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From: jmc@wuphys.UUCP
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Subject: THE DARK KNIGHT
Message-ID: <414@wuphys.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Mar-86 21:30:21 EST
Article-I.D.: wuphys.414
Posted: Sat Mar 15 21:30:21 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Mar-86 10:58:26 EST
Organization: Physics Dept., Washington Univ. in St. Louis
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Keywords: The Batman and the authors


   First of all, I want to say I much I agree with
the rave reviews of The Dark Knight.  It's really
fantastic.   Next, I think the blond girl who
has been suggested as the new Robin is named Carrie
and not Michelle.  Her friend is Michelle.  She's
Carrie.  The confusion, no doubt, comes from the name
Michelle being used many times while Carrie is used
only once.

   In The Dark Knight, we find out what the Waynes were
doing the night Bruce's parents were murdered.  They
went to see the movie Zorro.  Now, for those whose
knowledge of Batman is encyclopedic, does this
contradict anything previously published?  I can't
remember an comic ever saying where the Waynes had been
that night.  All I remember is they were out for a
night on the town.  I also didn't know he had ever
been trapped in a cave full of bats.  I thought
the whole bat idea was because one flew by his window
while he was trying to think of a suitable name for his
vigilante persona.

  I just read that Alan Moore and Brian Bolland are
going to do a Batman/Joker series.  According to the
Comics Journal, this will finally explain while the
two hate each other so much and why the Joker rates
as Batman's greatest enemy.  This would make
three great teams working on The Batman:

               Miller/Mazzucchelli,
               Englehart/Rogers,
and now
               Moore/Bolland.

While I like the Batman, does he really warrants so
much effort?  What can they possibly have to say about
him?  He's not Superman, you know.  He's just this
ordinary guy with a lot of money and a somewhat
fanatical desire to revenge himself on the criminal
elements.  Part James Bond, part looney.

   So people, what do you think?  How about so debate
on the matter.



ihnp4!wuphys!jmc                          Jimmy Chen