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theratandcatshow · 20 days ago

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Episode 5: TURBO

Summary:

After closing your eyes for a moment on a treetop, you notice a piece of paper lying on the ground with something written on it. This results in a wild beginning for an encryption, thoughts and fears that come up and finally a meeting with the prototype. And a little character development in between. Can it get any worse? Yes, it can.

Notes:

Ahhhh, folks I'm sorry it's taking me so long. It's just that lately I've been looking at my work and thinking things like “there's not enough personality involved” or “there's not enough description of the situation”. Personally, I hate losing the thread when I'm reading, not knowing where I am. That's why I try to keep it simple, with thoughts and extra descriptions. I took a look at my first chapters ever, from the “To Understand The Soul” and “The Genius” fan fiction, and I have to say...it's fucking shit writing. I wouldn't say I'm bad at writing overall, but my very first chapters are so unbelievably dogshit that I wouldn't be surprised if people stopped reading them right away. Well, it doesn't matter. Enough yapping, have fun reading this chapter, and pay attention to the details!

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Beginning of the last week.

168 hours remain until the Hour of Joy.

You can't sleep. Since you've been here, in Critter Valley, you've highly slept for minutes.

It wasn't that you weren't physically able to do it. Your mind is just... somewhere else. The constant clicking of your internal clock, simultaneously thinking of the plan and the imminent rise guided by the prototype and CatNap: The Hour of Joy.

You're in a pretty shitty position; either you report the uprising of the two, prevent yourself from being dragged into it and avoid a lot of deaths. Or you don't report it, wait and see how everything goes and continue to watch the critters.

No matter what you choose, it looks damn bad for you. I wonder if the people out there would give you protection because you're doing their dirty work. After all, they're relatively fickle, like when you write insider information about critter relationships in the reports.

But there's no light at the end of the tunnel for you, you've already gone through most of the scenarios in your head. Trying to kill CatNap wouldn't be a good idea, because as long as you can get information about him and the prototype, he's worth something.

Just in case... In case you have to defend yourself or simply get the order to kill one of them, the critters.

Then you would slaughter Kickinchicken.

It's not an objective opinion, it's just yours. When you weren't here yet, but the short three days in this training. So finding out everything that is known about the Critter from the outside was a thorn in your side.

Kickin wasn't special, unlike the others at least, in your opinion.

In the episodes, he was always the joker that nobody took seriously. But it's almost the same here. Even though he's often out and about with Hoppy in the wide open fields of the valley, you can read them both clearly. He's an outsider, and it would hardly be noticeable if he disappeared.

Each of them was special in their own way, just like all critters.

DogDay was the leader, even if he often refused to be. He played the dog of the group, and even if you already know that he used to be a human, he seems to have characteristics of one. He smells damn good, has an outgoing nature and hangs out with the others incredibly often, he's hardly ever alone.

CatNap, who seems to have some kind of relationship with DogDay, was more the outsider of the group. You already noticed this in the Smilling Critter cartoon, as he rarely appeared, and when he did, he didn't play a leading role like the other critters. However, CatNap is a danger to your mission, with this prototype he is planning a riot, and this could ruin everything.

Bubba was the smart one of the group. For you, an absolute no-go and a threat to be killed if necessary. He had already stalked you once, and probably already suspects that you are some kind of spy from the people outside. He often hangs out with the others, seems to have cameras and often stays up late reading books. You had already guessed it: Come near me again and I'll rip you apart.

Crafty and Picky were also sometimes outsiders, but they spend a lot of time together. Whether Crafty is painting and Picky is nearby, they are rarely alone except in the house. Crafty often seems to stay up late at night, while Picky often falls asleep too early, and sometimes outside.

Hoppy was...annoying. She definitely has the best hearing of all, by a long, long fucking way. Sometimes, when you follow them into the woods because they're all talking about this whole fake world, she seems to hear the incredibly quiet rustling of the bushes you're moving in. She always turns her head rapidly in that direction, and the others always look at her as if she's crazy, which is a big advantage for you. After all, you are only a few meters away from them, and if someone were to come looking, it would be a problem.

And then there was him, Kickin. The most annoying, stupid and unnecessary of them all. He can't do anything that the others can, doesn't make anyone laugh with his bad jokes and, in your opinion, should finally disappear. He is discreetly out of place in a group where everyone can do one special thing except him. If you could, you'd probably ask the scientists why they created someone like him in the first place.

But in the overall situation it looks unimportant, especially right now.

Although you are not asleep, you have rested for an hour, here, in this quiet place. At the top of the huge tree crown, the biggest tree in the whole forest.

It went like this: you opened your eyes, disgusted by the metallic feeling, and stood up. Then you cracked your limbs, the unpleasant 'click' sound, which sounded more like a doll, reminded you of the whole situation again.

There was a note there.

But you didn't grab it straight away. A quick glance to the right, left and upwards. Then you listen for thirty seconds to see if there is anyone nearby or if there might be something like a quiet message from the scientists coming through your ears. Because nothing came and you didn't see anything, you finally pick up the note.

It read:

T U R B O

W hvwby mcif dcksfg ct cpgsfjohwcb ofs ibweis, Foh.

Cqn xcqnab mxw'c bnnv cx twxf cqjc hxd'an j byh, fqrlq rb j pxxm cqrwp.

Z'cc fwwvi pfl r uvrc kyrk nzcc yvcg lj sfky.

Fkyjw fqq, dtz uwtgfgqd bfsy yt pstb bmt dtz bjwj gjktwj ymnx...wfy.

- LNKPKPULA

The only thing you think when you see the paper is, "What is that?".

Standing in the middle of the forest, on both feet and standing up straight, you look around again. No one to the left, no one to the right, but something is wrong. This feeling that you're standing in the wrong place, and when you see yourself right here, with this paper in your 'hands'.

You don't need a minute, if at all seconds. It happens automatically, you tense your hands so that your claws come out, which you can't see under the long gloves but don't change anything. Then you tense your tail, you feel the metallic sensation with the next step and have to try hard not to gag. But within a second, you tear your claws into the tree, pull yourself upwards and push yourself further and further with your sharp tail until you are sitting on the treetop again.

Is this a message? Is it written in another language or what is this?

No matter how you think about it, it was pure gibberish. The letters don't fit together logically, the heading on the paper made no sense and everything looked like it was written by a toddler.

But then, the very next time you look at the white paper and the black ink, you understand.

It is encrypted.

You immediately pull out your own notepad from your backpack, wipe over the pages with your notes about the individual critters, and finally land on a free page. You hastily grab a pen and place the two pages on the crown of the tree. You lean against the trunk, spread your disgusting, unnatural-feeling legs and look at the page again.

The text is encrypted, but in what way? It looks like random letters thrown around, it doesn't make a bit of sense, and there's nowhere to start.

You look at the page lying on your legs. The Black Tine had already dried a long time ago, but you go over and confirm what your eyes have already told you. You look at the heading.

Turbo. Turbo? Is that a reference to something? Maybe Hoppy, because she's the fastest of the critters? Or maybe to one of the scientists from outside? Is one of them called Turbo? Or maybe spelled 'obrut' backwards?

This brought to mind the next problem you would have to solve:

Who left me this encrypted message?

You think, but somehow no answer really seems right. You may be clever, but you can't just string together facts that don't exist to come up with a solution. Somehow, however, only two people seem plausible:

The scientist who looked after me, out there. Or the prototype.

Looking at the paper, you notice something that you should have seen beforehand based on your powers of observation. In the last paragraph, or the last word of the paper, there was a minus sign, it looks like a signature.

LNKPKPULA. L-N-K-P-K-P-U-L-A. It has just as many letters as the word 'prototype'. Wait a minute...

Could it be!

You look at the paper again, but this time at the heading: Turbo. The word was obviously scrambled, but it looked like a clue to you. Because when the signature reads the word 'prototype', you already have the first clue.

From LNKPKPULA to Prototype.

You let the pen in your hand sink slowly to the blank page, slowly and surely, although your mind is already going ahead, your hand follows.

4 letters back! That must be it! L to P are 4 positions in the alphabet! It is a Caesar cipher!

Your hand glides over the still blank paper and smears it. You are completely in the flow, your ears pricked up for your surroundings, your arms for the perfect movements when deciphering and your legs for holding the paper.

L (12) → P (16) → +4

N (14) → R (18) → +4

K (11) → O (15) → +4

P (16) → T (20) → +4

K (11) → O (15) → +4

P (16) → T (20) → +4

U (21) → Y (25) → +4

L (12) → P (16) → +4

A (1) → E (5) → +4

Your eyes catch sight of the paper, your mind is already thinking, while your body barely moves. There is something like a cool breeze on the back of your neck, which brings your consciousness back to the here and now.

So the prototype, why does he write in encrypted form? Is he worried and afraid that someone will find the note before I do? No, I don't have time to think about it, first I have to decrypt the entire document!

For anyone, the view would probably have been surreal: You, a rat-looking critter, on the top of a giant tree with a killer look while you scribble on a paper like a madman.

Your tail hung slightly from the crown, but you were far too busy to pay the slightest bit of attention. Every letter, every punctuation mark was burned into your brain as you slowly but surely deciphered each character of the message.

It would have taken anyone else hours to decipher the pattern and then every single letter, but you're not just anyone.

And that's exactly what you wanted to find out, who exactly were you before this rat? Why were you turned into a rat and the other critters into these weird cartoon characters? What was the point of it all, apart from sales for the humans out there. Were you perhaps one of the people out there who saw something they shouldn't have?

And now, are you being monitored while you decode this message? Will they kill you for it? Torture you until you give up every single piece of information you have about the prototype? What did the prototype do that they left him as a metallic monster? Or you, that you are a rat freak with pieces of metal on your tail and sharp claws?

Or is it all, exactly that, just a dream? A dream from which you can't wake up or don't want to wake up? And even if all this isn't real, the huge fields of grass, the bright sun and the colorful sky above the clouds, what's the point of it all? Is it the calm before the storm? Before your death arrives? Or were you already dead?

That was exactly your rambling thoughts while decoding the message. Everything, really EVERYTHING seems so fake. Your mental status is getting worse and worse, and maybe, just maybe, you are afraid of what your body will do automatically when you are mentally at the end.

And that was the moment, not only when you finally finished decoding the message, no.

It was also the moment when you could understand the critters, a mixture of compassion and understanding on a level far above that of an ordinary person.

But finally, after 19 minutes and 46 seconds, you had finished decoding the prototype's message.

It was difficult to first crack the pattern, and then to decipher the most important letters, resulting in whole sentences that finally made sense. A cramp in the hand, like students when they write an exam for too long, stiff legs like an athlete who has just run a marathon, and an empty head, like someone who has just come from a parent's funeral.

Your eyes, half open, finally wander over the full sheet with your writing. No more logically incongruous letters, clear words with a clear message behind them.

F L A W S

I think your powers of observation are unique, Rat.

The others don't seem to know that you're a spy, which is a good thing.

I'll offer you a deal that will help us both.

After all, you probably want to know who you were before this...rat.

- PROTOTYPE

You may not like to admit it, but the encryption was damn clever:

Every single sentence and paragraph is coded according to the heading. So a shift from T to F is +14 letter positions and the first sentence was constructed with this exact shift. But you weren't stupid and wanted to test every way first, which is why you tested the letters 'FOH' first. And your theory was correct, with the shift the word 'RAT' came out.

So you carried on, quickly deciphered the most important letters and brought the sentences to a logical conclusion.

But what was the point of the message? You already knew that when you deciphered the signature 20 minutes ago.

A meeting.

Between you and the prototype. He seems to want to make some kind of 'deal' with you that "will help us both". Of course, you don't trust him one bit, especially after you saw and heard how he treated CatNap. It was pure manipulation, which CatNap, the idiot, didn't even seem to notice.

But he had apparently had something to do with the prototype in the past, he called it 'Theodore'. Maybe you could blackmail CatNap with the name too? Force him to say it, otherwise you'll go to the other critters and tattle.

But what's important right now is where exactly the prototype wants to meet. Maybe at the same place as with CatNap, or maybe not.

Should I make my way to the spot where he met CatNap?

No , my biggest advantage right now is that neither CatNap nor the prototype know that I know when the Hour of Joy is happening, or that it's happening at all. Neither party knows how much I know, and the prototype is dangerous.

If he's from the outside world, he definitely knows where I am by observation, it doesn't have to be that he knows that I was secretly at the meeting. I have to take advantage of that!

I will stand above that flock of pigeons, and I will control them!

Your eyes fall on the paper again, you haven't really moved from your position, after all, something was still missing.

He certainly doesn't want to meet up in the normal area, where there's a risk of encountering a critter. Certainly not in the Dark Forest either, so somewhere on the edge. But where exactly? The area around the edge of the forest is far too long to simply search, and anyway, when does he want to meet?

You turn, shove your right arm into your backpack and pull out the map showing the whole of Critter Valley. As you pull it out, you feel a slow headache coming on, right above your eyes.

You ignore everything around you, place the map next to the decrypted message and do your best, with all your intelligence, to find any position on the map.

Turbo

Turbo.

T = 20

U = 21

R = 18

B = 2

O = 15

If I assign a number to each letter, then use it as a reference for coordinates, it should work.

It was a guess at best, at least the word turbo made sense in contrast to the whole encryption. Your head feels even worse than before, you haven't thought as much as you have just now in the last few weeks, especially since the critters were all easy to watch.

Then the X-coordinate would be T + U, i.e. 20 + 21 and that is 41. Y would then be the sum of the last two letters, B + O are 2 + 15, i.e. 17 for Y. But what about R? Either it is a height coordinate or simply for a more precise point.

But as you read through the whole message again in your head, letter by letter, word by word, you also read the coordinates off the paper. And as is the case with a coincidence, an absolute coincidence, you don't understand it yourself.

You read the 'R', automatically as 'Right Now', out of pure chance and your tiredness. But even without the indicators of your mental state, no other options were really open to you than to interpret and hope for something pure.

Your gaze lands on the map, the coordinates were far away, on the other side of the valley. Where the employees come at night and exchange the things you wrote down in your notes.

Maybe...Just maybe it was some Force of Nature that chose you. There were so many possibilities that you just didn't understand it, didn't even get the message decoded or something else...Maybe it was fate.

And that's exactly what you're going to find out.

If you were already paranoid, tired and absolutely drenched in adrenaline before, it was even worse now. Before you set off, you had thought about whether it was really the right idea to go. But what did you really have to lose? Does he want to tell the Critters your real identity as a spy? Then you tell them with the Hour of Joy, simple as that.

But all the pressure, panic and adrenaline that came up when you were thinking was only because you were already thinking about the situation.

But now it was real. Every few seconds you had the feeling that someone might jump out of the nearest bushes, fire a shot or let out a scream. The forest had never been so damn quiet, you couldn't hear a single sound apart from your footsteps.

The green grass, the gray stones, the brown trees and the sun above you are a sign that you are still close to the valley. The Dark Forest is still too far away.

Every few seconds you pull up your gloves as if you had to attack someone. Even unconsciously, your hands were both tense and so your claws were out, but you couldn't see them because of them. You are quite happy that you found these gloves.

"Rat..."

You almost jump in fright like a cat. You turn around quickly and are confronted with nothing but darkness, from which a certain tension comes towards you. You don't see it, the prototype, the darkness takes any light that was in this happy world and swallows it up.

The only thing that showed you he was here was the voice. Just like the observed meeting between the Thing and CatNap, it was rough and sounded more like a machine. It doesn't help that you don't hear a shape to the voice.

"So you...decoded it." The voice gives you chills, a shiver that runs down your spine, telling your instincts that you absolutely must take a step backwards. You do so immediately, and say your first words since you've been here in Critter Valley.

"It wasn't hard." That was all you said, perhaps even with a slightly lowered voice, after all, your normal pitch would seem like a child in contrast to his.

"For someone... like you." That's all the voice says, but now at least you can see something in the infinite darkness that lies before you. This metallic hand slowly but surely sticks out of it, your eyes follow the fine fingers as they move.

"And who exactly would that be?" Bingo. You can steer the conversation directly in the direction you want, find out what he knows.

"I'll tell you...if you do me...a favor." The voice becomes even rougher than before, as if he doesn't have much time.

"And the would be?" You're getting really tired of this small talk, the first day with the critters where you didn't talk and now that you're both just answering as briefly as possible.

"You have to help CatNap...convince the others to join an uprising." That's the longest sentence you've heard him say so far without pausing again.

"What kind of Uprising?" You say, full of confusion and inner conviction that he doesn't know you were eavesdropping on him and CatNap's conversation.

"You already know that."

That was the moment when you felt like you were finally dead. Your eyes widen, your legs tremble slightly, your breathing quickens and your heartbeat becomes so loud that you can hear it through your ears and it absolutely drowns your thoughts.

The adrenaline doesn't even let you think, let alone fully understand the situation. So now you were in his Mercy, your lie was badly received, and even worse... The power of this conversation now fell into his mechanical fingers.

"I already know...How it will all end...Theodore won't make it and that's...a shame." You're only half aware of the words, the rest passes you by and disappears into the huge forest behind you. The fingers move slightly, making a 'come closer' gesture, which you don't return. "Besides... I have some information for you... which is incredibly valuable... but which you won't write in your report."

Information that is worth a lot, but that I can't write in my report? What exactly does he mean?

"And that information would be?" If your shaky voice, your gasping breaths and your hunched posture didn't already give it away, you were extremely nervous. You weren't even that nervous when you were about to be caught spying by one of the critters. Because there you always had the chance to somehow talk your way out of it or simply disappear, but right now, the situation was not in your hands at all, but in this mechanical one in front of you.

"The Critters... want to break out of here in four days."

Dawn of the Last Four Days.

96 hours remain until the outbreak and 168 until the Hour of Joy.

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Can it get any worse? I mean, your mental state, the prototype knowing about your eavesdropping and the fact that the Smilling Critters want to break out? Oh yes, it can! Well, the next story to get an update is my Hold on fanfiction, after all, it's time to write about the year class trip. (in between, of course, another chapter for the Arcane Story, the second season is coming soon and I really need to finish everything). I hope you are all doing well! Leave kudos and a comment!

#smilling critters #dogday #catnap #poppy playtime #poppy playtime 3 #bubba bubbaphant #stalking #kickinchicken #hoppy hopscotch #cartoon

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cryingalexanders · 11 months ago

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So I did some research on which silver and bronze age writers were behind certain Lex Luthor stories, and assigned them in this list:

Jerry Siegel

Adventure Comics #271 "How Luthor Met Superboy",

Superboy #86 "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men",

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #23 "The Curse of Lena Thorul",

Superman #149 "The Death of Superman",

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #64-65 (with Jack Schiff & Leo Dorfman)

Otto Binder

Superboy #121 "Jor-El's Visit to Earth",

Superboy #139 "The Town that Hated Superboy"

Edmond Hamilton

Superman #164 "The Showdown Between Superman and Luthor",

Superman #168 "Luthor -- Super-Hero!",

Action Comics #318 "The Death of Luthor!",

Superman #175 "Clark Kent's Brother"

Leo Dorfman

Action Comics #295 "The Girl With the X-Ray Mind",

Action Comics #296-298,

Adventure Comics #387-388 "Lex Luthor's Outlaw Nephew",

Action Comics #332 "The Super-Revenge of Lex Luthor",

Action Comics #363-365,

Action Comics #417-418 "The Conspiracy Of The Crime-Lords"

Len Wein

Superman #248 "The Man Who Murdered the Earth"

Elizabeth M. Smith

Action Comics #486 "Hero for a Day"

Elliot Maggin

Superman #286 "The Parasite's Power Play",

The Joker #7,

Superman #292 "The Luthor Nobody Knows",

Superman Annual #9,

DC Comics Presents Annual #4 "Welcome to Luthorcon III!",

Superman #416 "The Einstein Connection"

Cary Bates

World's Finest #189-190 "The Man With Superman's Heart",

Action Comics #407 "The Fiend in the Fortress of Solitude",

Action Comics #318 "Luthor's Hammer of Hate!",

DC Special Series #5,

Action Comics #510-512,

Action Comics #544 "Luthor Unleashed!", Superman #385-386,

Superman Annual #12

Martin Pasko

Action Comics #500,

Superman Family #214 "The Strange Revenge of Lena Luthor"

Marv Wolfman

DC Comics Presents Annual #1

Misc:

Heroes Against Hunger - Various Writers

I was actually rather surprised by some of this. Finding out that Leo Dorfman wrote the Action Comics #363-365 "Leper from Krypton" arc, indicates he's actually been quite influential on Mark Waid, in my opinion. (And I definitely think that Cary Bates in particular influenced Grant Morrison. Bates' stuff ranges in quality a little, but the higher end stuff is fantastic.) I also didn't remember that it was Siegel who introduced Lena, and I was shocked to find out he co-wrote that mad Lex/Lois romance in earth-64.

And I didn't list every story, obviously. I just tracked down ones that were memorable to me for one reason or another.

#lex luthor #earth-one #lexposting

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lesbian-cowpoke · 1 year ago

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I MAY BE CONNECTING SHIT THAT AINT THERE BUT I AM SO SURE THAT THIS SCENE IN UTH WHERE ALFRED FINDS THE JOKER'S HAIR IN THE BOX

IS A REFERENCE TO THIS SCENE IN THE 1951 DETECTIVE COMIC #168 WHICH WAS THE FIRST DOCUMENTED APPEARANCE OF THE RED HOOD

THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT

#jason todd #batman #batfamily #under the hood #red hood #bruce wayne #dc comics

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nyhti · 1 year ago

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Hello! If you don't mind it, do you have any favorite Pre-Crisis comics or issues you would consider required reading for that era? Thank you!

Ok ok ok. Lissen. I tried. I really did. The thing is that pre-crisis is a looooooooong era. It wasn't easy going through 47 years of bathistory and try and pick notable moments, especially because what counts as notable is very subjective. Also I just simply wouldn't consider myself a bathistorian. I mean, I only really care about the rogues, you know me. But! I tried! Here are some moments, that I think are noteworthy, or otherwise interesting. I wrote down why I think each issue is interesting, so you can decide for yourself if you think it's worth reading or not. I know I put things in here that other people might find filler stories and also left out things that some might consider really important (for example, you will find no Justice League here, as I just never cared about them.) It's my list, so it will have my biases. I hope I got all issue numbers and years correct. I was going to go through them one more time to check but........... I don't want to. Also, some of these I read literally years ago, so my memory of them might be hazy. Anyway, I hope you find at least a couple issues on this list you like :33 Golden Age (1938-1956) Detective Comics #27 (1939) ”The Case of the Chemical Syndicate” First Batman story Detective Comics #38 (1940) ”Robin the Boy Wonder” Dick's First appearance Batman #1 (1940) The first two Joker stories, the first Catwoman story and the second Hugo story. Really not a single skippable story in this one Batman #16 (1943) ”Here comes Alfred” Alfred's first appearance Detective Comics #83 (1944) ”Accidentally on Purpose” Alfred gets a makeover and starts looking like the Alfred we know and love today Batman #35 (1946) ”Dinosaur Island” Where the dinosaur in the Batcave came from World's Finest Comics #30 (1947) ”The Penny Plunderers” Where the giant penny is from Detective Comics #168 (1951) "The Man Behind the Red Hood" Joker's first origin story Superman #76 (1952) ”The Mightiest Team in the World” First Batman/Superman team up. They learn each other's identities. It's so fanfic-y. They actually have to share a room on a cruise, because there are too many people aboard. Only thing missing is if there was only one bed. Detective Comics #233 (1956) ”The Bat-Woman” First appearance of the original Batwoman Kathy Kane Silver Age (1956-1970)

World's Finest Comics #88 (1957) ”Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!” First Joker/Lex Luthor team-up The Flash #123 (1961) ”Flash of two Earths” Not a Batman story, but quintessential to the lore as this is the introduction of the multiple earths Batman #164 (1964) ”Two-Way Gem Caper” Debut of the ”new look”. They refreshed the artstyle here. There are also other changes like the elevator to the batcave and a new batmobile among other things. This also starts my favorite era in bathistory, 1964 to 1970. Sooo many interesting things happened here. Detective Comics #327 (1964) ”The Mystery of the Menacing Masks” New look debut in Detective Comics Detective Comics #328 (1964) ”Gotham Gang Line-up” Alfred dies and we get aunt Harriet instead This story continues in: Detective Comics: #334, 336, 340 and 349 but if you want, you could just skip to: Detective Comics #356 (1966) ”The Inside Story of the Outsider” Alfred returns. Detective Comics #359 (1967) ”The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl” Barbara's first appearance Detective Comics #387 (1969) ”The Cry of Night is – ”Sudden Death”” A modern re-telling of the first Batman story. Well, modern by 60s standards, but that's what I love about it so. Detective Comics #389 (1969) "Batman's evil eye" Here the writers are really longing back for the days of old when Batman was spooky and goffik. Also!! It's a Scarecrow story woooooooooo!!! My favorite Scarecrow story, in fact! Really the only villain you could've had in a story like this. Batman #217 (1969) ”One Bullet Too Many!” Dick leaves for Hudson university and Bruce and Alfred move to a penthouse in the city. Bronze Age (1970-1986) Batman #251 (1973) ”The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!” This is the issue where Joker starts murdering again Detective Comics #457 (1976) "There is No Hope in Crime Alley" Re-telling of Batman's origins. The first appearance of Leslie Thompkins my beloved. Just an all around good fucking story. Detective Comics #469-476 (1977-1978) Steve Englehart's run. Really a must read Batman #348 (1982) ”Shadow Play” Bruce, Dick and Alfred return to Wayne Manor. Also a Man-Bat story! Yippieeeeeee! Batman #357 (1983) ”Squid” Jason's first appearance (for one panel only, though) Detective Comics #525 (1983) ”Confrontation” First time Jason actually speaks Detective comics #526 (1983) ”All My Enemies Against Me!” Jason's parents die and he plays hero for the first time. Last issue of Gerry Conway's banger run. Also first time Jervis uses mind control (and it's on Jonathan!) Batman #365, Detective Comics #532, Batman #366 (1983) Jason dyes his hair and makes first apperance as Robin, but Bruce doesn't approve. A Joker story. Batman #368 (1984) ”A Revenge of Rainbows” Dick gives Jason his blessing and Jason finally becomes Robin officially. Detective Comics #566, Batman #400 (1986) Last issues of pre-crisis. Rip.

#sorry it took so long DDx

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batmannotes · 1 year ago

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Key Batman Comic Up for Auction at Hake’s

If you’re looking for a next-level collectible, you aren’t gonna find it at Walmart, or on eBay, or even at most conventions. You’re gonna have to go the auction house route. Fortunately, in this new era of global fandom, the breadth of items coming up to auction on a daily basis is incredible. The new Hake’s auction, ending July 27-28, has a wide variety of graded comics and original art up for bidding, at a range of starting prices. Here is one of the expected top earners.

Detective Comics #168 (1st Red Hood Appearance)

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DC. First appearance of the Red Hood identity. Origin of The Joker ("The Man Behind The Red Hood"). Bill Finger story. Lew Sayre Schwartz cover and art w/additional art by Dan Barry and Bruno Premiani. Off-white to white pages. Key Golden Age Batman comic.

Bid at Hake’s website here.

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cemetery-irises · 2 months ago

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Idv height hcs because im shitting rn and im bored

Emily 171 just like me 🤫

Emma 168

Freddy 175 🤓

Kreacher 172

Lucky 173

Servais 181

Kurt one apple tall

Naib 154

William 187 🤤

Martha 168

Tracy 159

Helena 162

Fiona 177

Vera 176

Kevin 179

Margharetha 178… i mean mata hari was 178 so canon lowkey

Eli 165

Aesop idgaf fuck that twink

Norton 188

Patricia 183

Murro 157

Mike 160

Jose 171

Demi 179

Victor 169

Andrew 186

Luca 170

Melly 174

Edgar idgaf fuck that twink

Ganji 173

Anne 168

Emil 165

Ada 175

Orpheus idgaf fuck that twink

Memory umm idk how small are children… lets say 144 i guess?

Joker 168

Luchino 182

Qi 179

Frederick 170

Alice 172

Charles 185

Lily 167

Matthias 165

Florian 169

Evelyn 151

after many many calculstions (< american) wrm. hell yeah

#andrew is 198 to me bc itd be funny #but. oowh #ad!

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transparentgentlemenmarker · 1 year ago

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Eurovision 2023

Loreen - Tattoo! 🇸🇪 Sweden The winner

01. Suède : la chanteuse Loreen avec « Tattoo »

02. Finlande : le chanteur Käärijä avec « Cha Cha Cha »

03. Israël : la chanteuse Noa Kirel avec « Unicorn »

04. Italie : le chanteur Marco Mengoni avec « Due vite »

05. Norvège : la chanteuse Alessandra avec « Queen of Kings »

06. Ukraine : le duo Tvorchi avec « Heart of Steel »

07. Belgique : le chanteur Gustaph avec « Because of You »

08. Estonie : le chanteuse Alika avec « Bridges »

09. Australie : le groupe masculin Voyager avec « Promise »

10. Tchéquie : le groupe féminin Vesna avec « My Sister’s Crown »

11. Lituanie : le chanteuse Monika Linkytė avec « Stay »

12. Chypre : le chanteur Andrew Lambrou avec « Break a Broken Heart »

13. Croatie : le groupe masculin Let 3 avec « Mama ŠČ ! »

14. Arménie : le chanteuse Brunette avec « Future Lover »

15. Autriche : le duo féminin Teya & Salena avec « Who the Hell is Edgar ? »

16. France : la chanteuse La Zarra avec « Évidemment »

Et pour ceux qui savent pas, le signe qu’à fait La Zarra c’est un Maalich puis Toz. En français "C’est pas grave allez vous faire foutre"

17. Espagne : la chanteuse Blanca Paloma avec « Eaea »

18. Moldavie : le chanteur Pasha Parfeny avec « Soarele și luna »

19. Pologne : le chanteuse Blanka avec « Solo »

20. Suisse : le chanteur Remo Forrer avec « Watergun »

21. Slovénie : le groupe masculin Joker Out avec « Carpe Diem »

22. Albanie : le groupe Albina & Familja Kelmendi avec « Duje »

23. Portugal : la chanteuse Mimicat avec « Ai coração »

24. Serbie : le chanteur Luke Black avec « Samo mi se spava »

25. Royaume-Uni : la chanteuse Mae Muller avec « I Wrote a Song »

26. Allemagne : le groupe masculin Lord of the Lost avec « Blood & Glitter »

Total des points attribués à chaque pays

1 Sweden, Loreen – Tattoo 583

2 Finland – Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha 526

3 Israel, Noa Kirel – Unicorn 362

4 Italy – Marco Mengoni – Due Vite 350

5 Norway – Alessandra – Queen of Kings 268

6 Ukraine – TVORCHI – Heart of Steel 243

7 Belgium – Gustaph – Because of You 182

8 Estonia, Alika – Bridges 168

9 Australia – Voyager – Promise 151

10 Czechia – Vesna – My Sister's Crown 129

11 Lithuania, Monika Linkytė – Stay 127

12 Cyprus – Andrew Lambrou – Break a Broken Heart 126

13 Croatia – Let 3 – Mama ŠČ 123

14 Armenia – Brunette – Future Lover 122

15 Austria – Teya & Salena – Who The Hell is Edgar? 120

16 France – La Zarra – Évidemment 104

17 Spain – Blanca Paloma – Eaea 100

18 Moldova – Pasha Parfeni – Soarele si Luna 96

19 Poland – Blanka – Solo 93

20 Switzerland – Remo Forrer – Watergun 92

21 Slovenia – Joker Out – Carpe Diem 78

22 Albania – Albina & Familja Kelmendi – Duje 76

23 Portugal – Mimicat – Ai Coração 59

24 Serbia – Luke Black – Samo Mi Se Spava 30

25 United Kingdom – Mae Muller – I Wrote A Song 24

26 Germany – Lord of the Lost – Blood & Glitter 18

#eurosong #eurovision 2023 #eurosong 2023 #maalich #toz #eurovision

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mydarlingbat · 2 years ago

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Detective Comics #138 (August 1948): "The Invisible Crimes!"

Batman #52 (April-May 1949): "The Happy Victims!"

Batman #53 (June-July 1949): "A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground!"

Detective Comics #149 (July 1949): "The Sound Effect Crimes!"

Batman #59 (June-July 1950): "The Batman of the Future!"

Batman #49 (October-November 1948): "Batman's Arabian Nights!"

Batman #57 (February-March 1950): "The Funny Man Crimes!"

Detective Comics #168 (February 1951): "The Man Behind The Red Hood"

World's Finest #48 (? 1950): "Song of Crime!"

Batman #55 (October-November 1949): "The Case of the 48 Jokers!"

Batman #67 (October-November 1951): "The Man Who Wrote the Joker's Jokes!"

Batman #63 (February-March 1951): "The Joker's Crime Costumes!"

Detective Comics #180 (February 1952): "The Joker's Millions!"

Batman #66 (August-September 1951): "The Joker's Comedy of Errors!"

World's Finest #59 (? 1952): "The Joker's Aces!"

Batman #73 (October-November 1952): "The Joker's Utility Belt!"

World's Finest #61 (November 1952): "The Crimes of Batman!"

Batman #80 (December 1953-January 1954): "The Joker's Movie Crimes!"

Detective Comics #193 (March 1953): "The Joker's Journal!"

Batman #74 (December 1952-January 1953): "The Crazy Crime Clown!"

Batman #85 (August 1954): "Batman - Clown of Crime!"

Batman #86 (September 1954): "The Joker's Winning Team!"

Batman #87 (October 1954): "The Batman's Greatest Thrills!"

Batman #97 (February 1956): "The Joker Announces Danger!"

World's Finest #88 (June 1957): "Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!"

Batman #110 (September 1957): "Crime-of-the-Month Club!"

Batman #123 (April 1959): "The Joker's Practical Jokes!"

Batman #127 (October 1959): "Batman's Super-Partner!"

Batman #144 (December 1961): "The Man Who Played Batman!"

Batman #145 (February 1962): "The Son of the Joker!"

Batman #140 (June 1961): "The Ghost of the Joker!"

Batman #136 (December 1960): "The Challenge of the Joker!"

Batman #2 (Summer Issue 1940): "The Joker Meets The Cat-Woman"

Batman #1 (Spring Issue 1940): "The Joker", "The Joker Returns"

Detective Comics #45 (November 1940): "The Case of the Laughing Death"

Batman #4 (Winter Issue 1941): "The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus"

Batman #5 (Spring Issue 1941): "The Riddle of the Missing Card"

Detective Comics #60 (February 1942): "Case of the Costumed Clad Killers"

Batman #7 (October-November 1941): "The Winning Team!"

Batman #8 (December 1941-January 1942): "The Cross Country Crimes"

Batman #9 (February-March 1942): "The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers"

Detective Comics #62 (April 1942): "Laugh, Town, Laugh!"

Batman #12 (August-September 1942): "The Wizard of Words!"

Detective Comics #64 (June 1942): "The Joker Walks the Last Mile"

Batman #11 (June-July 1942): "The Joker's Advertising Campaign"

Batman #13 (October-November 1942): "Comedy of Tears!"

Detective Comics #71 (January 1943): "A Crime a Day!"

Detective Comics #69 (November 1942): "The Harlequin's Hoax!"

Batman #16 (April-May 1943): "The Joker

Reforms!" Detective Comics #76 (June 1943): "Slay 'em with Flowers!"

Batman #19 (October-November 1943): "The Case of the Timid Lion!"

Batman #20 (December 1943-January 1944): "The Centuries of Crime!"

Detective Comics #85 (March 1944): "The Joker's Double"

Batman #23 (June-July 1944): "The Upside Down Crimes!"

Batman #25 (October-November 1944): "Knights of Knavery" Batman #28 (April-May 1945): "Shadow City!"

Detective Comics #91 (October 1944): "The Case of the Practical Joker"

Detective Comics #102 (August 1945): "The House That Was Held For Ransom"

World's Finest #19 (Fall Issue 1945): "The League for Larceny!"

Batman #32 (July-August 1945): "Rackety-Rax Racket!"

Detective Comics #114 (August 1946): "Acrostic of Crime!"

Detective Comics #109 (March 1945): "The House that Jokes Built"

Batman #37 (October-November 1946): "The Joker Follows Suit!"

Batman #46 (April-May 1948): "Guileful Greetings or The Joker Sends Regards!"

Detective Comics #124 (June 1947): "The Crime Parade"

Detective Comics #118 (December 1946): "The Royal Flush Crimes!"

Batman #40 (April-May 1947): "The 13 Club!"

Detective Comics #137 (July 1948): "The Rebus

Detective Comics #128 (October 1947): "Crimes in Reverse!"

Batman #44 (December 1947-January 1948): "Gamble with Doom!"

Batman #145 (February 1962): "The Son of the Joker!"

Batman Annual #3 (Summer 1962): "The Joker's Aces" (Reprint from World's Finest #59)

Batman #140 (June 1961): "The Ghost of the Joker!"

World's Finest #129 (November 1962): "Joker-Luthor, Incorporated!"

Batman #148 (June 1962): "The Joker's Greatest Triumph!"

Batman #144 (December 1961): "The Man Who Played Batman!"

Batman #152 (December 1962): "The False-Face Society!"

Batman #159 (November 1963): "The Great Clayface-Joker Feud!"

Detective Comics #332 (October 1964): "The Joker's Last Laugh!"

Detective Comics #341 (July 1965): "The Joker's Comedy Capers!"

Justice League of America #34 (March 1965): "Deadly Dreams of Dr. Destiny"

Batman #163 (May 1964): "The Joker Jury!"

Batman #182 (August 1966): "The Joker Batman" (Reprint from Batman #85)

World's Finest #156 (March 1966): "The F.B.I... The Federation of Bizarro Idiots!"

World's Finest #159 (August 1966): "The Cape and Cowl Crooks"

The Brave and the Bold (October-November 1966): "Alias the Bat-Hulk"

Batman #185 (November 1966): "80 Pg. Giant - G27"

Batman #186 (November 1966): "The Joker's Original Robberies!"

Batman #176 (December 1965): "The Joker's Utility Belt" (Reprint from Batman #73)

The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #97 (November-December 1966): "Batman Meets Jerry"

Batman #187 (December 1966): "Gotham's Cleverest Criminal" (Newspaper Strip Rperint)

Batman #198 (February 1968): "The Crimes of Batman!" (Reprint from World's Finest #61)

World's Finest #166 (May 1967): "The Danger of the Deadly Duo!"

Detective Comics #365 (July 1967): "The House The Joker Built"

World's Finest #177 (August 1968): "Duel of the Crime Kings!"

Detective Comics #388 (June 1969): Batman and Batgirl: "The First Men Killed on the Moon!"

Batman #213 (July-August 1969): "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" (Reprint from Detective Comics #186)

Justice League of America #77 (December 1969): "Snapper Carr -- Super-Traitor!"

Wanted: The World'd Most Dangerous Criminals (September-October 1972): "Knights of Knavery" (Reprint from Batman #25)

DC Special #8: Wanted (September 1970): "Joker-Luthor, Incorporated" (Reprint from World'd Finest #129)

Batman #251 (September 1973): "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge"

The Brave And The Bold #111 (Feb/March 1974): "Death Has The Last Laugh"

Limited Collector's Edition #C-25 (Batman) (1974 - tabloid sized): "The Case o the Joker's Crime Circus" (Reprint from Batman #4)

The Brave and the Bold #118 (April 1975): "May the Best man Die"

Batman #257 (July-August 1974): "Rackety-Rax Racket!" (Reprint from Batman #32)

World's Finest #227 (January-February 1975): "The Cape and Cowl Crooks!" (Reprint from World's Finest #159)

Batman #260 (January-February 1975): "This One'll Kill You, Batman!"

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