Created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle "The name's Potato... Joe Potato. I'm a private eye, working out of the south side. An' before you ask — no, it ain't a disease — or a mutation! I was born this way!" Letters. we get letters... Hello Mr Smith, As an avid and growing fan of … Continue reading Joe Potato
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Richard “Dick” Grayson (Nine Lives: Who Killed Selina Kyle?)
Character created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger"Elseworlds" tale by Dean Motter and Michael Lark Holy gumshoe, Batman! Most people hearing the name "DICK GRAYSON" will immediately identify him as Robin, the Boy Wonder — Batman's trusted sidekick, he of the bright colors and the shorts. The first in an increasingly long list of Robins. But … Continue reading Richard “Dick” Grayson (Nine Lives: Who Killed Selina Kyle?)
James Gordon (Gotham Noir)
Character created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger "Elseworlds" tale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Somehow, no matter how many twists and turns the on-going DC Comics' Batman saga takes, it never seems to entirely shake its roots in the hard-boiled detective pulps of the thirties and forties. A case in point is the … Continue reading James Gordon (Gotham Noir)
The Elongated Man (aka Ralph Dibny)
Created by John Broome (writer) & Carmine Infantino (artist) RALPH DIBNY was an actual private eye in the DC universe. Well, sorta. And briefly. And only eventually. He was better known for by his super-hero monicker "ELONGATED MAN." And he was pretty much, at least at first, an intentional rip-off of Plastic Man, another very … Continue reading The Elongated Man (aka Ralph Dibny)
Plastic Man (aka Patrick “Eel” O’Brian)
Created by Jack Cole (1914-58) Okay, okay, okay... So... he may have possessed plenty of gumshoe spirit, full of world-weary but snappy patter and he may have known plenty of those mean streets, but much beloved felon-turned-superhero PLASTIC MAN was never really a private eye (except for a brief, almost-glorious moment). Still, you could say … Continue reading Plastic Man (aka Patrick “Eel” O’Brian)
Dylan Dog
Created by Tiziano Sclavi From Italy comes this comic book featuring a rather bizarrely-named London-based private eye, DYLAN DOG, put out by. comic publisher Sergio Bonelli Editore since 1986. And it isn't just his name that's rather peculiar. Nope, not for the former Scotland Yard detective the humdrum banal world of marital affairs and divorce … Continue reading Dylan Dog
Elmer Fudd
Elmer Fudd created by Tex Avery Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger “My name is Elmer Fudd. He’s Batman. And we’re hunting wabbits." One of the more bizarre entries into the Shamus Game is Looney Toon ELMER FUDD, that wascawwy wabbit-hunting weirdo, who becomes a po-faced bounty hunter in the Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, an … Continue reading Elmer Fudd
My Scrapbook: Darwyn Cooke’s Color Model Sheet for Slam Bradley
My Scrapbook Darwyn Cooke's Color Model Sheet for Slam Bradley (March 2001) Say what you will about Slam Bradley, arguably DC Comics' longest running detective character (first appearance: Detective Comics #1), but his revival in 2001 in a four-part backup that ran in issues #759-762 of that magazine may be the greatest and most sincere … Continue reading My Scrapbook: Darwyn Cooke’s Color Model Sheet for Slam Bradley
Sasha Bordeaux
Created by Greg Rucka and Shawn Martinbrough "Hey, it's Bruce Wayne. How can I refuse?" Sasha to Lucius Fox, upon being offer the job of Wayne's bodyguard Don't you hate it when stupid things happen to great comic book characters? After quitting the Secret Service, SASHA BORDEAUX decides to go private as a bodyguard, and soon … Continue reading Sasha Bordeaux
To the Batcave!
P.I. Writers who Have Contributed to the Canon Since his creation back in the thirties, Batman has had an immense and undeniable impact on not just crime fiction but on our culture itself, influencing and appearing in films, radio and television, graphic novels, cartoons, comic strips, videogames and of course comic books. Here's … Continue reading To the Batcave!