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Welcome to a special presentation of SUPERMAN & BATMAN, featuring your two favorite heroes in one podcast together!
The show’s premise is simple: Each episode, host Michael Bradley celebrates seven decades of the World’s Finest heroes by looking at stories featuring the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, chosen at random mostly from the pages of World’s Finest Comics.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BATMAN
“… My Beginning … and My Probable End.”
and “The Man Who Falls”
and “Batman Dies at Dawn”
GUEST HOSTS: Tom Panarese, of Taking Flight: A Robin & Nightwing Podcast; Michael Kaiser, formerly of Legends of the Batman; and Donovan Grant, of Next Dimension: A Dragonball Z Podcast and The Batman Universe!
ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS: (see below)
WHAT TO EXPECT: Batman’s life in a selection of fans’ all-time favorite Batman stories illustrating why the character still resonates after 75 years!
ALSO FEATURING: Batman lauded and celebrated by longtime fans!
PLUS: Vignettes where Michael offers his thoughts on various facets of the Dark Knight’s mythology!
“… My Beginning … and My Probable End.,” originally published in DETECTIVE COMICS #574 (cover date May 1987), has been reprinted in Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told, Vol. 1 trade paperback and Legends of the Dark Knight: Alan Davis hardcover.
“The Man Who Falls,” originally published in SECRET ORIGINS OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST SUPER-HEROES trade paperback (cover date 1990), has been reprinted in Batman Begins: The Movie & Other Tales of the Dark Knight trade paperback and Batman: Secrets of the Batcave trade paperback.
“Batman Dies at Dawn,” originally published in BATMAN #674 (cover date April 2008), has been reprinted in Batman: The Black Glove hardcover, trade paperback and Deluxe Edition hardcover.
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Michael,
Great Batman tribute episode! Fantastic idea, and very well executed. I’m a big fan of the first two stories, and the Barr/Davis run is HIGHLY underrated amongst great Batman runs. To me, this was the final chapter of it, as Year Two kind of went astray a bit, mostly due to McFarlane coming on board. Like Mr. Pantarese, I liked his stuff at the time, but the shortcomings jump out like crazy now, esp. compared to a master like Davis. Barr’s take on Jason Todd, despite this Post-Crisis origin flashback, was clearly the earlier, more stable Jason, but it’s just another example of the flux the DCU was in as creators scrambled to understand what to do after Crisis.
I believe “The Man Who Falls” was reprinted in a special Digest-sized TPB inserted into early versions of the Batman Begins DVD. I have that version, and I recall this story being there. This story, along with the first arc in Legends of the Dark Knight (which this story flashes back to with the mask totem angle) established that Bruce studied under different masters, after Miller had hinted on it with Bruce’s long absence from Gotham in Batman: Year One. The stories in that Secret Origins TPB were all Post-Crisis, even though later stories negated some or all aspects of them.
I must be honest and admit I don’t care for 90% of Morrison’s Batman run. I think he did a lot to drive me away from the character’s monthly adventures. I did enjoy the “Club of Heroes” storyline, but I felt his obsession with “Robin Dies at Dawn” was a bit much and way too self-indulgent, even though I knew the story well. I can’t imagine how someone who DIDN’T know the story felt about it. Obviously, I’m in the minority when it comes to my opinion on what he did with Batman, but I stand by it. I still enjoyed the discussion you and Mr. Tate had about it.
Again, great show, and I’ll have to look into those “Legends of Batman” episodes!
Chris