986, there was a tight continuity between BATMAN and DETECTIVE COMICS: a story begun in one book would continue in the other two weeks later. This was something new for Batman; there had been occasional multi-issue storylines for years, and Steve Englehart and Len Wein had introduced a certain amount of Marvel-style continuity in the late '70s, but having around 40 story pages per month allowed more room for character-focused stories, supporting characters, and subplots. When Doug Moench arrived, a central focus was on leading up to Jason Todd becoming Robin, but there were also numerous other major and minor subplots, from Alfred's attempts to connect with his adult daughter, Julia Remarque (introduced by Conway in 1981), to Gotham's messy city politics and power struggles in the underworld.

In MASTER OF KUNG FU, Moench's signature storytelling preoccupation had been "kinky weirdos hurting each other's feelings," and his initial run on the Bat-books also featured a series of messy, sometimes bloody romantic triangles, the most important of which involved Batman; the now-reformed Catwoman; Nocturna (Natalia Knight), a pretentious Goth burglar who attempted to adopt Jason Todd; and Nocturna's adoptive brother Anton, who became a cat burglar out of deranged obsession with Natalia and later tried to kill her so no one else could have her. It was all very grandiose and inevitably somewhat florid, but then expecting gritty, understated realism from a comic book about a man who fights crime dressed as a bat is itself pretty silly.

The strongest story in this run actually has little to do with that soap opera: "What Price the Prize?" in BATMAN #372, is an intelligent, grounded drama about an up-and-coming young Irish boxer maneuvering for a bout with a Black champion obviously inspired by Muhammad Ali, featuring some of Don Newton's finest Batman art; the conclusion in DETECTIVE #539 isn't quite as sharp, but is still one of Moench's best. Other highlights include a clash with Catman (BATMAN #371/DETECTIVE #538) in which Thomas Blake's determined belief in the magical power of his costume nearly gets both him and Batman killed over and over; a wistful story about the private life and hidden depths of boorish Harvey Bullock (DETECTIVE #549); a delightful one-shot (BATMAN #383) in which Batman repeatedly tries and fails to get some sleep; the debut of Black Mask (BATMAN #385–386 and DETECTIVE #553); a comedic tale of Batman and Catwoman on an actual date, in costume (BATMAN #392); and a distinctly '80s-Bondian espionage adventure reuniting Moench and artist Paul Gulacy (BATMAN #393–394).

Artistically, the run got off to a good start with Don Newton on BATMAN (inked by Alfredo Alcala) and Gene Colan on DETECTIVE (generally inked by Bob Smith). Newton's departure in 1984 hurt, leading to a period of artistic musical chairs and some really bad early Pat Broderick art, followed by Tom Mandrake taking over BATMAN. Mandrake gets a bad rap in some quarters, mostly because his style is looser (and about two steps further in the direction of Gene Colan) than many comics fans care to tolerate, but his work here is mostly fine, and certainly an improvement over Broderick's. The Annual has some very nice early Denys Cowan pencils, inked by Alcala, and BATMAN #400 is an all-star extravaganza art-wise.

Maddeningly, DC has never properly reprinted a lot of this material, which I think is badly overdue. If it's not as epochal as some more familiar periods both before and after, the median level of quality is pretty decent (and certainly no worse than the 1987–1991 period, which has now been reprinted in its entirety); its emphasis on characterization wouldn't be matched again in the Batman titles for many years. Denny O'Neil supposedly hated much of what Moench had done (Moench has said O'Neil especially loathed Nocturna, whom he flatly refused to revive in any form), but Denny is dead now, and in any case, his Batman stories include their share of stinkers as well as gems. I don't know that DC has any kind of real reprint strategy anymore, but I hope they won't wait until Doug Moench is dead to properly remaster and collect these issues. Doing them all (BATMAN #360–400 and Annual #10, DETECTIVE #527–567) in something akin to Marvel's Epic Collection format would probably take four volumes — there's around 1,800 pages of material, more if you include Moench's Superman/Batman stories from WORLD'S FINEST — but why not?