Batmen of All Nations / Batman Incorporated Appreciation

[MajorHoy]

Well, we had a Knight and Squire thread in the pre-"Great CBR Disaster" version of the boards, but why not a new appreciation thread for ALL the heroes that were the Batmen of their respected countries but don't have a separate thread?

* Knight and Squire
* Musketeer
* Legionary
* Gaucho
* (Dark) Ranger (and Scout)
* Wingman
* (Chief) Man-of-Bats and Little Raven / Raven Red
* Bat Hombre
* Nightrunner
* Mr. Unknown
* Batman of Japan
* The Hood

And any others you think may be appropriate for discussion here!

[Sharkey]

I was awaiting this thread to turn up!

Don't forget the heroic team The Victory V's, the 80's British superheroes that the original Knight was part of, as well as Ravil (the Russian Batman) and Shy Crazy Lolita Canary!

Will this thread also include the listed heroes' various villainous counterparts?

Simon Hurt
Talia al Ghul AKA Leviathan
Pyg & Son of Pyg
Flamingo
Dr Dedalus
Scorpiana
El Sombrero
El Papagayo
Red Rippa AKA Sam Black Elk
Coyote
Spring-heeled Jack
Old Bill Nails Jack The Smasher
Jarvis Poker, the British Joker
Son of Man
Sister Crystal
Skintalker
Rayman / Paradox
The Id
Lord Death Man
Doubleface
Lady Tiger Fist
Dr Inside-Out
Veiniac
The Worm Captain
Joe Average & The Average Joes
Les Stereotypes
Emoticon-Man

Yeah, I like villains.....

I was actually re-reading the Knight & Squire series earlier, good stuff! I love the bonkers British concepts; evil-ninja Morris Men, cloned and corrupt monarchs, an hellish alternate version of English (the flag is called the Black Jack!), metahuman pubs and other such anglophilic nonsense. I'm English myself, so obviously quite biased in that aspect!

[oasis1313]

I loved the idea of Bruce sponsoring Batman for other countries.

[JasonTodd428]

I always loved the Batmen of All Nations concept back in the day. Knight and Squire and Chief Man-of-Bats and Little Raven are my favorites of the bunch. I always looked forward to their appearances and while I appreciate that Morrison was able to take that concept further it lost a little of it's magic when he did so.

[MajorHoy]

I would like DC to sort of revise the concept . . . while continuing a Bruce Wayne-sponsored Batman Incorporated may not be feasible in the comic books, I'd still love to see a book featuring those heroes, both in solo arcs and team-ups. Call it The League of the Bat maybe?

[JasonTodd428]

I would like DC to sort of revise the concept . . . while continuing a Bruce Wayne-sponsored Batman Incorporated may not be feasible in the comic books, I'd still love to see a book featuring those heroes, both in solo arcs and team-ups. Call it The League of the Bat maybe?

I'd like to see a book featuring them as well. I may not have enjoyed Batman, Inc. but I was glad to see more stories with those characters and I'd really like it if that could continue in some form. They're a great group of characters and I really would like to see more of them.

[Star-Lord]

Man, Bat Inc was fantastic. I sorta miss Bat Cow. And Damian.

[MajorHoy]

Man, Bat Inc was fantastic. I sorta miss Bat Cow. And Damian.

Well, Damian may be back this summer . . . only time will tell for sure.

(And Damian will be one of the stories in Secret Origins #4 this July, along with Harley Quinn and Green Arrow.)



http://www.comicvine.com/articles/ex...l/1100-148520/

[Star-Lord]

Well, Damian may be back this summer . . . only time will tell for sure.

(And Damian will be one of the stories in Secret Origins #4 this July, along with Harley Quinn and Green Arrow.)



http://www.comicvine.com/articles/ex...l/1100-148520/

Gonna be weird having Apokalips meddling in this too. Love how Batman is basically going on little adventures with everyone he can find.

[MajorHoy]

I just hope this picture of many of the crew from Batman Inc. won't be the last we see of them for a while:



(from Future's End FCBD preview: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/04...time-spoilers/)

[ReverseReverseFlash]

Gonna be weird having Apokalips meddling in this too. Love how Batman is basically going on little adventures with everyone he can find.

It's not weird when you consider that Apokolips started all of this to begin with when they turned Thomas Wayne into the Hyper Adapter.

[MajorHoy]

It's not weird when you consider that Apokolips started all of this to begin with when they turned Thomas Wayne into the Hyper Adapter.

Yeah . . . I wasn't too thrilled with Morrison dragging Darkseid / the New Gods into all this, nor with the idea that Tomasi may once again setting things up so that Batman is going to make Darkseid his bitch for the umpteenth time. (I know it's Batman, but do we need to have him smack down Darkseid as much as he has seemed to in the past?)

[MajorHoy]

Oh, and by the way, there's this spot for a quick rundown on Knight and Squire, even featuring the splash page to the first appearance of Percy & Cyril Sheldrake (in Batman #62, cover dated December 1950 / January 1951).



Though the Comics Alliance article forgot about Knight and Squire appearing in Infinity Inc. back in the 1980s
Knight and Squire (with Club of Heroes) - from Infinity Inc. No. 34 - Jan. 1987.jpg

As well as Percy's retcon into the first Squire (to the Shining Knight) back in Young All-Stars.
Knight I (Percy Sheldrake) as Squire with Shining Knight in WWII - from Young All-Stars No. 27 -.jpg

[MajorHoy]

And the Knight wasn't the first time they introduced the idea of a "Batman" in other countries.
A year before the story "The Batman of England", there was "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride" in Batman #56 (December 1949-January 1950).



If you want to read that story, this link (http://cacb.wordpress.com/2009/03/01...athombre-ride/) should hopefully work.

And even though I'm not aware of a new Bat-Hombre to replace the original, the villain El Papagayo from that story was recreated for the first run of Batman Incorporated.

[Batman Begins 2005]

Best book involving Batman of All Nations for me was The Island of Mr. Mayhew.