(the original version of) Jason Bard Appreciation Thread

This Appreciation Thread is inspired by a few recent posts in a different thread:[indent][QUOTE=OBrianTallent;3884988] . . . My only wish was that instead of a new guy, they would have brought Jason Bard back, but that's no real complaint.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Godlike13;3885580]Jason Bard is kind of a bad guy now though.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=MajorHoy;3886017]Maybe we can just forget that whole mess . . .[/QUOTE][QUOTE=OBrianTallent;3903478]What???? When/Where did that happen??

And sounds good to me![/QUOTE][/indent]

The purpose of [U]this[/U] thread is to celebrate the [I]pre[/I]-[B][FONT=Century Gothic]Batman Eternal[/FONT][/B] version of [B]Jason Bard[/B], who first appeared in the Batgirl back-up feature in [B][I]Detective Comics #392[/I][/B][SIZE=1] (cover-dated October 1969)[/SIZE]:
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wEnfeWTvo04/VnK1EuaVMhI/AAAAAAAAXa4/a0j6X9hRf38/s1600-Ic42/RCO023.jpg[/img]
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LmsrpGOoOrU/VnK1Ez4-R6I/AAAAAAAAXa4/r6AKOR56oAQ/s1600-Ic42/RCO024.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/18/91/37/14/jason_10.jpg[/img]

Jason even had his own back-up feature in Detective Comics at one point.

From [B]Detective Comics #425[/B] (July 1972):
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VSHtqzmn-ow/VnK8m0Ya9SI/AAAAAAAAaCI/A7aBo9KNb3g/s1600-Ic42/RCO022.jpg[/img]

[B]Detective Comics #427[/B] (September 1972):
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HdfKdWLm7IM/VnK9EU-7Q-I/AAAAAAAAaMg/IvetjXtcqH8/s1600-Ic42/RCO023.jpg[/img]
a case that ended with a reminder of Jason's love for Barbara Gordon:
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5TW_spQ7mNg/VnK9F0X5aKI/AAAAAAAAaMg/ZU1wbNhcMMM/s1600-Ic42/RCO033.jpg[/img]

Always liked the character, thought it fit gotham too. My first time reading about him was in the pages of Robin.

Hopefully we get the more classic take back.

An 70's Ad for the Jason Bard backup series.

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[QUOTE=signalman112;3944393]An 70's Ad for the Jason Bard backup series.

[img]https://community.cbr.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=71764&d=1538718492[/img][/QUOTE]Was that really an advertisement? :confused:

[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-37UFdvFhiqo/VnK8h2_o9YI/AAAAAAAAaCI/hN9fuqHLiU0/s1600-Ic42/RCO001.jpg[/img]

I thought that was only from the cover of [B]Detective Comics #425[/B][SIZE=1] (July 1972)[/SIZE]?

Maybe not an ad.
I guess someone just posted that cover headshot from Detective #425.
I found it separate on google images.

By the way, in looking for Jason Bard appearances, it seems the name had been used in the past for a Bat-villain called "The Trapper".

From [B]Detective Comics #206[/B] (April 1954):
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3b_LIwTmFz0/VnKMCkvdyeI/AAAAAAAAJys/Ho7VqNswTHg/s1600-Ic42/RCO001.jpg[/img]
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GEnC6gJKb58/VnKMCpaI1QI/AAAAAAAAJys/fBcfa8XODOM/s1600-Ic42/RCO002.jpg[/img]
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vN9ApI7EqPQ/VnKMC7TBGUI/AAAAAAAAJys/lIMxvmy0XnI/s1600-Ic42/RCO003.jpg[/img]

I have no idea if they were aware of this character when the private eye Jason Bard first appeared about fifteen years later.