The Downfall of Batman In The Silver Age of Comics

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  @timfortune9 · 3 years ago

  SIlver Age DC: &quot;Superman is really popular, so let&apos;s make Batman more like Superman to make him popular too!&quot;<br>Modern Age DC: &quot;Batman is really popular, so let&apos;s make Superman more like Batman to make him popular too!&quot;

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  @VladyOlive · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s so fascinating how Batman&apos;s self-censorship and use of outlandish, absurd fantasy in the Silver Age evolved to become essential to the entire Batman mythos. <br><br>I know people hated these stories for Batman but I greatly enjoy them with hindsight.

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  @MurphyBats1983 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Great summary of the Silver Age Batman - its too bad Batman had to fall that low in order for the DC editors to finally recognize they needed to hire people like Denny O’Neil, Neal Adams and others in order to save the character.

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  @ChristyAbbey · 2 years ago

  5 characters made it through. Bats, Supes, Wondy... and everyone forgets Aquaman and Green Arrow were published continually from 1940 to near the bronze age.

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  @wallacelang1374 · 3 years ago

  I was a child during the 1960s and a teenager in the 1970s, so I was reading both Superman and Batman comic books during the Silver Age of these superheroes. That so-called psychologist who wrote &quot;Seduction Of The Innocent&quot; had utterly destroyed most of Batman canon for his contempt of comic book fiction. However eventually Neal Adams finally came in to rescue Batman from the death spiral of camp humor. For Neal Adams was a fan of Batman&apos;s Golden Age comic books.

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• ZZ

  @ZZ-sp3tt · 3 years ago

  A lot of those stories you described actually sound really cool. Batman having to testify in court. Bruce studying under a legendary detective. And Ace continues to appear in modern times.

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• RP

  @rpc717 · 3 years ago

  &quot;Hiding his doggo identity and being a good boy all around.&quot; 😂👍🏼

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  @officegossip · 3 years ago

  It’s funny when you show the stark contrast of what Marvel was doing at the same moment with a very clear difference in overall quality. Kirby was absolutely killing it in the Silver age.<br><br>You could read any of his stories in this day and age and they hold up extremely well even with the funny Stan Lee-isms added in.

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• FA

  @fabioblanco8571 · 3 years ago

  Associating The Rainbow Batman with homosexuality is a current view. I don&apos;t think anyone thought anything like that at the time.

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  @Monkofmagnesia · 3 years ago

  Actually, the Batman tv show ended because it had become too expensive to make, not because of the ratings.

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• PI

  @piplup12 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Dude , Your ability to cram a ton of information into such a short amount of time is astounding . Your videos are easily the best for Batman research!

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  @Shadders2010 · 1 year ago

  Mr. Zero: &nbsp;&quot;What killed ze dinosaurs? &nbsp;THE ZILVER AAAAGE!!!&quot;

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