Uhh...what?Seriously? Yes, seriously. Lucifer's plan is to voodoo Batman, to steal the statue and subject it to "excruciating tortures."
If this theory of the devil's were actually true, you'd think that he'd just make a really good likeliness of Superman, and Wonder Woman, and every hero, and smack them around a little.
Well, despite my skepticism, this scheme actually works. Observe that when the statue is hit by a truck...
...an abandoned truck mysteriously slips its brakes and bashes into the real Batman!!
And when Batman falls into wet cement, it's because the statue fell into a bog!!
And when the bog catches on fire...
It works the other way, too. When Batman manages to rescue himself with a rope...
...the statue follows!!
And when the statue sinks into Loch Ness, Batman suddenly can't swim!!
Fortunately, the statue is sent to the surface by friendly monster hunters, and...
So, there you have it. Batman's life made hell by satanic voodoo!!How can he survive this, and capture the mad bomber?!?
To be continued...
From The Brave And The Bold Special (a.k.a. DC Specials Series #8) (1978).
That is just ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI was totally with this whole crazy story - Sgt. Rock, Guy Fawkes, Nero, Lucifer, Deadman's stupid stunts, the seesaw bomb, all of it - until I saw Batman hit by a phantom truck. Why wouldn't he just feel the pain? Why are the statue and him forced into the same physical actions? Why... ARG. Bob Haney brain freeze...
I think I need to go lay down.
Matt, if it helps, that wasn't a "phantom" truck that hit Batman...it was an actual, real truck , abandoned on the street when Batman walked by it. But when the statue was hit by Rock's Jeep, the Gotham truck's "brakes rusted out" (says Jim Gordon) and batman "just happened to be in the way."
ReplyDeleteCoincidence, or evil magic? Bob Haney dares you to answer...
All I know is Bob Haney is making me question my sanity.
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