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[QUOTE=Dr. Skeleton;3789891][B]So...where's Vicki Vale?[/B][/QUOTE]Maybe she was hanging out with Carmen Sandiego and Waldo?
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[QUOTE=oasis1313;3980124]Maybe Vicki has some sort of copyright elsewhere. And they think Vicki Vale isn't a stupid name?[/QUOTE]
Nah I love the alliteration.
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I liked how writers used her in the early 80's as the nosey photojournalist trying to discover Batman's ID and selling pics of them to Boss Thorne.
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[QUOTE=Mace Dolex;3981510]I liked how writers used her in the early 80's as the nosey photojournalist trying to discover Batman's ID and selling pics of them to Boss Thorne.[/QUOTE]
I remember that--maybe it's another reason why she still irks me.
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I liked her as a supporting character in Red Robin. She was a fun character in that book.
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[QUOTE=masahikotahara;3979732]Same. I loved Kim Basinger's portrayal of the character in Batman 1989.
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Wow, I forgot Kim Basinger had a Veronica Lake in Batman. Fashion wise much of the 1980's really were the 1940's all over again.
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[QUOTE=JAG2045;3979927]Apparently she was originally meant to be Silver St Cloud (as the 89 movie took a lot of inspiration from the Marshall Rogers/Steve Englehart run) however the studio decided that "Silver St Cloud" was too stupid a name so made them change her to be Vicki Vale instead[/QUOTE]
Having a female photojournalist made for a better story anyway than just someone in the movie whose sole purpose was just to be Bruce Wayne's squeeze. So the studio made the right decision.
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1. Vicki is, as already mentioned, a Lois Lane knockoff.
2. DC have spent the past 15+ years establishing Catwoman as the only serious, lasting love interest. Bruce's other classic romances are thrown by the wayside. No more Talia romance, Silver is gone, etc.
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[QUOTE=TheBatman;4003090]1. Vicki is, as already mentioned, a Lois Lane knockoff.
2. DC have spent the past 15+ years establishing Catwoman as the only serious, lasting love interest. Bruce's other classic romances are thrown by the wayside. No more Talia romance, Silver is gone, etc.[/QUOTE]
When was the last time Silver even made an appearance? Silver Age?
As for Talia, even before she went psycho mother on Damian and what not, had a bad tendency to side with her eco-terrorist father over Bruce barring a rare exception here and there.
As for Selina, I down with it. She was the first one, and has been there through pretty much all of it. Plus I would like to see Damian as an older brother to Helena Wayne.
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[QUOTE=Jackalope89;4003154]When was the last time Silver even made an appearance? Silver Age?[/QUOTE]
The Widening Gyre. Before New 52. She was about to marry Batman. I never read it myself. Everyone said the story's awful.
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[QUOTE=Jackalope89;4003154]When was the last time Silver even made an appearance? Silver Age?[/QUOTE]Don't think she existed then. Since she wasn't introduced until 1977, that would generally be considered "[B][FONT=Century Gothic]Bronze Age[/FONT][/B]".
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As for Selina, I down with it. She was the first one, [/QUOTE]
Nope, that would be Julie Madison.
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[QUOTE=Jackalope89;4003154]When was the last time Silver even made an appearance? Silver Age?
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Silver St. Cloud was on the TV show Gotham back in season 2 as sort of a love interest for Bruce Wayne who turned out to be planted by the Galavans in an attempt to kill Bruce.
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I like when Vicki is used as an occasional recurring character in Batman[SIZE=1] (and family) [/SIZE]stories.
And, from [B][I]Batman Annual #13[/I][/B] (1989),
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