Gotham, 1939. When BATMAN, Hugo Strange and Solomon Grundy.....wow

[The_Captain]

For the 75th anniversary of Batman, Bruce Timm (BTAS still is the best animated series ever made imo) went all out and produced this awesome GA Batman short clip! A blonde beauty is kidnaped by Solomon Grundy (?) and brought to the secret laboratory of Dr. Hugo Strange on top of a hill, only to be rescued by the one and only, dark, pre-Robin Batman. This clip rocks!

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

fun - thanx for posting

 

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[KirbyJack]

Nice!

This is pre-Detective #36; no finned gloves!

[rjpb]

Nicely done! Though it would have been cooler if he'd harpooned Strange in the chest and reeled him back with the girl, as I'm not sure how the physics work in having it wrap around her wrist.

[RedFury]

Not Grundy, but one of Hugo Strange's zombie-like minions. They appeared in one of the early Hugo stories.

[Primetime]

Sweet George! That was pre robin Tec like the whole way.

I like the long ears and the stare in the fog (Tec 31).

[Bunky Brian]

Now that's a well done gem !!!

[Dark Knight]

They should have a Batman Animated Series in this era. Would really be cool and I think would be a big hit.

[Hibou]

That was pretty cool... thanks for posting it!

 

Definitely a Detective 31 feel to it!

[AnkurJ]

That was great!

[Rip]

:applause:LOVE IT!

[The_Captain]

It was fun to watch the Superman short clip last year, showing his "evolution" throughout the years, but it was more of a synoptical trailer than a real story.

 

This Batman clip however did make my GA heart skip a beat. The incorporation of all the dark late 30's elements that define the early Batman, the Tec 29 and 31 cover and Tec 33 splash flairs, the drama, the mist, the dark vibe of Gotham....it's all there. It was an excellent idea to concentrate on one specific aspect of Batman making it almost feel like an entire story. Calling in Conroy to speak Batman's two words was an extra cherry on top.

 

 

 

 

[The_Captain]

They should have a Batman Animated Series in this era. Would really be cool and I think would be a big hit.

 

That would be awesome!

[Badger]

They should have a Batman Animated Series in this era. Would really be cool and I think would be a big hit.

 

That would be awesome!

 

Absolutely +!

[Chicago Boy]

That was awesome! Thanks for posting! Big Ears Bat-Man rules!!! No reason that Robin can't be cool and a neat sometime addition--in the right hands I d like to see it given a try

[Rip]

What would be an awesome idea, is if they put one of these little movies in front of each new DC movie.

[KillerCrocPot]

They should have BTAS cartoon again... I mean seriously this is a freaking no-brainer. It is what got me into Batman as heavily as I am today. I'm not sure if the writers, voice actors, and WB are on the same page, however.... It would be seriously the biggest return of any character since Jesus on Easter Sunday.