Comments on: Agent of S.T.Y.L.E.: Shadows of the Batman http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sat, 18 May 2013 08:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: UnhingedCarrot http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-719532 UnhingedCarrot Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:35:20 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-719532 PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN.

]]> By: Bugnaz http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-706269 Bugnaz Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:58:25 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-706269 PIKCHORS!!!!! PIKCHORS!!!!!

]]> By: Bugnaz http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-706268 Bugnaz Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:57:08 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-706268 Where are the pictures gone? I love these articles and bookmark them to read. But I often find if I don't read them straight away, none of the pictures show up : ( Where are the pictures gone?
I love these articles and bookmark them to read. But I often find if I don’t read them straight away, none of the pictures show up : (

]]> By: Jorge Reyna http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-665454 Jorge Reyna Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:09:04 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-665454 I really enjoyed the latest "Agent of style" articles (Ms Marvel/Warbird), but it seems all the past, archived articles have none of the images loaded anymore. This really dilutes the reading experience for articles involving costume/fashion, and according to comments posted by other readers, it seems it's been an issue for the past several months. I wonder if the website administrators look into this glitch? I'd love to be able to read the style articles of Iron Man, Dr Strange, etc and be able to see what the writer is referring to. Thanks so much. I love this blog. I really enjoyed the latest “Agent of style” articles (Ms Marvel/Warbird), but it seems all the past, archived articles have none of the images loaded anymore. This really dilutes the reading experience for articles involving costume/fashion, and according to comments posted by other readers, it seems it’s been an issue for the past several months. I wonder if the website administrators look into this glitch? I’d love to be able to read the style articles of Iron Man, Dr Strange, etc and be able to see what the writer is referring to. Thanks so much. I love this blog.

]]> By: Bugnaz http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-633722 Bugnaz Wed, 25 May 2011 13:47:43 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-633722 I was hoping to re-read this article, as I do many of your AoS articles, but the pics won't load up. Probably either me, or a temporary thing, but I just thought I'd mention it. Love the AoS articles, thank you. They make excellent lunchtime / breakfast time / cup of tea and a ciggy time reading... I was hoping to re-read this article, as I do many of your AoS articles, but the pics won’t load up.
Probably either me, or a temporary thing, but I just thought I’d mention it.

Love the AoS articles, thank you. They make excellent lunchtime / breakfast time / cup of tea and a ciggy time reading…

]]> By: Resor http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-630156 Resor Sun, 15 May 2011 10:25:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-630156 this is the fifth time i go through your blog, excellent article as always! all the best, Resor this is the fifth time i go through your blog, excellent article as always! all the best, Resor

]]> By: Zod http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-624984 Zod Sun, 01 May 2011 21:51:06 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-624984 Is it me or there are no images in this article? Is it me or there are no images in this article?

]]> By: GS http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-493060 GS Sat, 29 May 2010 17:32:41 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-493060 It's important to remember that Batman Beyond is DCAU continuity, not DCU, and one of the reasons for making Terry's suit simplistic was to make the animation easier and more fluid. I'm sure if the idea had grown out of comics continuity the suit would be different, but as it is? It works. Also, different generation, different bat. Terry's suit is as entrenched in my DCAU-bred mind as Bruce's from B:TAS. It’s important to remember that Batman Beyond is DCAU continuity, not DCU, and one of the reasons for making Terry’s suit simplistic was to make the animation easier and more fluid. I’m sure if the idea had grown out of comics continuity the suit would be different, but as it is? It works. Also, different generation, different bat. Terry’s suit is as entrenched in my DCAU-bred mind as Bruce’s from B:TAS.

]]> By: Alan Kistler http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492894 Alan Kistler Thu, 27 May 2010 18:10:05 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492894 Arthur: Thanks, man. Hope you keep reading. Clark: Amazingly, there aren't as many of these images available online as you'd think, so getting some of them together was really the most difficult part. Thanks for the comment, it's appreciated. Arthur: Thanks, man. Hope you keep reading.

Clark: Amazingly, there aren’t as many of these images available online as you’d think, so getting some of them together was really the most difficult part. Thanks for the comment, it’s appreciated.

]]> By: Clark http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492877 Clark Thu, 27 May 2010 15:59:00 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492877 This is a fantastic article!!! Thank you. work research that must have gone into this must have been exhausting. Great work. This is a fantastic article!!! Thank you. work research that must have gone into this must have been exhausting. Great work.

]]> By: Arthur http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492860 Arthur Thu, 27 May 2010 08:56:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492860 I love your Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. articles ! I love your Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. articles !

]]> By: Craig M. http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492617 Craig M. Sun, 23 May 2010 07:11:43 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492617 @Ian He got caught in his own exploding Batmobile trap and fell into the Gotham river. For some reason this turned all the blue on his suit to red. @Ian He got caught in his own exploding Batmobile trap and fell into the Gotham river. For some reason this turned all the blue on his suit to red.

]]> By: Ian @ TradeReadingOrder http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492601 Ian @ TradeReadingOrder Sat, 22 May 2010 23:47:30 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492601 Awesome article! I do have one minor tweak of advice in addition to the others - Azrael didn't decide to make his costume red for their final confrontation, I think, it was caused by some kind of acid or burn if I remember correctly. It was graphically intended, obviously, to separate the two, but I don't remember the character changing the color intentionally. Awesome article!

I do have one minor tweak of advice in addition to the others – Azrael didn’t decide to make his costume red for their final confrontation, I think, it was caused by some kind of acid or burn if I remember correctly. It was graphically intended, obviously, to separate the two, but I don’t remember the character changing the color intentionally.

]]> By: Alan Kistler http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492598 Alan Kistler Sat, 22 May 2010 21:48:20 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492598 Twincastx: Definitely a fun look but again a danger of one color being too dominant. Woofus: The yellow oval appeared in comics about two years before the TV show began airing. Mark D. White: Roy meant it for that AND for revising/altering history. He did both often during his Invaders and JSA stories to explain things like why there were conflicting accounts of the same origin or why 1940s Namor seemed drastically different at times compared to how Stan Lee made him. So today's meaning is pretty in keeping with what he did. Twincastx: Definitely a fun look but again a danger of one color being too dominant.

Woofus: The yellow oval appeared in comics about two years before the TV show began airing.

Mark D. White: Roy meant it for that AND for revising/altering history. He did both often during his Invaders and JSA stories to explain things like why there were conflicting accounts of the same origin or why 1940s Namor seemed drastically different at times compared to how Stan Lee made him. So today’s meaning is pretty in keeping with what he did.

]]> By: Gotham After Dark http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492596 Gotham After Dark Sat, 22 May 2010 21:10:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492596 The Year 100 suit was the best visually. It had a 1939 feel with 2039 style. The Year 100 suit was the best visually. It had a 1939 feel with 2039 style.

]]> By: Mark D. White http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492592 Mark D. White Sat, 22 May 2010 19:46:57 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492592 Forget the part about Dick's gloves and boots - they had raised bits on both costumes, but in a different way. (I still find them odd on the Batman costume.) Forget the part about Dick’s gloves and boots – they had raised bits on both costumes, but in a different way. (I still find them odd on the Batman costume.)

]]> By: Mark D. White http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492591 Mark D. White Sat, 22 May 2010 19:26:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492591 Another great article - a couple comments: 1. I always thought the raised bits on Dick's gloves and boots referenced his Nightwing outfit (though I never went so far as to check). 2. Wasn't the original meaning of "retroactive continuity" coined by Roy Thomas in his All-Star Squadron days, in which he explained how he fit in his new stories within existing continuity (e.g., not changing a character's costume or marrying them off until their original stories had ended). I always felt that the modern meaning of "retcon" - being revisionist rather than accommodating to established history - was a corruption of Thomas' ideals (in other words, a wicked real-world Superboy-punch). (OK, off the soapbox now.) Another great article – a couple comments:

1. I always thought the raised bits on Dick’s gloves and boots referenced his Nightwing outfit (though I never went so far as to check).

2. Wasn’t the original meaning of “retroactive continuity” coined by Roy Thomas in his All-Star Squadron days, in which he explained how he fit in his new stories within existing continuity (e.g., not changing a character’s costume or marrying them off until their original stories had ended). I always felt that the modern meaning of “retcon” – being revisionist rather than accommodating to established history – was a corruption of Thomas’ ideals (in other words, a wicked real-world Superboy-punch). (OK, off the soapbox now.)

]]> By: Vinnie Bartilucci http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492578 Vinnie Bartilucci Sat, 22 May 2010 16:48:07 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492578 Nope, just did some digging, and the yellow oval did indeed come first, in 1964. Nope, just did some digging, and the yellow oval did indeed come first, in 1964.

]]> By: Vinnie Bartilucci http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492576 Vinnie Bartilucci Sat, 22 May 2010 16:45:00 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492576 I agree with Woofus - I was fairly sure the yellow circle came from the TV show first, as they needed to break the design up a bit and make it pop. Though the bat-signal definitely appeared in the show, or at least it did in the movie, and then later on the show. A lot of the props that they couldn't afford in the TV show got paid for with the movie budget like the bat-copter and bat-boat. I agree with Woofus – I was fairly sure the yellow circle came from the TV show first, as they needed to break the design up a bit and make it pop.

Though the bat-signal definitely appeared in the show, or at least it did in the movie, and then later on the show. A lot of the props that they couldn’t afford in the TV show got paid for with the movie budget like the bat-copter and bat-boat.

]]> By: Woofus http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492547 Woofus Sat, 22 May 2010 08:51:02 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492547 Wasn't the yellow circle added by Julius Schwartz, to make the comic match the Adam West TV show? It calls to mind the bat-signal, though this did not actually appear on the show (except in the opening credits). Wasn’t the yellow circle added by Julius Schwartz, to make the comic match the Adam West TV show? It calls to mind the bat-signal, though this did not actually appear on the show (except in the opening credits).

]]> By: Azadi http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492542 Azadi Sat, 22 May 2010 07:28:16 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492542 Excellent article - one omission I think though. At some point in the 2000's after No Man's Land (I know not when exactly, but before Dick G becomes Batman), the yellow oval on Bruce Wayne's costume disappears, and reverts to the Year One / Bob Kane silhouette. I'd be interested in your view/interpretation on that change. Excellent article – one omission I think though. At some point in the 2000′s after No Man’s Land (I know not when exactly, but before Dick G becomes Batman), the yellow oval on Bruce Wayne’s costume disappears, and reverts to the Year One / Bob Kane silhouette. I’d be interested in your view/interpretation on that change.

]]> By: Jamie http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492536 Jamie Sat, 22 May 2010 04:20:22 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492536 This was a fun and well rounded list! I do think for some reason Batman Beyond as an adult version pulls off the same costume better somehow, not really sure why just more dominating presence maybe. I'm really enjoying these articles, please keep 'em coming. :) This was a fun and well rounded list! I do think for some reason Batman Beyond as an adult version pulls off the same costume better somehow, not really sure why just more dominating presence maybe. I’m really enjoying these articles, please keep ‘em coming. :)

]]> By: kalorama http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492530 kalorama Sat, 22 May 2010 02:47:40 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492530 @Jonny The resemblance to future Tim's outfit in Titans for Tomorrow was the first thing I noticed when I saw Dick's Batsuit. @Jonny

The resemblance to future Tim’s outfit in Titans for Tomorrow was the first thing I noticed when I saw Dick’s Batsuit.

]]> By: twincastx http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492526 twincastx Sat, 22 May 2010 00:49:57 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492526 awesome!!!! I do remember another batman costume in the mid 90s during the JLA: Rock of Ages storyline. here's the link http://api.ning.com/files/efrlzWRGKuBRVqitAP7CgXAFO8Zz0XjuUkVgBjaN1iXHBVsYu7Df3Tpcq7zMIKmj5z3oOl0gzMj-rMe*IV0OEzEx3mJAWWOL/JLA14pg19.jpg awesome!!!! I do remember another batman costume in the mid 90s during the JLA: Rock of Ages storyline.

here’s the link
http://api.ning.com/files/efrlzWRGKuBRVqitAP7CgXAFO8Zz0XjuUkVgBjaN1iXHBVsYu7Df3Tpcq7zMIKmj5z3oOl0gzMj-rMe*IV0OEzEx3mJAWWOL/JLA14pg19.jpg

]]> By: batfan86 http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492525 batfan86 Sat, 22 May 2010 00:38:13 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492525 Good list. I have to say I hate the shoulder spikes on the cape. Ruins the silhouette for me. Good list. I have to say I hate the shoulder spikes on the cape. Ruins the silhouette for me.

]]> By: Nicholas Post http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492523 Nicholas Post Fri, 21 May 2010 23:33:09 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492523 Yeah, what about Batman Year 100 costume? I felt it was a perfect retro/vintage version we read in many moons. Yeah, what about Batman Year 100 costume?

I felt it was a perfect retro/vintage version we read in many moons.

]]> By: PG http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492517 PG Fri, 21 May 2010 21:50:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492517 Batman Year 100 had a great costume as well. Definitely worth looking into for this article. Batman Year 100 had a great costume as well. Definitely worth looking into for this article.

]]> By: dan http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492511 dan Fri, 21 May 2010 19:40:17 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492511 Given the brief mention of No Man's Land I'm a little surprised that the "Batman" costume that The Huntress wore (and was essentially passed down to Batgirl Cassandar Cain) wasn't mentioned. Given the brief mention of No Man’s Land I’m a little surprised that the “Batman” costume that The Huntress wore (and was essentially passed down to Batgirl Cassandar Cain) wasn’t mentioned.

]]> By: Jonny http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/05/21/agent-of-s-t-y-l-e-shadows-of-the-batman/comment-page-1/#comment-492509 Jonny Fri, 21 May 2010 19:05:55 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=15434#comment-492509 I think Tim's Titans Tomorrow batsuit is worth mentioning -- it bears resemblance to Dick's but has a better belt. http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/image/Batman_cross_headstone.jpg I think Tim’s Titans Tomorrow batsuit is worth mentioning — it bears resemblance to Dick’s but has a better belt.
http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/image/Batman_cross_headstone.jpg

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