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By: Batcaverna, rifugio di un supereroe | CASABELLAweb anno II

Batcaverna, rifugio di un supereroe | CASABELLAweb anno II — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:16:21 +0000

[...] The Origin of the Bat Cave [Bill Jourdain / The Golden Age of Comic Books] [...]

By: O

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:13:04 +0000

I was re reading Batman Fugitive the other day and either Grayson or Drake discovered an intruder accessed the cave via a barn. A nod to the golden age perhaps?

By: Oz and Ends: “The Original Transmedia Storyteller”? « Transmedia Camp 101

Oz and Ends: “The Original Transmedia Storyteller”? « Transmedia Camp 101 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:48:49 +0000

[...] in the 1940s, the Batman movie serial introduced the bat-cave before the comic books or comic strip went that deep. A few years before that, the Superman radio [...]

By: The Year of the Bat - 70 Years Old Today! – Golden Age of Comic Books

The Year of the Bat - 70 Years Old Today! – Golden Age of Comic Books — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:03:30 +0000

[...] The Origin of the Batcave [...]

By: Golden Age Reprint - Batman Chronicles, Volume 7 – Golden Age of Comic Books

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:56:15 +0000

[...] Right off the bat (no pun intended), you’ll read the origin and first appearance of Two-Face (known as “Harvey Kent”) from Detective Comics #66, to be followed by his second appearance in Detective Comics #68. Classic Joker stories abound from Batman #s 12, 13 and Detective Comics #69 (one of my favorite Golden Age Joker Covers by Robinson). You’ll also get to read a classic Penguin story from Detective Comics #67. One of my favorite non-super villain stories is “Around the Clock with the Batman” from Batman #12, featuring a “day in the life” of our heroes, starting with Gotham City celebrating “Batman Day”. “The North Pole Crimes” from World’s Finest Comics #7 is another favorite, and features the first time Batman and Robin wear alternate costumes to fight crime. You’ll even get to see the first view of the precursor to the Batcave in Batman #12. [...]

By: Michael Bartz

Michael Bartz — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:37:27 +0000

At the beginning of the first Batman serial, “Batman and Robin”, 1943, Batman is seen sitting in a room, with a giant bat sign in the background. When Robin comes in, the room is revealed to be a cave.
During the episodes, the both of them refer to “the Bat’s cave”, which also contains a lab, if I remember right.
Because of that, the cave was introduced to the comics, as “the Batcave”.
And, yes, Alfred was skinned down to resemble the actor.
Hope, I could help.

By: Pat Curley

Pat Curley — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:41:41 +0000

I have read (but don’t know if it’s true) that the Batcave was actually introduced in the Batman serial in 1943. I know that there’s a scene in that movie where a crook is left tied up in the Batcave and the experience so frightens him that he gives Batman and Robin the information they are looking for. It’s also claimed that Alfred was given his slender form to make him look more like the Alfred of the film. Of course, this would not be the first time that characters in the comics were changed to be more in line with their adventures in other media; Clark Kent’s newspaper of the comics, the Daily Star, was renamed the Daily Planet to match the radio show and his boss became Perry White instead of George Taylor.

By: J. L. Bell

J. L. Bell — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:52:07 +0000

You can dig even deeper into the origin of the Bat Cave by looking at the first Batman movie serial. That cinematic masterpiece was also the source of the skinny Alfred. The fact that the same comic-book story both thinned down Alfred and introduced the Bat Cave into print shows the feedback-loop influence of the movie on the comics.