#Golden bat

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[loveisinthebat]

Golden Boy

[chernobog13]

Italian poster for the 1966 film Golden Bat (aka Ogon Bat).

They got the head and shape of the costume mostly right, but then they went off the rails.

I guess, with the (translated) title The Return of Diavolik, the Italian exhibitors thought they would be able to fill theaters with people who thought this was a film based on Diabolik. Diabolik, an Italian comic book character created in 1962, was a mega-popular at the time, an anti-hero thief in an all-black costume that only showed his eyes. Diabolik made it to the big screen in the Mario Bava-directed film Danger: Diabolik (1968). American actor John Phillip Law (who would later star in 1974's The Golden Voyage of Sinbad) played the titular super-thief.

As you can see, there isn't really any resemblance between the two characters.

However, there is another Italian comic book anti-hero, one whose comic book costume was basically copied for the Golden Bat poster: Kriminal.

Inspired by the success of Diabolik, Kriminal debuted in Italian comics two years later. He was another anti-hero thief, and the similarities with Diabolik didn't stop there. He was, though, much more sadistic than his inspiration. His stories included a lot more sex and violence, especially against women, whom he would murder to protect his identity.

Never as successful as his forbear, Kriminal nevertheless had a ten-year run in comics, and spawned two films:

Kriminal (1966). He really looks like Golden Bat in that second poster.

The Mark of Kriminal (1967).

Of course, none of these characters should be confused with another fellow with a skeleton motif: Sadistik, the Diabolical Super Kriminal!

Originally named Killing when he debuted in Italian comics (fumetti, to be more precise) in 1966, Sadistik was inspired by the excesses of Kriminal. There's just one thing: Sadistik didn't think Kriminal went far enough, so he made sure to out-do his idol (whom he had a crossover with, the first in Italian comics). This guy didn't pretend to be an anti-hero; he was an out-and out villain who occasionally wiped out other crooks who got in his way.

He was known as Satanik in France (Killing just seemed a little on-the-nose), and Sadistik in the English-speaking world. His fumetti exploits only lasted 62 issues over three years in his native Italy. In Argentina, where he was still called Killing, the publishers there created their own stories when the original ones ran out. The Argentinian series lasted into the 1980s.

Additionally, the character was called KiLiNK in Turkey, where he was the star of several unauthorized films (I sometimes wonder if that's the only kind Turkey made) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The best known of those films is 1967's Killing In Istanbul.

Apparently, the son of a scientist KiLiNK kills somehow gains super-powers, and calls himself Superman. His battle with KiLiNK carries over to the sequel, which was released the same year.

Anyway, what was I talking about when I started this post?

[ranmagender]

[ID: Image of a man with a skull head and deep sunken eyes, brownish and white colors for the outline and off-white, with only a few teeth, he has a big puffed out color and is wearing a buttoned up suit, french-style. he's holding a rapier and has a red cape END ID]

Since I'm still drawing public domain characters, have a funny skeleton man

[snailstrailz]

[peterkothe]

INKtober 2024-Fight 👊💀

GOLDEN BAT vs. FRANKENSTEIN!!

The ultimate old-school monster throw-down!! The evil Dr. Nazo revives the legendary Frankenstein Monster; giving him the promise of the reanimation of his beloved bride, if in return, he serves Nazo as his minion and destroy the scientist’s sworn enemy: Golden Bat!! Can the legendary super-mummy defeat Frankenstein and save the wayward monster and his bride from becoming pawns in Dr. Nazo’s devious schemes!?…

(I know I’m not the first to have thought of this but, this is my version!)

[henshinwolf89]

My tokusatsu collection part 7. Hey, look! It's the Raven Banner version of Shin Ultraman and not that shitty Cleopatra Entertainment version! You want a good English release of Shin Ultraman, you get the Raven Banner version. I continue to be a tokusatsu collecting weirdo...

[churchydraws]

some doodles I did while high today. a Little Godzilla, a King Ghidorah (GMK specifically) my Ultraman oc Roe and a Golden Bat redesign (I think this is the one I'll keep! totally won't redesign him again!) SuitGoji, and a Shin! I kiiinda wanna implement SuitGoji and Shin into my Kaijuverse, I already have some ideas, but I need to do some stuff for Mothra and some others first.

[icy41777]

my sona's costume this year was golden bat.

[keyblack]

30-minute Illustration of Golden Bat/Fantaman from a recent Off the Cuff episode - check out my process video here!

[abomasalwizard7]

Golden Bat

Im back with Golden Bat!! missed him so much and will draw him more soon plus the rest of the gang!

Stay tuned for more!

[orcarnage]

ah hell nahhh who got golden bat into berserk

careful king that caped skeleton is taken (he doesn't know it but he is)

[nerdypuddincup]

Arguably the first superhero ever

[chernobog13]

Advertisement for Golden Bat Caramel Candy.

[jedivoodoochile]

[snailstrailz]

Nazo expression doodles, getting this guy to look like he's showing emotion is actually kinda hard