This post is about Batman and Superman.
From the “Daily Planet” news page in January 1980 DC Comics comes this story with a headline that’s hard to beat:
It’s been a while since Superman’s been described as the “Krypton Comet,” hasn’t it? Though apparently it is the name of some amusement park rides.
I’m going to have to check the back issue shelves at the shop and see if we have a copy of this, even if the actual comic has a lot to live up to. So sucking Kryptonian blood would make Dracula “invulnerable to wooden stakes?” Aim high, Drac! Though admittedly, that would be a priority for Dracula, I suppose.
Meanwhile, at Yahoo Answers:
The “best answer” is supposedly
“read the killing joke,it will explain why there are so much alike in different aspects.”
But I think we all agree the real best answer is
“What do you mean? Batman defeated the Joker. Jack was splat in the first one…”
Source(s):
=) ‘Wait ’till they get a load of me.’-Joker”
And the Joker was never seen again. The end. (Well, except for that other Batman movie. And the cartoon. And the video games….oh, and the comics, too, but surely those don’t hold the influence over the franchise the way the Tim Burton adaptation does.)
To be fair, the Krypton Comet does sound like one of those tropical diseases that causes you to sit on the toilet for hours on end… “I can’t come out, I caught the Krypton Comet visiting Argo City.”
That book has a great cover by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez…and the insides can’t quite live up to it.
http://iamthephantomstranger.blogspot.com/2009/01/superman-vol1-344-feb-1980.html
Wouldn’t a wooden stake still kill a Kryptonian-blood-enhanced Dracula if it was blessed by a priest? Do holy items count as “magic” when it comes to Superman’s invulnerability? The theological implications might be disturbing either way.
Mikester,
Please pardon this use of your blog comments section, but I’ve sent you an email about an “urgent” matter and wanted to make you aware of it, lest it be lost forever in the depths of the spam-filter.
Feel free to delete this comment after you’ve read it.
Or… if not.. I’ll try to stay on point:
uh… Batman ALWAYS beats the JOKER… with the LADIES!
There.
~P~
“Wooden STAKES”, “amusement PARK”, Mr. Sterling.
Love your blog.
Happy Holidays!
Professor Booty – Apparently my proofreading skills fail me at 12:30 in the morning. …Fixed now!