Posts tagged Bat-Girl

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Bats in the Belfry

Nov 27th

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Time to just go over Batman’s Supporting Cast a wee bit.

Now we’ve already talked about a few of these folks prior to now so lets go down that list really quickly.

And you would think with that full a cast, we would not have that many more people to discuss, well you would be wrong.

Lets start with Batman’s parents, Dr. Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne.  Two of Gotham’s most loved philanthropists and through their foundations and Dr. Wayne’s lifesaving worth, there are very few Gothamites who have not been touched by their good deeds.

The parents of Bruce Wayne may not appear in every story, however there is no doubt that the two of them are the driving force in Batman’s world.  Upon leaving a movie theater the family walks through an alley to get to their vehicle.  On the way they meet a lone gunman in the shadows, Joe Chill.  Joe’s robbery attempt goes wrong when Thomas fights back and Chill shoots and kills him.  This causes Martha to cry out More >

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Going to the Chapel…

Sep 15th

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We are gathered here today in this fine house to recognize the comic book union of this man and this Wonder Girl…

After all the Titans have gone through it was time for a bit of a rest and to enjoy a happy event.  Donna Troy weds Terrence Long in their anniversary 50th issue which features some guest appearances from some surprise guests.

The groomsmen are all Terry’s family and friends, and his sons acting as ring bearers.  Donna’s entourage include Sharon a former roommate and her newly found half-sisters, along with ex Titans Lilith Clay, current Titan Starfire, and Diana Prince, Wonder Woman.

Amongst the company we see Dick Grayson (Nightwing), who gave Donna away, Wally West (Kid Flash), Frances Kane, Garfield Logan (Changeling), Victor Stone (Cyborg), Garth & Tula (Aqualad and Aquagirl), Roy Harper (Speedy), Bette Kane (Bat-Girl), Joe Wilson (Jericho), Mal & Karen Beecher (Guardian & Bumblebee), and Duela Dent (Harlequin).

We discover that Mal & Karen have since retired from super-heroics and gotten married and Lilith’s old flame Gnarrk has died.  Dick Grayson actually confronts Duela Dent who has gotten quite old and portly in the time between now and when the old Titans were together, he claims that she is far More >

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Groovy Daddy-O

Aug 25th

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Oh the hippie, dippy, trippy, late sixties gave way to the love, peace, flower child which traveled through the remainder of America’s struggling civil rights adolescence.  While America had passed a civil rights bill, their first Catholic President was assassinated.  While desegregation moved forward more violence against African Americans continued in the social holdouts of racism.  When some college students followed the Hippie life and dropped out, they became icons of a social war as the younger generation told the older generation, stop sending us to die in your wars.  Young men burned draft cards and ran to Canada to avoid the death machine that was Vietnam.  A later President would soon be exposed to be criminally implicated in campaign tampering and would resign in disgrace.  No one over 30 would ever be trusted again.

It is in this backdrop that the Teen Titans are created.

While Robin, Speedy, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad had existed for a while now, they had rarely teamed up.  In fact, Wonder Girl’s admission is an editorial flub as when she first appeared she was a younger version of Wonder Woman, not a separate character.  Eventually, to make the two characters completely distinguishable, Wonder Girl a.k.a. Donna More >

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The Feminine Touch

Apr 9th

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As popular as Superman and Batman are comic fans love to see their heroes teamed up with other characters and DC Comics had two comics that did exactly that. The classic silver age Brave and the Bold featured Batman and the bronze age DC Comics Presents had Superman teaming up with other characters. While many of these stories included co-stars from the Justice League of America that we have already introduced; the other guest stars are those lesser known characters who get to shine when paired with one of DC’s big names.

We are going to start with those guest stars that are closest to our main stars and work our way outwards in groups that hopefully will make some consistent sense. So, today.. we do guest stars heavily related to Batman and Superman.

We have already discussed the Earth-2 and Earth-3 counterparts of our headlining heroes so we are going to ignore those gentlemen for the time being.

You certainly wouldn’t catch Kal-El wearing those hot pants, now would you?

Supergirl makes an appearance in her more adult form with her super-powered cousin and with Batman. We’ve already told her story at least her Legion story. As more of an adultish character Supergirl tries to More >