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Fri, 06 February 2015 13:07 |
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Batman: The Jiro Kuwata BATMANGA volume 1
Long time Batman aficionados like myself might enjoy a look at this
book. It is certainly a lot cheaper than the gigantic volume I saw a
few years ago but had no chance to really look at.
Jiro Kuwata has an illustrious history with this sort of hero.
Batman and Robin are working from the Wayne Manor Batcave but
no sign of Alfred Pennyworth. Except for the absence of Alfred it
is a very similar series to the stuff I read in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Weird but powerful villains, an Inspector Gordon for the
vigilante-police
interface, no mention of the Joker, Two Face or the Penguin, and the
Bat-mobile looks like a conventional 1960s land cruiser but reportedly
has a nuclear power plant.
Black and white illustrations which look better to Kazumasa Hirai, a SF
novelist who helped Kuwata create 8 Man.
No female villains for the specious reason that it was for young
Japanese males.
Now I found this at the SFPL Main and where at the same time I
got the graphic novel versions of Batman and Robin where Batman is
still Bruce Wayne and Robin is his son, Damian Wayne. Batman is yet
to be murdered by villain and replaced by Richard Grayson at this point.
If you have the money and are interested in Kuwata's work spend
about $15 bucks for the Batmanga but if you want more dynamic
work in color as Bats has been traditionally be prepared to spring
for about $38 USD before taxes for the paperback versions of
the graphic novels; $50 +taxes for the hardcover versions.
Best is to go to the public library and get them all unless
you can afford them and have a home to keep them in.
bliss
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