Batcave Quiz Answers

1. Yes. Why do you think it’s called the Batcave?
2. Yep. A trophy from a villain obsessed with pennies.
3. Duh. Because the Bat-Garage is stupid.
4. Sure. What else would you wear if you wanted to match fisticuffs with Superman?
5. Affirmative. It’s from Dinosaur Island.
6. Jah. Batman keeps the uniform of the second Robin, Jason Todd, on display in the Batcave as a memorial. Despite being killed by the Joker, Jason seems to have come back to life in the comic books recently as the villain Red Hood.

Death of the Big Red Cheese

In the 1940s, Captain Marvel was the most popular comic book superhero. His book actually outsold Superman’s on a regular basis. So, how come we know the “Man of Steel” better than we know the “Big Red Cheese” (I’m not kidding, that was his nickname)? One year after Captain Marvel came out, DC Comics (then know as National Comics) sued Fawcett Publications (Capt. Marvel’s publishers) for copyright infringement since both characters were strong and could fly. While it took 11 years for the trial and appeal to come to a conclusion, in 1952 Fawcett admitted defeat and settled out of court with DC. Thirty years later, DC bought the licensing to Fawcett’s works and started publishing them again because there’s nothing like adding insult to the injury.

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Baby On the Way

The Number One reason why the most recent Superman movie was awful was not the story or the acting. The Number One reason was that Superman had a kid with Lois Lane. Two reasons immediately come to mind why this is an awful plot twist and the guy who wrote the script should be hit with a frying pan:
1) If an invincible daddy gets together with a fragile and mortal mommy, I’m not sure mommy would survive the ordeal.
2) They are different species. Not like a chihuahua and great dane different. I’m talking fikus tree and African lion different.

Shameless Plug #5

Watchmen
Written in 1985 by the father of the modern comic book, Alan Moore, this graphic novel is undergoing filming for release in 2009. The story is about a group of retired superheroes from the 1950’s coming back onto the job to address a mysterious, new supervillain who is trying to push America and the Soviet Union into using their Cold War missles. Some of the foibles and interactions between the superheroes are more adult in nature, but this graphic novel was the only comic to make Time magazine’s 2005 “Best English language novels from 1923 to present” list. It’s The Great Gatsby of comics.