Batmen of All Nations / Batman Incorporated Appreciation

[MajorHoy]

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

I'll get there eventually.

[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).

Ooops!

I meant to include the link (http://comicsalliance.com/a-brief-hi...ht-and-squire/), but forgot to.

[dregj]

For all your sheldrake /hutchinson needs
when will we see out two favourite limeys again ?

[dregj]

Knight-and-Squire-Tucci-variant.jpg
heres an image to get the ball rolling

[MajorHoy]

After Knight and Squire, the next to appear was Wingman in Batman #65 (June-July 1951).



You can see the full story here: http://acespot1.blogspot.com/2007/10/batman-65.html

While he also was not originally included in the Batmen of All Nations / Club of Heroes, he was retconned into a member post-CoIE by Roy Thomas (in Infinity Inc. #34 and Secret Origins #27 in the 1980s).



Then in 2007, Grant Morrison brought the character back with a more . . . sinister background, as well as a costume to match.



That version didn't last beyond the three-issue story in Batman #667-#669, but a new person took on the costume and code-name in the pages of Batman Incorporated.

[dregj]

did love the mayhew island comic
kinda like an old agatha christie murder mansion mystery
but with knight and squire

[ReverseReverseFlash]

When will we see them again? When Sheldrake gets his corpse dug up and brought back to life and Beryl downgrades from the Knight back into Squire.

[MajorHoy]

did love the mayhew island comic
kinda like an old agatha christie murder mansion mystery
but with knight and squire

The one thing I didn't like is that Morrison killed off so many characters for that story . . .

[dregj]

i always wondered how he healed all the horrendous damage done to him
but not his eye

[dregj]

yeah
fatty bo jangles
was my favourite

... legionnaire
was it

[t hedge coke]

The one thing I didn't like is that Morrison killed off so many characters for that story . . .

He killed three, yes? All three of which hadn't been used in how many decades? And replaced two of them with legacies within a couple years.

How are two superheroes who hadn't been used in forever and one might-as-well-be-nameless rich guy "so many"?

[ViewtifulJC]

I'll be honest, I was hurt more by Knight getting offed then Damian

[t hedge coke]

I'll be honest, I was hurt more by Knight getting offed then Damian

That really hurt. Built-in resurrections, still, but that's a hard scene to read.

And, I'm kinda disappointed Beryl's grieving pages will be redrawn, because they're just gold as is.

[twentymilesoutoftown]

I heard something about that a few days ago. What in Inc. is going to be redrawn?

[t hedge coke]

I heard something about that a few days ago. What in Inc. is going to be redrawn?

The pinch-hitter pages from Volume 2/Leviathan will all get redrawn for the big oversized, overpriced version. With many of those pages, I'm fine with that. There are some stinkers.

But the pages where Beryl's on the sofa and there she first announces herself as Knight look great. I can believe Chris's will be just as good, but better? I dunno.