Today, various Batmen reflecting different stages in his 'career':
Zero Year
This Batman is an early, starting out Wayne. He doesn't have his bat-gadgets refined- he's carrying at least three knives, an axe, a crossbow, and a torch. The purple gloves are homage to the first appearance of the 'Bat-Man' in Detective Comics #27 (1939).
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| Zero Year Batman |
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| Zero Year (2013) |
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| Detective Comics #27 (1939) |
Thrasher Bat-suit
The Thrasher power armour has appeared occasionally in recent years.
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| Thrasher Bat-suit |
The Dark Knight Returns
DKR (1986) was a tale that brought Batman back into seriously serious territory after the Adam West years. A 60ish Bruce Wayne takes up the cowl again because he misses the violence. Highly recommended. I did a dark blue cowl and cape that I'm pretty happy with; it is a more interesting colour than black.
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| The Dark Knight Returns |
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| Dark Knight Returns #2 (1986) |
Year 100
Every now and then DC lets an author off the leash to do something with Batman. Year 100 is a tale of Batman in 2039, fighting a dystopian police state. He's got a decidedly retro look with leather lace up boots and shorts, and memorably wears fangs to terrify baddies.
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| Year 100 Batman |
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| Year 100 (2006) |
Bat robots
The Ro-bats popped up a couple of times in the late 2000s.
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| Bat-robots |
Bat-tally 136/ 215 (63%)
Great job Barks, I had heard of the Ro-bats, wonderfully weird.
ReplyDeleteI’m not a huge fan of the concept, honestly.
DeleteYou aer totally crushing it! I love all your recent bat-paintjobs!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suber!
DeleteWell done Barks, these figures look great.
ReplyDeleteI betcha your itching to get these onto the tabletop!
Hoping to get a game in next week! Watch this bat-channel!
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