Author Archives: I.M. Baytor

On Gotham City’s beat cops

Posted on April 15, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

According to Mike’s Amazing World, the very first Batman tale came out eighty years ago this week, in Detective Comics #27. I figured I should mark the occasion on this blog with something different, so this week I’m going daily … Continue reading →

Posted in GOTHAM CITIZENS | Tagged GCPD, Gotham City | Leave a comment

John Ostrander’s expanded Batman

Posted on April 11, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

John Ostrander has written more cool comics than most of his peers. Some of them feature Batman and other Gotham citizens, although those projects don’t always play to his strengths, since they tend to be short fill-ins or mini-series. Ostrander … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITERS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Charles Paris, Denny O'Neil, Flint Henry, Gotham City, Jenette Kahn, John Ostrander, Kim Yale, Mary Mitchell, Paul Levitz, politics, Tom Mandrake, Vince Giarrano | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (April 2019)

Posted on April 3, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Your monthly reminder that comics can be awesome: Ninja-K #4 Atomic Robo: The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #3 Black Science #27

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Andrew Dalhouse, Atomic Robo, Black Science, Brian Clevinger, Christos Gage, Juan Jose Ryp, Matteo Scalera, Moreno Sinisio, Ninja-K, Ninjak, Rick Remender, Rus Wooten, Scott Wegener | Leave a comment

The looks of Vicki Vale

Posted on March 28, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Among the fascinating things about Batman comics is the fact that, because they have been going on for eight decades, you get to trace social and aesthetic evolutions on all sorts of fronts. One of those fronts is the … Continue reading →

Posted in GOTHAM CITIZENS | Tagged Adrienne Roy, Alex Sinclair, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Bob LeRose, Carl Potts, Charles Paris, Chuck Patton, Dick Sprang, Don Newton, Doug Moench, Fabien Nicieza, Frank Miller, Gene Colan, Gerry Conway, Jim Aparo, Jim Lee, Julie Schwartz, Julius Schwartz, Klaus Janson, Lew Schwartz, noir, Norm Breyfogle, Paul Gulacy, Rick Hoberg, Scott Snyder, Scott Williams, Sheldon Moldoff, Steve Bove, Tom Grindenberg, Tom Mandrake, Vicki Vale | Leave a comment

We should stop meeting like this…

Posted on March 21, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Batman and the Monster Men #5 Gotham After Midnight #6 Nightwing #23 Batman #583 JLA 80-Page Giant #1 The Ankh

Posted in GOTHAM INTERLUDES | Tagged Commissioner Gordon, James Gordon | Leave a comment

On the discreet BATMAN DIES!!! event

Posted on March 14, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

In November 2000, the ‘Next Issue’ blurbs in the Batman family of comics announced that something big was about to go down… Batman #585 Catwoman (v2) #88 Robin (v4) #84 The premise of a story in which the Dark Knight … Continue reading →

Posted in WEBS OF FICTION | Tagged Brad Rader, Bronwyn Carlton, Catwoman, Chuck Dixon, Ed Brubaker, Greg Land, Greg Rucka, Hilary Barta, Jesse Delperdang, John Lowe, Joker, Kieron Dwyer, Noelle Giddings, Patricia Mulvihill, Pete Woods, Rousseau, Scott McDaniel, Staz Johnson, Steve Mannion, Two-Face, Willie Schubert | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (March 2019)

Posted on March 7, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Your March reminder that comics can be awesome… Paper Girls #5 Five Ghosts #2 Archer & Armstrong (v2) #21

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Archer & Armstrong, Brian K. Vaughan, Chris Mooneyham, Cliff Chiang, Dave Sharpe, David Baron, Dylan Todd, Five Ghosts, Frank J. Barbiere, Fred van Lente, Jared K. Fletcher, Matt Wilson, Paper Girls, Pere Pérez, S. M. Vidaurri | Leave a comment

3 striking uses of red by Greg Wright

Posted on February 28, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

I don’t write much about colorists in this blog. Coloring is one of those ungrateful tasks that, while absolutely vital to the feel of a comic, tends to go unnoticed when it’s merely done well. According to mainstream coloring conventions, … Continue reading →

Posted in ART OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Denny O'Neil, Doug Moench, Eduardo Barreto, Greg Wright, horror, John Beatty, Jordan B. Gorfinkel, Kelley Jones, Todd Klein | 2 Comments

Brilliant sci-fi short stories

Posted on February 21, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

As much as I enjoy sci-fi epics, I’m also a huge sucker for a tauter brand of science fiction. Short stories are an ideal form for this genre: since sci-fi often revolves more around ideas than characters, it can be … Continue reading →

Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES | Tagged 2000 AD, Al Feldstein, Al Williamson, Alan Moore, Bernie Wrightson, Bill Gaines, Carmine Infantino, Cold War, Colleen Doran, David Lloyd, Del Close, Frank Frazetta, Gardner Fox, Gaspar Saladino, Gerry Conway, Horacio Lalia, Jack Kamen, Jerry Serpe, Jim Wroten, Joe Orlando, John Aldrich, John Ostrander, John Smith, Marie Severin, Nicola Cuti, politics, Rick Veitch, Roy Krenkel, science fiction, Steve Craddock, Tom Yeates, Warren Ellis | 3 Comments

15 wedding-themed covers of Batman comics

Posted on February 14, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Valentine, Schmalentine. Still, everything can serve as a pretext to browse through goofy covers of the Batman family of comics… Throughout the years, brilliant artists like Neal Adams, Curt Swan, and Joëlle Jones have had a field day enveloping the … Continue reading →

Posted in COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged covers, Curt Swan, Joëlle Jones, Neal Adams | Leave a comment