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Action Comics 1

Action Comics No. 1 as ‘covered’ by illustrator Tom Addison.

More comic book ‘covers’ here. The original Action No. 1, below.

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The early Batman logos

Comic book lettering artist Todd Klein takes a detailed look at the early Batman logotypes.

Part one here. Part two here.

With later Batman logo analysis here, here and here.

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Bat shirt

Alexa Chung’s Bat Tunic for Madewell. Released in December.

Already sold out (tho flittering around eBay).

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I’m Batman

People aren’t supposed to know this – but I’m really Batman.

Crime never sleeps. Neither do I.

Photo found via We Heart It

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Use the red phone

Found via We Heart It

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J-Men Forever!

‘Tells a tale of world conquest by sex, drugs and rock and roll’

Cult classic J-Men Forever! (1979) was a mainstay on the USA network’s Night Flight (titles below).

And after Night Flight went away, J-Men vanished – only quietly showing up many years later on DVD.

J-Men Forever! was the brainchild of Philip Proctor and Peter Bergman of the Firesign Theatre – using cobbled together footage from old serials to create a silly (actually, immature is the right word) new movie; similar to Woody Allen’s What’s Up Tiger Lily (1966).

The Caped Madman (above) and The evil Lightening Bug steal the show. The film’s score features music from The Tubes, Head East, Budgie and Billy Preston.

Watch it in its entirety/in sections on YouTube. Click above to jump/watch.