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TwoPair posted:Wonder Woman Annual: Wonder Woman has just revealed herself to the world so naturally ol' paranoid Batman's on a stakeout to make sure she's not a threat. I like the follow up bit.  While holding the lasso of truth Superman introduces himself as Clark Kent, while holding the lasso Batman introduces himself as Batman.
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Skwirl posted:His middle name was Christopher, he's a priest. No idea why he changed his name from Jim Owsley, but whatever reason he had that's a pretty easy jump. He got divorced. He said "If I ever get divorced I will become a priest.' So that's why the name change. Incidentally, he now claims he never said any of this but I was at a panel where he recounted the story so I don't know what his problem is. Also, James Owsley is not his original name either.
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Rhyno posted:He got divorced. He said "If I ever get divorced I will become a priest.' So that's why the name change. Incidentally, he now claims he never said any of this but I was at a panel where he recounted the story so I don't know what his problem is. Also, James Owsley is not his original name either. My working assumption for the name change was that his dad was also named James Owsley and he hates his dad, but if that's not his original name I have no clue.
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Skwirl posted:My working assumption for the name change was that his dad was also named James Owsley and he hates his dad, but if that's not his original name I have no clue. The story goes is that Shooter was a massive influence on Owsley so he changed his name to James in tribute to his mentor a the time. I have heard this told by numerous people, including Shooter. Shooter's version is funny, someone told him that "hey, this guy named himself after you" and Shooter says "Why would you change your name to rear end in a top hat?"
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Lurdiak posted:If I had the same name as another even mildly famous person in my general field I would give up immediately and rename myself. That's what middle names and initials are for. Not much help if they got incredibly famous right when you were around 2 years old though. Trust me on this one 
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Bucnasti posted:I like the follow up bit. Well he's not lying.
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It very much reminds me of this bit in Batman Beyond. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceca1JCRQbA
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Bucnasti posted:I like the follow up bit. That's either a photoshop or some very bad lettering.
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Jun 2, 2017 15:05
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The last Batman comic Batman #249
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SilverSupernova posted:Well he's not lying. Isn't always the case with him? I'm pretty sure there was an episode of Batman Beyond where the villain tried to make him think he was crazy by projecting voices only he could hear. He later told Terryville that he knew it wasn't actually in his head because the voices called him "Bruce."
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Gnome de plume posted:It very much reminds me of this bit in Batman Beyond. Bruce and Terry are such good friends. 
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Keeshhound posted:Isn't always the case with him? I'm pretty sure there was an episode of Batman Beyond where the villain tried to make him think he was crazy by projecting voices only he could hear. He later told Terryville that he knew it wasn't actually in his head because the voices called him "Bruce." 
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Well, that'll teach me to refresh before posting.
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Missed opportunity not calling him Kryptzarro.
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I found the Ugly American from Batman and this is even more awkward than the preceding "heroin is bad" Black Spider comic.   He's a crazy racist patriot who was made even more racist as part of a CIA supersoldier program, but they were too effective and now he's killing people who drive foreign cars and blindly attacking anyone who isn't white.
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chitoryu12 posted:I found the Ugly American from Batman and this is even more awkward than the preceding "heroin is bad" Black Spider comic.
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chitoryu12 posted:He's a crazy racist patriot who was made even more racist as part of a CIA supersoldier program, but they were too effective and now he's killing people who drive foreign cars and blindly attacking anyone who isn't white. Attorney General Sessions just had a tiny orgasm.
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They found out their conditioning was too good when he tried to kill his handler for being black. It ends with Batman decking the CIA agent who terminated him, stealing the file on the project from their car, and giving it to the guy's daughter along with the number of an anti-government lawyer so she can file a lawsuit.
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Jun 2, 2017 21:15
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No wonder he's pissed all the time, having to drink nothing but American Beer 
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Jun 2, 2017 21:24
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Apparently Alan Grant was very big on political commentary. First heroin, then xenophobia, now this: All in the same collection, Shadow of the Bat.
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I thought he'd tucked his head halfway into his tshirt in the last panel on first glance, for added intimidation 
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What kind of sad state was the economy in that Nuke had to pick up a side gig just to make ends meet?
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That crotch to ribs endless wasteland of bunched denim #aesthetic
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chitoryu12 posted:I found the Ugly American from Batman and this is even more awkward than the preceding "heroin is bad" Black Spider comic. I am sad the KGBeast didn't make a comeback specifically to fight this guy.
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Section Z posted:I am sad the KGBeast didn't make a comeback specifically to fight this guy. Unfortunately he gets terminated by the CIA at the end of the comic after Batman stops him from murdering his son-in-law for being Korean.
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Retro Futurist posted:No wonder he's pissed all the time, having to drink nothing but American Beer This would be a good joke if it was still the 90s. American craft beers blow 99% of the foreign imports we get out of the water these days. Unless of course you're not american yourself and only know budweiser and it's equivalents. It's me, I'm the ugly american.
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GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:This would be a good joke if it was still the 90s. American craft beers blow 99% of the foreign imports we get out of the water these days. Unless of course you're not american yourself and only know budweiser and it's equivalents. When American people say they want "an American beer" they mean Bud Light or something similar. If they want a craft beer they'll ask for a specific varietal.
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Big part of the American craft brewer revolution was just returning to conventional European styles anyway. "American beer" as defined pre-1990s was its own 'invention' inasmuch as they were mainly lovely pilseners with all the flavor removed in order to facilitate more rapid consumption.
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And of course all the big "American" beers are owned by foreign corporations now. 
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GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:This would be a good joke if it was still the 90s. American craft beers blow 99% of the foreign imports we get out of the water these days. Unless of course you're not american yourself and only know budweiser and it's equivalents. Well that was written before the 90s so there
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Retro Futurist posted:Well that was written before the 90s so there Yeah right after I posted that I realized that comic was probably 80s. I could post a lot more arguing about types of beer but this obviously isn't the thread for it.
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GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:Yeah right after I posted that I realized that comic was probably 80s. I could post a lot more arguing about types of beer but this obviously isn't the thread for it. Only if you have appropriate Wolverine panels through which to make your arguments.
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AfroSquirrel posted:Only if you have appropriate Wolverine panels through which to make your arguments. Uh-oh. This doesn't look like a microbrew.  
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prefect posted:Uh-oh. This doesn't look like a microbrew. Spilling half the Bud down your shirt so it doesn't go in your mouth. A clever Canadian.
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Phy posted:Spilling half the Bud down your shirt so it doesn't go in your mouth. A clever Canadian. It's a classic stratagem. 
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GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:Yeah right after I posted that I realized that comic was probably 80s. I could post a lot more arguing about types of beer but this obviously isn't the thread for it. I think it's 1993 at the latest.
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Lurdiak posted:It's a classic stratagem. Was shotgunning beer to Steve Austin what scarfing down spinach was to Popeye?
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Lobok posted:Was shotgunning beer to Steve Austin what scarfing down spinach was to Popeye? Sadly, no, it was usually post-match theatrics.
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howe_sam posted:And of course all the big "American" beers are owned by foreign corporations now.
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