Bat Lessons: Batman History

Idea on a Monday,

Researched on Tuesday,

Scheduled @capedjoel to guest on Wednesday,

Recorded on Thursday,

Edited on Friday,

Uploaded on Saturday,

Released on Sunday:

This is our episode

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00:00 Welcome Caped Joel!

01:29 Solomon Grundy

03:27 Nursery Rhyme

06:22 Batman Villain?

13:13 Green Lantern

18:18 First Appearance

31:07 Story Thoughts

32:35 Inspirations

37:50 Caped Joel!

40:55 Batman Memories

41:25 Batman Hot Takes

This is the replay from a livestream we recently had covering all the mistakes we made and all the feedback we got in the second year of Bat Lessons

Few know about the first appearance of the Dark Knight in cinema. Fewer still know just how much of an impact it had on the batman universe. The Batman 1943 Serial is the genesis of the Batcave and of Alfred. Join us as we dive deep on the history and story of this important moment in the story of Batman.

https://www.amazon.com/Continued-Next-Week-History-Picture/dp/0806106336/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozawa_v._United_States

https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/2017/04/27/saturday-kiddie-matinees-in-the-20th-century/

https://archive.org/details/batman-1943-chapters-1-7

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035665/

https://www.polygon.com/22981669/batman-movie-1943-serial-war-propaganda

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00:00 Intro

01:52 Serials

16:56 WW2

17:38 Internment

23:31 Batman (1943)

43:43 The Radium Age

55:26 Dr Daka

58:38 Batman

01:00:00 Robin

01:01:22 Linda Page

01:02:19 Alfred Beagle

01:03:11 Closing Thoughts

On this very special edition of Bat Edition, we drive cross country and learn the history of Six Flags and Batman: The Ride and Mr. Freeze. Then, after spending a day at Six Flags St. Louis we give you our thoughts on the rides and their theming.

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Few supporting characters appear more in Batman stories than Alfred Pennyworth. Across comics, tv shows, movies and more, Alfred always stands by Batman's side. You probably know him as the loyal, skilled, and caring father figure that shaped Bruce into who he would become. But few know the story behind his creation. On this episode of bat lessons we uncover his early history in comics and newspaper strips and then discover the surprising way Alfred is inspired by the same source material as archer, the lion king, clue, 007, john wick, black butler, and more. You don't want to miss it.

• Serial Shooting Script (Archive.org)

• Batman: The Dailies (Amazon)

• Pewter Status (Youtube)

• Batman #16 (DCU Infinite)

• Jeeves & Wooster (Youtube)

• Dr Conary Interview (Youtube)

• Military Batman (Wikipedia)

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00:00 Intro

01:57 First Appearance?

02:34 Who Created Alfred?

08:24 Daily Comic Strip History 

16:39 Alfred’s Inker

19:29 Daily Strip Alfred

34:44 Batman #16

48:52 Story Thoughts

49:35 Alfred’s Inspiration

On this guestless edition of Bat Lessons, we cover the first appearance of Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Then we fall down the rabbit hole on Lewis Carroll, and the creation of Alice in Wonderland.

• Detective Comics 74 (DCU Infinite)

• Don Cameron (wikipedia)

• Lewis Carroll (wikipedia)

• Annotated Alice (amazon)

• Enantiomorphs (wikipedia)

• Thalidomide (wikipedia)

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00:00 Intro

02:43 Detective 74

22:17 Story Thoughts

25:34 Alice in Wonderland

29:39 Lewis Carroll

38:27 Tweedledum and Tweedledee

50:44 Closing Thoughts

Very special guest Sasha from Casually comics comes along for a chat about the malevolent Mad Hatter and crack photographer Vicki Vale!

• 75 Years of Batman (Kindle)

• Mad as a Hatter (Wikipedia)

• Mad Gasser of Mattoon (Wikipedia)

• Creators of the Super Heroes (Amazon)

• Torchy Blane (Wikipedia)

• Casually Comics (Youtube)

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We’re joined by special guest Jameson from A Comic Book A Day  to go over the first appearance of the duke of duplicity, Two Face!!

• Geroge Russous (Blog Post)

• Detective #66 (DC Universe Infinite)

• Batman: The Complete History (Amazon)

• Creators of the Super Heroes (Amazon)

• History of Comics (Amazon)

• The Shadow: Face of Doom (Amazon)

• The Bat Strikes Again (Amazon)

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We’re joined by special guest Sal from ComicPOP to go over the first appearance of the pompous waddling master of foul play, the Penguin!

• Detective Comics #58 (DCU Infinite)

• Creators of the Super Heroes (Amazon)

• Steranko History of Comics (Amazon)

• Jerry Robinsion: Ambassador Of  Comics (Amazon)

• ComicPOP (YouTube)

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Brian and Alex Discuss Clayface in person! A brief overview of various iterations of clayface, and a read of the very first appearance of Clayface. A fun episode!

• Silver Age Origin: Detective Comics #304 (DCU Infinite)

• Clayface Hero: Detective Comics Rebirth (Amazon)

• Batman Beyond: Disappearing Inque (wiki)

• Lon Chaney: The Phantom of the Opera (wiki)

• Lon Chaney: The Wolf Man (IMDB)

• New 52 Origin: Dark Knight #24 (DCU Infinite)

• First Appearance: Detective Comics #40 (DCU Infinite)

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