Bizarre Batman
May 6, 2015 8:56 AM Subscribe
The 1000 Most Bizarre Batman Images EVER! The title says 1000 images, but I think there's just 100. I haven't counted. (some images nsfw)
Looks like Morrison's Hypercrisis hit pretty hard.
posted by vuron at 9:38 AM on May 6, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by vuron at 9:38 AM on May 6, 2015 [3 favorites]
There exists a picture of pregnant Batman on the moon, and it somehow didn't make this list? Somebody screwed up.
This one isn't even bizarre, it's just a cover page with "Batman" written in Japanese.
posted by Rangi at 9:45 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
This one isn't even bizarre, it's just a cover page with "Batman" written in Japanese.
posted by Rangi at 9:45 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Quite a bit of NSFW there, actually, though it's mostly small, low-contrast images.
Needs more Pink Batman, Yellow Batman, Rainbow Batman, Rollerskating Rainbow Batman, Bizarro Batman, and Piraro Batman.
This is not bizarre, it's merely his summer bat-outfit.
posted by Herodios at 10:01 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
Needs more Pink Batman, Yellow Batman, Rainbow Batman, Rollerskating Rainbow Batman, Bizarro Batman, and Piraro Batman.
This is not bizarre, it's merely his summer bat-outfit.
posted by Herodios at 10:01 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
Needs more Pink Batman, Yellow Batman, Rainbow Batman, Rollerskating Rainbow Batman, Bizarro Batman, and Piraro Batman.
"Holy Rollerskating Rainbow Batman, Batman" is going to be said by me from now until I get smacked for overuse of the phrase. And I might have to use that picture wherever I possibly can for a while.
people never get tired of me
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 10:22 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Holy Rollerskating Rainbow Batman, Batman" is going to be said by me from now until I get smacked for overuse of the phrase. And I might have to use that picture wherever I possibly can for a while.
people never get tired of me
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 10:22 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
The recent "POW!" post reminded me of Sacramento's own afternoon cartoon host Cap'n Mitch...and here he is in this post too!
posted by Guy Smiley at 10:29 AM on May 6, 2015
posted by Guy Smiley at 10:29 AM on May 6, 2015
That 'Joker's Boner' stuff has REALLY worn out its welcome at this point.
posted by Sing Or Swim at 10:39 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Sing Or Swim at 10:39 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
I was thinking to myself, 'hey, these aren't so NSFW,' but then BOOM! ZAP! POW!
posted by box at 10:48 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 10:48 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Jerry Lewis had a comic book?
posted by Chrysostom at 10:49 AM on May 6, 2015
posted by Chrysostom at 10:49 AM on May 6, 2015
That 'Joker's Boner' stuff has REALLY worn out its welcome at this point.
Oh come on! Joker's Boner never falls flat!
posted by chavenet at 10:56 AM on May 6, 2015 [4 favorites]
Oh come on! Joker's Boner never falls flat!
posted by chavenet at 10:56 AM on May 6, 2015 [4 favorites]
This one isn't even bizarre, it's just a cover page with "Batman" written in Japanese.
At a glance, about 10% of these do not even have Batman in them (maybe the absence of Batman is the bizarre thing here) and significant fraction of the others are just Batman comics or merchandise in languages other than English, because those foreigners sure talk funny.
All this is really missing is the cklickbait subhead: you know, "#18 will make you plotz" or whatever.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:56 AM on May 6, 2015
At a glance, about 10% of these do not even have Batman in them (maybe the absence of Batman is the bizarre thing here) and significant fraction of the others are just Batman comics or merchandise in languages other than English, because those foreigners sure talk funny.
All this is really missing is the cklickbait subhead: you know, "#18 will make you plotz" or whatever.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:56 AM on May 6, 2015
So who was it with the Fruit of the Loom account who thought this was a good idea for a campaign?
posted by chavenet at 11:05 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by chavenet at 11:05 AM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Mitch O'Connell is a great artist, but if any Batporn is counted as bizarre, you could easily surpass 1000 entries and not have to fall back on nude pictures where the model is wearing bat wings or something. Take this one, for example.
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:11 AM on May 6, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:11 AM on May 6, 2015 [3 favorites]
This one isn't even bizarre, it's just a cover page with "Batman" written in Japanese.
That's probably a promo for Chip Kidd's excellent Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan.
posted by Sangermaine at 11:28 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
That's probably a promo for Chip Kidd's excellent Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan.
posted by Sangermaine at 11:28 AM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
Jerry Lewis had a comic book?
Yes, he did - as in real life, first with Dean Martin, then solo - and so did Bob Hope! And the comic version of Bob Hope had a "nephew" named Tadwaller Jutefruce, who in turn had a secret superhero identity as Super-Hip!
A lot of the DC comics line was pretty weird during the 1950s and 60s.
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 12:34 PM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Yes, he did - as in real life, first with Dean Martin, then solo - and so did Bob Hope! And the comic version of Bob Hope had a "nephew" named Tadwaller Jutefruce, who in turn had a secret superhero identity as Super-Hip!
A lot of the DC comics line was pretty weird during the 1950s and 60s.
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 12:34 PM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
There are no Rule 34 examples among these pictures - therefore, this collection has not even scratched the surface of bizarre
posted by Flood at 12:50 PM on May 6, 2015
posted by Flood at 12:50 PM on May 6, 2015
Still, I have to admit this one got me. i hadda go double-check and make sure it wasn't real.
posted by valkane at 1:12 PM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by valkane at 1:12 PM on May 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
Actually the Chip Kidd cover is taken from one of the Batman comics made for Japan by Jiro Kuwata in the '60s. You can find the collected works on Amazon and also Comixology has the first 45 issues if you're ok with digital comics. Kuwata's art style and heavy use of black and white and not much grey in the artwork makes it an interesting read. Definitely not in the "BIZARRE!" camp with the underoos.
posted by Zack_Replica at 1:16 PM on May 6, 2015
posted by Zack_Replica at 1:16 PM on May 6, 2015
Wait, are there any comic archeologists that can tell me more about the veracity of this mock up for a Mario Bava/Roger Corman Batman film in the 1970s? With David Bowie as the joker, no less?
Because I want to hear all about that. Even more so than the Orson Welles Batman film. Thought not quite as much as the Jodorowsky Dune.
posted by LeRoienJaune at 2:07 PM on May 6, 2015
Because I want to hear all about that. Even more so than the Orson Welles Batman film. Thought not quite as much as the Jodorowsky Dune.
posted by LeRoienJaune at 2:07 PM on May 6, 2015
To be fair, an average panel of a Jimmy Olsen comic is more bizarre than this entire list.
That guy couldn't go ten feet without being turned into a giant turtle-Olsen and getting kidnapped by gangsters.
Sorry Batman; you are pretty normal.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:09 PM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
That guy couldn't go ten feet without being turned into a giant turtle-Olsen and getting kidnapped by gangsters.
Sorry Batman; you are pretty normal.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:09 PM on May 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
Las Onomatopeyas (previously) has lots of the onomatopoeic title cards from the 1960s Batman TV show.
posted by kirkaracha at 6:05 PM on May 6, 2015
posted by kirkaracha at 6:05 PM on May 6, 2015
So who was it with the Fruit of the Loom account who thought this was a good idea for a campaign?
It was a simpler time.
It really was.
Wait, are there any comic archeologists that can tell me more about the veracity of this mock up for a Mario Bava/Roger Corman Batman film in the 1970s? With David Bowie as the joker, no less?
I'm no expert, but a Caroline Monroe Catwoman? Would have ruined me.
I am pretty sure that's just someone's mock up ala Welles.
Holy Good Ideas: MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE!
posted by Mezentian at 3:52 AM on May 7, 2015
It was a simpler time.
It really was.
Wait, are there any comic archeologists that can tell me more about the veracity of this mock up for a Mario Bava/Roger Corman Batman film in the 1970s? With David Bowie as the joker, no less?
I'm no expert, but a Caroline Monroe Catwoman? Would have ruined me.
I am pretty sure that's just someone's mock up ala Welles.
Holy Good Ideas: MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE!
posted by Mezentian at 3:52 AM on May 7, 2015
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