{"id":307,"date":"2007-07-08T15:48:57","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T22:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpBlogs\/YellowedPerils_test\/?p=307"},"modified":"2007-07-08T15:48:57","modified_gmt":"2007-07-08T22:48:57","slug":"bat-man-pulp-avenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2007\/07\/08\/bat-man-pulp-avenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Bat Man: Pulp Avenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

You probably already know how the pulps influenced one of their successors, the comic books.<\/p>\n

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Bat Man: Pulp Avenger<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/p>\n

Shortly, Anthony Tollin\u2019s Sanctum Productions and Nostalgia Ventures will put the spotlight on that topic with volume nine of its The Shadow<\/a> reprints. It\u2019s being billed as the \u201cForeshadowing the Batman\u201d issue and will include \u201cLingo\u201d and \u201cPartners in Peril,\u201d two novels that directly affected Batman\u2019s early development and stories.<\/p>\n

(Tollin talks about this pulp influence in a pair<\/a> of postings<\/a> at ComicMix.com.)<\/p>\n

Andy Fish<\/a>, Veronica Hebard<\/a> and Mike Warshaw have taken this queue and are running with it. They\u2019re collaborating on a graphic novel for DC Comics that puts the pulp back into Batman.<\/p>\n

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Right now, the graphic novel is called Bat Man: Pulp Avenger<\/em><\/a> and the trio hopes to finish it this fall. (You can see a preview of it here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bat Man as created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane is very much a child of the pulps,\u201d Andy Fish said recently via e-mail. \u201cHe\u2019s essentially The Shadow or The Spider<\/a> in tights and a cowl. It\u2019s also an era of Americana which I like very much. The blood and thunder of pulp novels seemed to fit the chaos of an oncoming war in Europe and tough times at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fish says the graphic novel tells \u201chow The Bat Man goes from being a grim death dealing avenger to The Batman we know today, who is against killing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story follows the events of Detective Comics<\/em> (numbers) 27-37 pretty closely and during that time period Bat Man killed something like 20 people in the comics. Our story delves into what happened to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fish loves the pulps. \u201cI\u2019m a big fan of Doc Savage<\/a>, The Shadow, The Spider, The Black Bat<\/a> and The Phantom Detective<\/a>. I gobbled up The Shadow<\/em> radio shows when I was a kid, I\u2019d often sit and listen while I drew comics, and when I found out how much cooler the pulp Shadow was, through the paperback reprints featuring Jim Steranko covers, I was hooked!\u201d<\/p>\n

To further the pulp connection, Fish hopes the graphic novel has a companion, assuming the folks at DC will go along.<\/p>\n

\u201cBat Man: Pulp Avenger<\/em> may also have a real pulp magazine<\/a> that goes along with it called The Bat Man<\/em>. It\u2019s an integral part of our story \u2013 Bruce Wayne secretly funds a publishing house to put out a new pulp featuring Bat Man to add to the whole mystique of his existence.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike and I are pitching the idea of doing a real pulp-style book along with the graphic novel which would feature \u2018vintage\u2019 ads and illustrations, too. We haven\u2019t gotten the go ahead yet, but I think they\u2019ll bite.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019d be exciting. Meanwhile, watch for news about Bat Man: Pulp Avenger<\/em> in the coming months. \u201cIt\u2019s probably going to be (part of DC Comics\u2019) Elseworlds (imprint), since it takes place in the 1930s. It\u2019s not scheduled yet but we plan on having it finished this fall, so it should be right along then,\u201d Fish says.<\/p>\n

\u2013 William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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