Comments on: Comics Should Be Good Top 50 Countdown! – #47

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:39:20 +0000

DC Comics Presents #47 revealed that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe are in fact part of the DC multiverse, or at least were, pre-crisis.

By: McK

McK — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:55:44 +0000

Brian, as far as comics.org knows, Bob Kane drew the cover himself. And from what I can tell from my research, the “Origin of Batman” story is also penciled by Bob Kane alone. At this time (and until 1953, when Sheldon Moldoff took over as “Bob Kane”), it was typical for Kane to draw the Batman and Robin characters and have Lew Schwartz draw the rest of the panels, though Kane still fully penciled a few stories until 1953. In fact, the other two Batman stories in Batman #47 are penciled in the Kane/Schwartz collaborative manner.

But I always found that rather appropriate — one of the last Finger/Kane stories was the first complete origin of Batman.

By: buttler

buttler — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:36:44 +0000

Ooo, neat. I’d say the earlier quickie telling of the origin in Detective #33 may be more iconic in the sense of people knowing the panels by heart (“Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot,” etc.), but there’s no question this one is huge.

#27, #47 — man, what is it with these Batman vs. Ant-Man face-offs? In the spirit of poor Scott Lang, I’d like to stick up for another C-lister who showed up at at #47: the Melter in Tales of Suspense.

By: Matt Bird

Matt Bird — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:46:50 +0000

American Flagg! #47 featured the return of long-missed creator Howard Chaykin as writer, bringing Paul Smith with him as artist.

By: Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:03:12 +0000

I had joked before about an issue of Quasar featuring all the ’90s “cool” charatcers that disappeared as soon as thier tittles were over — Darkhawk, Sleepwalker, Deathlok, Moon Knight. Everyone except Thuderstrike. So here he is: Thunderstrike! All the powers of Thor, all the personality of some guy wandering on the street! He helps Quasar get back his Quantum bands, which Quasar has been without for seriously the better part of a year.

By: Ajit

Ajit — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:54:55 +0000

Well, Dane Whitman became the new Black Knight in the pages of Avengers #47 and Dian Belmont was introduced to the Sandman in truly dramatic fashion in Adventure Comics #47, but on the whole I was hoping that Batman #47 would make the cut when you started this series.