I hate doing posts early where you show items that are not coming out for a long time but I decided, "What the heck, let's show 'em anyway because they're cool!". So, here are a few Batman Statues you'll be able to find early in 2010. The 1st one is totally amazing! It's a 1/2 Scale-Size Art Bust of TWO-FACE. It looks like one of those where the clothing is actual fabric & everything else is ceramic. He looks pretty creepy if ya ask me. The next one is a retro-30's style BATMAN ( Full Figure - DC Chronicles series ). It's great because it's just some vintage "Golden Age" goodness! Now, I saved the best one for last! This is BATGIRL from the "Women of the DC Universe" Series. She looks cool all perched-up on a building's gargoyle. When it gets closer to the release time for these we'll announce it here at the Bat-Blog, so stay tuned!
Here are a set of 2 totally amazing custom-made dolls of a Golden Age Batman & Doctor Death. They were sold on eBay awhile back & I was extremely impressed with their craft & attention to details. Before I get into this post too far I want to apologize to the artist who made these because I forgot to get his name to give him credit. I had bookmarked the information & now, later, I can't find them. I searched forever! But, while these photos were sitting in my bat-folder for a long time I knew I had to get them up here anyway so, sorry. Basically, there's a Batman Fan out there who is extremely creative & was inspired by some 1930's & 1940's Batman stories to create these 2 Custom Dolls. These figures really deserve to be called ART MASTERPIECES because they are so extremely well done. One, of course, is BATMAN, who we all know. But the other one might be a character that some Bat-Blog readers are unfamiliar with. His name is DOCTOR DEATH ( real name: Doctor Karl Hellfern). Basically he was Batman's very 1st "Super-Villain". He first appeared in Detective Comics # 29 in July 1939. This book was Batman's very third appearance as a character so it's an extremely "early story". His deal was he liked to kidnap very wealthy people, inject them with a toxic poison, & then hold the antidote for a ransom of very large sums of money. Yeah, a real wack-job! The artist who created these did them with amazing detail. he sculpted the heads, painted them, created the clothing & costumes, and even made some props. I had to share these because they are so beautiful, really, & if any reader knows the artist who made them please let me know so I can get his name in here. For now, just please enjoy the pictures. Click on them for larger, sharper, verisons ( they're nice ). As a side note: the very last photo is a Detective Comics # 35 comic book ( January 1940 ) that was recently auctioned off by Heritage Auction Galleries in 2006 for almost $18,000.00!! Yes, Eighteen-Thousand!!
WOW, next year will be the 70th Anniversary of Batman! Hard to believe huh? To celebrate this fact some very creative Bat-Fans made this very cool animation of an original 1930's Batman Vampire Story called TERROR OF THE MONK. It's shown here in 2 parts. The animation quality is pretty decent. OK, actually it's pretty good for being fan-made! I mean, it's not like these guys had a huge budget to do it. The voice acting was done by Adrian Sherlock ( Batman, Bruce Wayne ), George Ivanoff ( Monk, Dr Wertham, Young Bruce Wayne ), Karen McGoldrick ( Julie ), Sarah Breen ( Dala ), and Paul Potiki ( Narrator & misc Character Voices ). It was animated by Russell Devlin & Darren Maxwell. They used original Golden Age Batman comic book art that was originally done by Bob Kane & Sheldon Moldoff. Also, the original story was written by Garner Fox. Please leave a comment down below & let me know how you like it. I thought it was pretty cool!
Here's a picture sent in by a BAT-BLOG reader that I meant to share awhile back but like a moron put it in the wrong folder & didn't find it until now, ha ha. Sorry, Frank but thanks for a very cool picture of an original ad placed in a publication for bookstore owners to order books. It was an ad from the publishers of the now classic hardback book BATMAN FROM THE 30's TO THE 1970's! I had this book as a kid & still have it in my personal collection. It's one of my all-time favorite bat-items. It has some really great stories & wonderful graphics. In the picture up above you can see the large hardback book on the right, the ad is on the left side...nice! The artwork is done by classic Silver Age artist Carmine Infantino! Thanks again Frank for this piece of Bat-History!
Every Wednesday is "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday" here at the old BAT-BLOG! So, for today I thought I would post these 3 desktop wallpapers with graphics from an original 1930's Batman Comic Book, sort of a "Retro Batman". I like the 1st one the best, the one with the red background, it really pops. Later I experimented with doing one that is all black, white, & grey for a vintage 30's Art Deco look & just in case somebody wants a color other than red I did another one in Yellow. Hope you like these & remember to check the BAT-BLOG ARCHIVES for 50+ wallpapers posted in the past. We also have a Batman Wallpaper page, here's a link:
Here's a recent Fan-Made Film featuring Batman as he looked in 1939. It looks really great, it's all black & white, plus it has a film-noir look about it that's kinda cool. I also really like the Batman Costume. You only get to see it for a few seconds but check out the costume, cowl, chest bat-symbol logo, & especially the bat-belt, exactly like it was in 1939....very "30's retro" & very cool!
