Friday, June 11, 2021

Batman and Brother Voodoo in: "The Zombies of Blackgate!"

 

 

So many rumors are swirling around the production on The Batman.  Robert Pattinson refused to get in shape and is hated by Director Matt Reeves?  Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz hooking up in real life and getting intimate on the Batmobile?  Warner Bros execs feel the movie is far too dark and are demanding reshoots?  Frankly most of this doesn't pass the smell test for me.  Since most of the rumors I hear are from anonymous sources, I'm guessing fans who don't want Ben Affleck replaced in the role are trying to sow discord.  Everything official that I have seen so far has looked pretty good to me.

Batman and Brother Voodoo first met in one of my earliest entries, an MS Paint cover from 2010...

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21 comments:

  1. CarycomicJune 11, 2021 at 7:14 AM

    I think I vaguely remember the real comic this cover came from. During the 1970's, Marvel was still using the Lovecraftian term "zuvembies" in their color-illustrated horror mags because use of the actual term, "zombie," was prohibited by the Comics Code Authority!

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  2. UnknownJune 11, 2021 at 7:46 AM

    Yes, there were two Marvel-Two-In-Ones where the Thing first teamed with the Black Panther and then Brother Voodoo. Zuvembies were involved, as was former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

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  3. CarycomicJune 11, 2021 at 7:50 AM

    Plus, at least one issue of TOMB OF DRACULA that guest-starred Brother Voodoo. Battling "zuvembies" alongside Frank Drake (Dracula's good guy descendant).

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  4. Reg AubryJune 11, 2021 at 9:05 AM

    And in both covers you used the same artists for each hero! Nicely done!

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  5. RossJune 11, 2021 at 9:39 AM

    Reg: Yes I just noticed that as well. A not planned, but a happy accident!

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  6. Race Bannon with Doc SavageJune 11, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    Cut their legs down to their nerves and they won't be able to walk.
    Batman always carries something for super strong foes.
    Perhaps Voodoo can again partner with The Demon soon. You could call it: 'Brother, can you spare a rhyme?'

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  7. Bob GreenwadeJune 11, 2021 at 10:12 AM

    Hugo has a couple of nephews who probably would step in if they (or at least one of them) weren't busy in a galaxy far, far away.

    PS: It's great that things are opening up, and since that includes conventions, I'm headed off to one next weekend. Next Friday I'll be dressed as Doctor Mid-Nite (the McNider version, with the split-front tunic), and it would be super-cool if he were featured here on the same day -- ideally, reunited with either Daredevil or Dr. Strange.

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  8. Bob GreenwadeJune 12, 2021 at 1:05 AM

    PS: Apparently some people haven't gotten the message that Robert Pattinson's Batman and Ben Affleck's Batman do not exist in the same universe. Ben's been reinstated as the Bat for the upcoming The Flash film, and even if he'd been replaced it wouldn't have been Robert doing it.

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  9. AnonymousJune 12, 2021 at 4:50 AM

    Only 10 days to issue 3456!

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  10. AnonymousJune 12, 2021 at 4:56 AM

    Cary's comment on Frank Drake inspired an idea: Tim Drake and Ludwig von Drake

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  11. Horsefeathers with a flock of DrakesJune 12, 2021 at 7:41 AM

    Tim Drake, Bobby Drake, Man(ny) Drake the Magician, and John Drake-Secret Agent are in the crowd too.

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  12. Bob GreenwadeJune 12, 2021 at 9:43 AM

    Oh! #3456 coming up? Hopefully Count Von Count will be present, if only as an "Easter egg" background character.

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  13. CarycomicJune 12, 2021 at 2:41 PM

    Heh! When I was an elementary school kid, I thought that Transylvanian Muppet's name was "Count Ing."

    "One polite chuckle! Two polite chuckles! Three..."

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  14. jack-elJune 12, 2021 at 8:53 PM

    and also Drake Mallard, aka Darkwing Duck, could join the other "drakes"......

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  15. Comment Deleted Could Not haveJune 13, 2021 at 7:32 AM

    They could also give a shout out to their more famous cuz, Arnold Drake. No Devil Dog he.

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  16. AnonymousJune 13, 2021 at 6:43 PM

    How about comic strip police super-sleuth Kerry Drake and his two-fisted brother Lefty?

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  17. AnonymousJune 18, 2021 at 8:53 AM

    Btw: I apologize for the bad math of my namesake @ 6/7/21 (4:50PM).

    He meant to say "...circa ten MONTHS till STF #3456."

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  18. H H of the H.June 18, 2021 at 10:31 AM

    @Anon 8:53, booboo to boo-boo, you have: bad math of my namesake @ 6/7/21 (4:50PM).
    Try: Only 10 days to issue 3456!

    June 12, 2021 at 4:50 AM.

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  19. CarycomicJune 18, 2021 at 3:37 PM

    Split the difference, you guys!

    The math, as of last Friday, works out to one hundred days (= 3 months/1 week/3 days). As of today, it's 44 days to issue #3400 (circa July 31). Which places the "publication" of #3456 somewhere around mid-September.

    Sheesh!

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  20. det_ToborJune 20, 2021 at 8:31 AM

    @Cary, I think that was a misdirection of sorts. The original post had
    "Anonymous said... Only 10 days to issue 3456! June 12, 2021 at 4:50 AM"
    but Anonymous #2 had "Anonymous said...
    Btw: I apologize for the bad math of my namesake @ 6/7/21 (4:50PM)."

    6/7/21 doesn't quite match up to 6/12/21 (June 12, 2021 ).
    As Horsefeathers said, a booboo for booboo.

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  21. CarycomicJune 21, 2021 at 9:58 AM

    The only boo-boo around here is the one filchin' pick-a-nick baskets alongside Yogi. Nyah-hey-HEE-HEE!

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