Bob Haney

Bizarro Back Issues: Kamandi Fights For The Mob! (1979)
Bizarro Back Issues: Kamandi Fights For The Mob! (1979)
Bizarro Back Issues: Kamandi Fights For The Mob! (1979)
This week sees the start of DC Comics' big The Multiversity event series, and if the related books on sale over at ComiXology -- ostensibly to get everyone up to speed -- are anything to go by, then that thing's going to be chock full of weirdos. Seriously, I already knew they were going to be throwing Captain Carrot in there, and for some reason people can't get enough of that one story where Batman becomes a Dracula, but there are some deep cuts in there, like that one Chuck Dixon comic where the Justice League are all cowboys, and this weird thing from the '90s called Kingdom Come, where Superman fights Cable. And then there's Kamandi. But should Kamandi start crossing over into the main DC Universe, it won't be the first time. For that, you have to go back to Bob Haney and Jim Aparo's Brave and the Bold #157, for a story where Kamandi was sent back in time, and ended up being brainwashed, made invulnerable, poisoned with snake venom, joining up with the mob and punching Batman in the face. It... It's a weird one.
Bizarro Back Issues: 'The Brave and the Bold' #123 (1975)
Bizarro Back Issues: 'The Brave and the Bold' #123 (1975)
Bizarro Back Issues: 'The Brave and the Bold' #123 (1975)
I think I've made it pretty clear over the past few years that I'm something of a connoisseur of strange comic book stories. I love comics where things get weird with that sort of cheerful rejection of all logic, where things don't quite add up, but the truth is, I sometimes get to a point where I think I've seen it all. I start to get jaded, and think that nothing can ever match the weirdness tha
Ask Chris #161: Clash of the Titans
Ask Chris #161: Clash of the Titans
Ask Chris #161: Clash of the Titans
  Q: How much better is the original Teen Titans series than the New Teen Titans? -- @boxofmillipedes A: You know, Millie, it's funny. New Teen Titans is a book that hits every single checkmark of something I should like. I love teenage superheroes, I'm a sucker for weird team-ups involving goofy combinations like half-demons, half-robots and full-on alien princesses, and Robin and Wally West are
Metamorpho Comes To 'Beware The Batman' [Video]
Metamorpho Comes To 'Beware The Batman' [Video]
Metamorpho Comes To 'Beware The Batman' [Video]
Ever since that massively eyebrowed miser Simon Stagg showed up on the first episode of Cartoon Network's Beware the Batman, I've been waiting for the show to follow up and introduce Stagg's ever-present nemesis/potential son-in-law, Metamorpho, The Element Man! Now, it seems the wait is over: In this week's episode, Batman goes toe-to-toe with the one and only Rex Mason! Check out a clip (and lea
Buy This Book: ‘Elseworlds 80-Page Giant’ Gets A Digital Release
Buy This Book: ‘Elseworlds 80-Page Giant’ Gets A Digital Release
Buy This Book: ‘Elseworlds 80-Page Giant’ Gets A Digital Release
One of the great things about the rise of digital comics is how much potential there is for access to a company's back catalog. With a lower cost that comes from not actually printing and shipping books, it's a lot easier for a company to provide readers with older comics, from classics to books that never really got their chance to shine...
A Brief (And Insane) History of Batman’s Newest Foe
A Brief (And Insane) History of Batman’s Newest Foe
A Brief (And Insane) History of Batman’s Newest Foe
In this week's Batman #10, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion have finally revealed the mastermind behind Batman's conflict with the Court of Owls -- and to say that it's a surprise is underselling things quite a bit. But while this is certainly a new direction, the character in question has been around for quite a while as one of the weirder and more obscure pieces of the Batman myt
Bizarro Back Issues: The Hundred-Year-Old Robot That Stole Batman’s Girlfriend in 1977
Bizarro Back Issues: The Hundred-Year-Old Robot That Stole Batman’s Girlfriend in 1977
Bizarro Back Issues: The Hundred-Year-Old Robot That Stole Batman’s Girlfriend in 1977
Batman is not exactly what you'd call a normal man. In pretty much every respect, he's at least steps beyond the average guy, and when he has problems, they go beyond the average too. For example, a normal people develop a crush on someone and not be sure how to express their feelings, or have the object of their affection spurn their advances, but that's generally where the problem stops... Read
Bizarro Back Issues: Commissioner Gordon vs. the Space Alien (1978)
Bizarro Back Issues: Commissioner Gordon vs. the Space Alien (1978)
Bizarro Back Issues: Commissioner Gordon vs. the Space Alien (1978)
Who's the most normal member of Batman's vast supporting cast? Well, even during the most bizarre years of Batman's career -- the age of Bat-Mite and Bat-Hound, the Zebra Batman, King Batman the First, Rip van Batman, and travels to alien worlds and different eras in time -- at least one element of the Batman comic books remained relatively Earthbound: Batman's pal Commissioner James Gordon... R
Bizarro Back Issues:  Batman’s Post-Apocalyptic Team-Up With Kamandi
Bizarro Back Issues: Batman’s Post-Apocalyptic Team-Up With Kamandi
Bizarro Back Issues: Batman’s Post-Apocalyptic Team-Up With Kamandi
This week, DC is releasing a hardcover omnibus of Jack Kirby's Kamandi, and it's something I'm really looking forward to. As much as I love Kirby's work, especially during the his time at DC when was creating Sandman, The Demon, and the Fourth World saga, Kamandi's always been one of those books that I just haven't had the chance to sit down and read...

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