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?)
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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)
Detective Picture Stories
A short-lived (only five issues!) but significant anthology, Detective Picture Stories was the first-ever comic book to devote itself entirely to detective stories, featuring an assortment of police officers, government agents, amateur sleuths and, yes, private eyes, although the characters' actual occupations are often vague — typical of the era. Still, this early crime mag … Continue reading Detective Picture Stories
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