Batman and Robin

[jefmcg]

I've just read a remarkably erudite article, A Brief History of Dick. Unpacking the gay subtext of Robin, the Boy Wonder.

Particularly amusing was this info box that apparently appeared on the first Batman and Robin comic. The letterer placed two words a little too close together.

 

[Stephenite]

The same magazine has a similar 'expose' on Wonder Woman.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_facto...n_around_since_the_birth_of_wonder_woman.html

I see it's been 24 years since the first openly gay comic-book superhero.

 

[swee'pea99]

The letterer placed two words a little too close together

Ok, doubtless I'm being myopic here but I've read it three times and I can't see the words in question - care to enlighten me?

 

[Spinney]

Ok, doubtless I'm being myopic here but I've read it three times and I can't see the words in question - care to enlighten me?

an ally, I think...

 

[Spinney]

I've just read a remarkably erudite article, A Brief History of Dick. Unpacking the gay subtext of Robin, the Boy Wonder.

Particularly amusing was this info box that apparently appeared on the first Batman and Robin comic. The letterer placed two words a little too close together.

The link only gets me this:

 

[swee'pea99]

an ally, I think...

Oh, right...der!

(Re the link, me too - but if you put the title into search it comes up. As it were.)

 

[jefmcg]

The link only gets me this:
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fixed

 

[ColinJ]

Oh, right...der!

(Re the link, me too - but if you put the title into search it comes up. As it were.)

I'm getting slow in my old age - it took me about 10 attempts to spot it!

I didn't get the joke in Dr Hutch's column in Cycling Weekly either ...

One rider from a local club was particularly strong.

After we reeled him back from about his 15th attack, I said to one of my team-mates, "Jesus, that number 33 is giving it a bit of stick."

"Yup," replied my team-mate. "He's a brute."

I read that over and over but couldn't see it. I asked a mate and he just said "Kevin Keegan"!

I still didn't catch on ...

"Henry Cooper"

"Nope ..."

"In the shower together..."

"What, you reckon Keegan and Cooper had a gay thing going between them?"

In the end I gave up and he explained the joke!



D'oh!

 

[Yellow Saddle]

This reminds me a bit of the Seaman Stains and Roger the cabin boy urban legend of 1970s Captain Pugwash fame.

My money is on a little bit of photoshopping. Someone nudged the an over the to the right for a laugh. Getting hold of an original image would conform this.

 

[rich p]

Blinkin' heck

 

[Crackle]

Blinkin' heck

Shall I not start my thread about, touching robots can arouse sexual feelings, then?

I could link it to the arousal riding a bike thread.

 

[rich p]

Shall I not start my thread about, touching robots can arouse sexual feelings, then?

I could link it to the arousal riding a bike thread.

Amongst the plethora of CC sections, is there one for childish smut? If there is you could put it there.

 

[derrick]

Batman and Robin, They are not real.

 

[Fnaar]

 

[jefmcg]

My money is on a little bit of photoshopping. Someone nudged the an over the to the right for a laugh. Getting hold of an original image would conform this.

Well, the book it's from is a "serious' work, so I'm inclined to believe it. I'm not likely to ever be holding a copy of Detective Comics #38, so that's probably the best evidence I'll ever have.