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Drawing Crazy Patterns – The Strange Costumes of Batman!
In this feature, I spotlight five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics).
Today we look at five examples of strange costumes Batman has!
Enjoy!
In World’s Finest Comics #7, Batman and Robin have to deal with extreme cold. Luckily, they have costumes with wires throughout, giving off heat!
In Detective Comics #165, we see a trio of strange Batman costumes, including one that is pretty much insane.
First off, a Bat-glider costume…
Next, a SCUBA-Bat costume…
But after Batman is injured, they are forced to use the Batman costume that, earlier in the issue, Robin hoped that they would never have to use (“Chekov’s Batman Costume,” as it were)….
Yep, a Batman costume that Robin can use. The insane part – they put a bird on the emblem, thereby hurting the very intent of the costume!! Insanity!
Finally, speaking of insanity, check out Detective Comics #241. Dick Grayson notices some crooks plotting a scheme involving TV cameras, but in the process, injures his arm.
So Batman and Robin have to go everywhere a lot of TV cameras are, and, for some reason, Batman is wearing multi-colored costumes…
Eventually, the answer is revealed…
That is some plan there, Batman! Then again, it DID work, so I apologize, Batman, you are the man!
17 Comments
Illy
July 22, 2011 at 7:07 am
“In an instant, Batman becomes a rainbow of dazzling action…”!
You just don’t see that kind of sentence in modern age comics anymore
Cat Skyfire
July 22, 2011 at 7:07 am
The first one is less than ideal for poor Robin. Batman would have heat everywhere but his lower face. But bare armed/bare legged Robin isn’t going to be getting heat from wires on those limbs…
T.
July 22, 2011 at 7:31 am
This was awesome. Good stuff Brian! Really made my Friday morning.
T.
July 22, 2011 at 7:37 am
I love reading these old Batman stories with Kevin Conroy’s voice. It makes them that much better.
buttler
July 22, 2011 at 8:24 am
Man, that’s what I’d call stupid brilliant–the Rainbow Batman revelation is stupid and brilliant at the same time.
I love how it fakes you out to think that the multicolored costumes are in some way vital to solving the crime, and the secret reason he wears them that he must never tell?
“I just wanted more attention!”
Should have thought of that before you put your teenage sidekick in hot pants, Batso.
Jeff Ryan
July 22, 2011 at 8:39 am
I would had bet $100 that this was an excuse to mention that Zur-En-Arrh Batman that Grant Morrison brought back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_of_Zur-En-Arrh
buttler
July 22, 2011 at 11:04 am
Jeff: Ah, but he wouldn’t have fit, because originally it wasn’t a costume for Batman himself. Now the Zebra Batman, on the other hand …. well, that might not count either, because it was more of a transformation than a costume.
Adam Ruvola
July 22, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Imagine Batman’s lines being spoken by Christian Bale, it’s even funnier.
Dominic
July 22, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Why the rainbow costume didn’t become Batman’s main outfit I’ll never know…
Leandro263
July 22, 2011 at 8:59 pm
So THAT’S the story behind that cover… The one where Batman is wearing a pink uniform and Robin tries to pretend that it’s not a gay situation at all by casually mentioning that Batman is wearing a red uniform.
Tungsten Man
July 22, 2011 at 10:14 pm
I hear Superman is a dick, too.
Ed
July 22, 2011 at 11:19 pm
or maybe, he could just give Robin a few days off to heal
Brian Cronin
July 22, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Well, as far as they knew, the bad guys’ plot was going to happen right away, so they couldn’t afford to not go looking for them.
Reno
July 23, 2011 at 12:15 am
Whenever I read Batman stuff from this era, it’s Diedrich Bader’s voice I hear in my head.
Spangle
July 30, 2011 at 6:46 pm
“They’ll find no pot of gold at the end of THIS rainbow… only prison!”
AMAZING
The Mad Monkey
July 31, 2011 at 2:23 am
Reading classic Batman in Christian Bale’s voice is akin to acquiring self-inflicted dyslexia.
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