This makes me miss having illustrator on my tablet. Kudos to the artist, and thanks for the fun find subby

Okay, that's sweet. The quotes really make it awesome.

1949 Movie Batman looks almost as crappy as How-To Batman.

I'd love to meet his tailor.

I was watching a bit of Batman Forever last night. God, that was so 90s. While I don't necessarily hate it, it does make me appreciate the Nolan movies that much more.

My only takeaway is that Tim Burton is a serious rubber fetishist....

mark12A: My only takeaway is that Tim Burton is a serious rubber fetishist....

But significantly less so than Schumacher.

Even though it's not a Batman graphic novel (which is almost definitely why it's not included), infographic needs to have the batman suit from "Red Son" added because of Russian batman and his fabulous hat.

Mugato: Car_Ramrod: I was watching a bit of Batman Forever last night. God, that was so 90s. While I don't necessarily hate it, it does make me appreciate the Nolan movies that much more.

And Batman and Robin makes me appreciate Batman Forever more. Not that I've seen either in a decade. Forever wasn't terrible if you can accept going in that it's supposed to be campy and a little gay (nttawwt). Although they really cocked up Two-Face and I think Tommy Lee Jones could have done a good job with it if he was given a decent script and direction.

Batman and Robin was miserable on every level. Except I think I remember Alicia Silverstone in some kind of school girl uniform.

Whenever I think of Batman Forever, I think of at the end when they've arrived at the Riddler's island hideout, and Robin says "Holy rusted metal, Batman!" and Batman gives him this wtf response, and Robin goes, "The ground, it's metal, all rusted over and full of holes." Thought it was a nice reference to Batman's really cheesy past.

List fails without Victorian era "Gotham by Gaslight" Batman.

Trebuchet-Farker: List fails without Victorian era "Gotham by Gaslight" Batman.

The author specifically left out all Elseworlds Batman incarnations, including Red Son Batman, etc.

Are we counting alternate versions?

Pirate Batman (Leatherwing)


Nazi Batman

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Link (new window) I liked all the covers for "The Return of Bruce Wayne." You get Caveman, Pilgrim, Pirate, Cowboy, and Noir Batman.

I can only assume that AzBat was designed to be a parody of 90s super heroes, random pouches and all. That suit really hasn't aged well, although the final revision was a little better.

Gilliam317: Link (new window) I liked all the covers for "The Return of Bruce Wayne." You get Caveman, Pilgrim, Pirate, Cowboy, and Noir Batman.

Thanks for that, that was really really neat.

No 1970s Neal Adams Batman? Without it, this is a pretty poor collection of "significant" Batman looks.

Mugato:
What about Digital Justice

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The first all computer generated comic, rendered on an 8 bit Mac II with 8 mb of RAM. Woo hoo! Although I guess the suit is roughly the same except he had glowing green eyes.

I used to have that...it was terrible. The artwork was so pixelated it looked like LEGO Batman, the story was dumb, and despite spending so long putting the thing together, they ended up using a bunch of recycled panels anyway.

The whole premise was "yeah, we spent more than a year doing this on a computer when any competent artist could have produced a superior version in a month...but it's digital. Digital is cool, right?" A classic example of caring more about the method that the product.

/wasted my allowance on it

Worst Batman suit EVER.

Mad_Radhu: I can only assume that AzBat was designed to be a parody of 90s super heroes, random pouches and all. That suit really hasn't aged well, although the final revision was a little better.

Seeing how the suit was made in the 90s (...94 maybe?), I don't think there was much parody involved.

JSA Liberty Files has an awesome batman, though he uses a gun so some ignorant purists deride him instantly. Russian Batman was awesome, but goddamn Midnighter would beat the hell out of all of them. Also, Racist Marvel Batman Analog or Nighthawk has his moments, but I'll never forgive Gary Frank for leaving like that. Redstone just boiled a pool full of people and the cavalry has arrived... queue terrible series followup with less sense, worse characters, just HORRENDOUS art.. :(

I'll just leave this here. (new window)

No vampire Batman?

One picture divided between a headline, a thumbnail, and another site. Jesus Christ. IT'S ONE PICTURE

Stickdeath: One picture divided between a headline, a thumbnail, and another site. Jesus Christ. IT'S ONE PICTURE

Aggregation can lead to aggravation.

/Off to link to this story on Fark from other sites
//The clicks must flow!

Cyno01: Mad_Radhu: I can only assume that AzBat was designed to be a parody of 90s super heroes, random pouches and all. That suit really hasn't aged well, although the final revision was a little better.

It... wasnt a parody. It was meant to be a new batman for the 90s, they made a new suit, put a new guy in it, one who didnt have bruce waynes silly moral code. It was DCs answer to wolverines explosive popularity, right down to the blue and yellow and the claws. And it failed miserably. Everything about that run was poorly thought out. Which really makes me nervous for Bane in the new movie...

It always seemed to me like that story arc was meant to explore the downsides of those morally ambiguous 90s antiheroes. From the beginning they set up AzBats as having some serious issues, so it really seemed like the whole idea was for the writers to show how Batman was a better hero than Wolverine or Spawn due to his moral code. Since the whole story arc was set up from the beginning to explore what it would be like if Batman went down that path without making Bruce kill someone, It really seems like they purposely made the costume a little crappy so that everyone would be happy to see the new trunkless Batman costume when Bruce returned for good after Dick's first tenure under the cowl. The execution was lacking overall, but I don't think they ever seriously expected to replace the classic costume with the new one that was all armor, claws, and pouches.

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Thanks for pointing me to that, that was my biggest laugh of the night. There were tears.

I'm personally fond of the JL/U suit. Something amuses me about the long ears, I guess.

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That's gold, Jerry! GOLD!

Cyno01: Mad_Radhu: I can only assume that AzBat was designed to be a parody of 90s super heroes, random pouches and all. That suit really hasn't aged well, although the final revision was a little better.

It... wasnt a parody. It was meant to be a new batman for the 90s, they made a new suit, put a new guy in it, one who didnt have bruce waynes silly moral code. It was DCs answer to wolverines explosive popularity, right down to the blue and yellow and the claws. And it failed miserably. Everything about that run was poorly thought out. Which really makes me nervous for Bane in the new movie...

I always thought that Bane's parts of Knightfall were good, it's the Jean-Paul Valley, Extreme Gritty Angry Catholic Batman Maxx, which sucked (and Bruce's recovery, that kinda sucked - until Lady Shiva turned up).

No idea how Bane's going to turn out in the movie.

You'd turn it off when I was halfway across: Cyno01: Mad_Radhu: I can only assume that AzBat was designed to be a parody of 90s super heroes, random pouches and all. That suit really hasn't aged well, although the final revision was a little better.

It... wasnt a parody. It was meant to be a new batman for the 90s, they made a new suit, put a new guy in it, one who didnt have bruce waynes silly moral code. It was DCs answer to wolverines explosive popularity, right down to the blue and yellow and the claws. And it failed miserably. Everything about that run was poorly thought out. Which really makes me nervous for Bane in the new movie...

I always thought that Bane's parts of Knightfall were good, it's the Jean-Paul Valley, Extreme Gritty Angry Catholic Batman Maxx, which sucked (and Bruce's recovery, that kinda sucked - until Lady Shiva turned up).

No idea how Bane's going to turn out in the movie.

I'm giving Nolan the benefit of the doubt on this one. When I found out that Bale was going to be Batman, I feared. I was wrong. When I found out that Heath Ledger was going to be Joker, I feared again. I was wrong again.

subby: Where *does* he get those wonderful tailors?

He is gay, you know.