Lots of rumors are swirling as to what it will mean if Michael Keaton does indeed return to the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman for a The Flash and more DC movies. Reports that he will be taking on a mentor role has folks (myself included) hoping to see a Batman Beyond film. Then there's the rumor that he will be a guiding hand in a Batgirl movie. I think that could kind of work, it will be interesting to see what kind of direction is taken with it.
Whoa! Cool cover.
ReplyDeleteI think Keaton was one of those NOT interested in having a Robin around... Still I wonder what the DCU will look like now...
Maybe it's Catwoman out to get the long-lost body of the original MGM lion? Urban legend stating that it was mummified...then dipped in solid gold?
ReplyDeleteWell, seeing as how that's the comic book version of Batgirl'66 , up there, right next to the Rocketeer, then I'd have to guess Catwoman is getting some stiff competition from...King Tut!
ReplyDeleteBut, that still wouldn't explain how Rocky and Bullw---I mean, Betty---got to the 1960's from Golden Age Hollywood.
One of Mr. Freeze's earliest experiments in cryogenic hibernation, maybe, from when he was still Dr. Schimmel?*
ReplyDelete*According to Season 1 of BATMAN:TOS.
Ross, if you had any fears about following up after yesterday's epic, you can forget them. This is superb! Another one that has me risking serious damage to my device as I try and prise open the cover.
ReplyDeleteAny chance we'll follow this storyline?
Dave is right. I love the speculative way your readers' minds work when you give them something truly creative to admire! :-)
ReplyDeleteMy impression, based on the text blurb and Rocketeer's expression of surprise, is that it's Barbara who's gone back in time to Golden Age Hollywood. Given that sci-fi elements in B66 were kept low-key (Mr. Freeze's cryo-technology being the fanciest thing that I can think of), I'm not sure how that would've been accomplished, but who knows?
ReplyDeleteNice seamless work on this one, Ross. The lighting and shadows really sell it as a unit piece, and the story is quite intriguing.
Bizarre team-up idea: The Strange Brothers meet Captain Caveman!
Wasn't The Batman animated done with just Batgirl? Nice to see such a fun cover. Do you have a lot of Alex Ross images in stock too?
ReplyDeleteYes, I have some more Alex Ross images in my library. He's tough to mesh with other artists though, but I'm sure I'll use his work again.
ReplyDelete@BG: the way I figure it, dude, is that, if Babs did go back into the past, it was through another piece of 20th Century Fox intellectual property. Irwin Allen's Time Tunnel!
ReplyDeleteI mean, think about it! It wasn't till the Eighties that DC decided on a maiden name for Commissioner Gordon's wife. So, like, maybe Secord and Betty had a fallin' out and she moved back East to Gotham City and married her childhood sweetheart. Jimbo Gordon!
"It Came From San Fernando Valley." Rated PG-13.
ReplyDeleteI liked this so much I hunted down the 2 originals. A really smooth piece of meshing! First you spotted the potential combination - and then you trimmed it to fit. Really impressed by the way you trimmed Rocketeer's shadow to match Batgirl's.
ReplyDeleteHere's a case where seeing how the magician does the trick leaves you even more impressed, not less.