Tag: Batman Family Reunion

This month, we welcome Bill Bere of The Bat-Pod to the Reunion! He picked a doozy, as the table is set for 5 stories this month! The Huntress begins her solo strip with a barbeque (of Gotham), Lori dumps Dick, Babs slaps a Senator, and Kirk is wistful for his glory days! Oh yeah, and Batman swims through sewer water, earning Shawn’s respect forever! Come join the fun and have some strawberry shortcake!

Check out Bill at https://www.thebatpod.com/1794492

This month's Bat Family History links for P. Craig Russell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Craig_Russell

http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=906

http://frpeneaud.free.fr/artists/Russell/RussellInterview.html

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/russell_pc.htm

“Glory Days” Copyright Bruce Springsteen.

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This month, we welcome our Bat-Cousin, and another Batman Family letterhack, Martin Maenza, to the Reunion!  The Huntress meets her Uncle Bruce and the rest of the Bat Family!  Man-Bat meets the Demon!  Bat-Cousin Shawn’s apple pie wins an award (4^th place)!  But the big news is that Batman Family is now a DOLLAR COMIC!  We bite off the tasty morsels of stories, as Batman and Robin team up to save Lori, the Bat-Ladies take on Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Madame Zodiac, and we await the arrival of Baby-Bat!

Check out Martin’s work at the 5 Earths project:  https://5earths.info/

This month's Bat Family History link for Dollar Comics:  Back Issue #57

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Great silent page by the Master Aparo!

Hot-headed Robin gets tossed by Helena!

Love this "Family" Room!

Musings by Robin

And by Bruce!

Great panel!

Good thing Dick has his cape!

Madam Zodiac! (NOT Xanadu!)

I still don't know what's happening in this panel.

Great use of captions.  Props to Don Heck.

Just admire the art on the next few pages.  Wow.

Still waiting for the Morgaine Le Fey Cosplayers!

See how Rogers makes us part of the transportation.  Tremendous.

Yikes!

Ah the warm cuddly Etrigan.

Cripes Indeed!  Great panel!!

Turned to stone!

And a beautiful baby girl! and demon???

Splash page by Jim Starlin.  Great poem - art, to be debated.

STOP THE PRESSES!

A few pics of the history of DOLLAR COMICS!

And finally - Shawn's Tempo books collection!

A special episode with the Co-Creator of the Huntress!  That’s right, Paul Levitz drops by the Reunion! Enjoy snacking on the Dunkin’ Donuts as we talk about his career, the evolution of the Huntress character, and a lot of other tasty morsels along the way.

Many thanks to Dan Greenfield of https://13thdimension.com/ for helping us arrange this interview.

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Shawn and Paul are sitting alone at the picnic table this month but hoo-boy! What an issue to discuss! We get Robin, Batgirl, Bat-Girl, Commissioner Gordon, Cold-Shoulder Lori, strange video equipment, father-daughter teasing, a color-blind villain, and plenty of hamburgers – all in the first story!  Man-Bat shares billing (and the reward) with Jason Bard (who also eats a burger) in our second story as they save Francine from the Shotgun Sniper! Shed a tear as Shawn shares a tale of heartbreak over Superman vs. Muhammad Ali!  Come on down to the Wayne Family Gardens and join the fun!

Bat Family History – Michael Golden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Golden_(comics)

http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=137

https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=560

https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Dark-Knight-Michael-Golden/dp/1401289614

http://thegreatcomicbookheroes.blogspot.com/2015/10/happy-60th-birthday-michael-golden.html

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Batgirl teams up with 10 year old Robin!

Lori gives Dick the cold shoulder! But he gets her burger!

Mannequins on a Train! Like Snakes on a Plane but more plastic!

Ouch! I'll just rub that bullet wound!

Brave CG!

Getting ready for dinner!

Daddy gets teased!

The print version.

The digital version.  Hmmm.

Yeah let's all resign.

Unnamed villain taken out by cardboard cutouts of Batgirl and Robin!

Wow, just wow.

And here is Michael Golden (also getting a burger).

Taking out the bad guy, with "flair"!

Get ready to be a Daddy, Kirk! (but put your shirt on first)

The stars of Shawn's Broadway show are the villains here.

Earth-2 adventures!

AWODCC - love it!

And the non-creepy Calendar Man!

I wish I had a Super-Hero Time Machine!

This month we have two all-star relatives at the reunion!

A big Bat-hello to Bat-Cousin Craig Boldman, a comics professional for many years who actually had a letter printed in Batman Family #12!  Listen to the segment on the Batmail Family Special Delivery from this issue, as we discuss how the other readers of the day dissect his plan to rename Robin as Robin Hood!  You should check out his website and then take a look at all his comics credits!  Thanks to listener Doug Vandiver for pointing us his way!

We also welcome Bat-Cousin Jim Beard to the reunion, published author and Bat-Expert on anything and everything regarding the Dynamic Duo!  Jim recently concluded his 3-volume treatise on the Batman TV show, and you can see those books here!

And make sure to listen to the feedback section for a story about a real-life bat in our real-life family!

If you like the discussion we had about the DC Super Stars Society, check out the following:

Legion of Super Bloggers Post

The Back Issue article in BI #130, available here;

and the Firestorm and Aquaman faux entries by Xum Yukinori:

Xum Yukinori, you crazy bastard. @FWPodcasts pic.twitter.com/S0TleEOItL

— The Aquaman Shrine (@aquamanshrine) September 27, 2021

This month's Bat Family History links for Lee Elias:

http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=279

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

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/elias_lee.htm

https://www.comics.org/creator/8114/features/?sort=first_credit

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Would love to hang out in their hangout!

Aw no, not another bike!

You give it to him, Babs!

Robin vs Killer Moth?  Or is it someone else....

The mechanics of a batarang!

That is one big nest!

The art and sound effects in these next few pages - wow.

Yikes! What a cliffhanger!  Who is the target?!?!

They are cuckoo for liking Fruit Pies!

The 1970s were a different time.

Because kids LOVE getting memos!

Paul's application - never sent in (boo hoo) maybe because I was ashamed of getting two wrong on the quiz!

The JLGL (PBHN) Poster!

Courtesy of the Aquaman Shrine!

Movie Star!

Readers debate our guest Craig Boldman's suggestions about Robin!

And - a real life bat!

This month, Bat-Cousin Paul Wildenberger brings his spicy salsa to the reunion to talk about Batman Family #14!  A crazy virus melts Batwoman and threatens Batgirl & Robin, but that doesn’t stop the Boy Wonder from another great Batarang trick! Meanwhile Man-Bat gets a shock from his neighbor, and we learn a little more about who is knocking on Francine’s door.  All this and more great food and company at this month’s BFR!

This month's Bat Family History links for Don Heck:

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

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/heck_don.htm

http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=65

Note there is also a book from TwoMorrows: Don Heck: A Work Of Art, by John Coates:

https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1382

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