...Wait a minute, he even had a villain called The Bat Man. I smell a rat!
Anyway, no matter how inspirational he was, he's pretty obscure these days. Nice to see some Timm work that shows of The Spider's vampiric appearance.
Tuesday, January 24
Timm Tuesday! - The Spider
Continuing along the lines of Golden Age heroes, here is The Spider. A millionaire playboy who dressed up in a black cape and a frightening costume to scare the criminals he fought...
...Wait a minute, he even had a villain called The Bat Man. I smell a rat!
Anyway, no matter how inspirational he was, he's pretty obscure these days. Nice to see some Timm work that shows of The Spider's vampiric appearance.
...Wait a minute, he even had a villain called The Bat Man. I smell a rat!
Anyway, no matter how inspirational he was, he's pretty obscure these days. Nice to see some Timm work that shows of The Spider's vampiric appearance.
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Ultimately, all these guys trace back to Zorro.
ReplyDeleteRich guy: check.
Secret Identity: check.
Fanciful Name (means "the fox"): check.
Cape: check.
Signature Weapon(s): check.
Expert Training: check.
Inspired by Family Tragedy: check.
Zorro even went one better than The Spider, The Shadow, and Batman: he had *two* secret identities. He pretended to be his cousin to keep his cousin's death a secret until he could avenge him.
True enough. I think I always connect Batman to The Spider because his disguise includes vampire prosthetics, to really put the shits up the bad guys.
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