Sunday, December 22, 2024

Man-Bat and Captain America

 

James Gunn's DCU seems to be the place for Batman's more outlandish villains and allies to appear.  We already have Dr. Phosphorous in Creature Commandos and a solo Clayface movie is in the works as well.  I really hope that Man-Bat will finally get his live action debut in a DCU project down the line.


9 comments:

Alaric said...

As someone who first encountered Man-Bat in the '70s, during his primarily superheroic phase (okay, technically, I read a reprint of Detective Comics #402 first, but I also read an issue of Man-Bat and a lot of Batman Family Man-Bat stories early on), I always enjoy his appearances here.

Carycomic said...

This must be from before Francine Langstrom became pregnant. Because, as I recall, Kirk became accepting of his condition after that. As for a live-action Man-Bat movie? I hope it has better writing, acting, and CGI than the recent Marvel Film "Kraven The Hunter." I was literally the only one in the theater during a Saturday matinee showing!

Detective Tobor said...

Kirk with the Super Soldier serum in him? Oh, Ross... Stan Lee would be proud of you for the twists. Happy holidays, ALL!!

Wild Card said...

I think Man-Bat would work better animated than live action. I think he would be so CGI-heavy that it would take away from the story. Better to make him animated where that is not a problem.

Anonymous said...

I think I'd get a kick out of She-Bat teaming up with Wolvesbane. Maybe Cap's old foe Nightshade could be the villainess in the tale.

Carycomic said...

That shouldn't be too difficult for Ross to manage. Nightshade helped Dredmund Druid abduct Wolfsbane during the "Cap-Wolf" story arc. So, there should be plenty of left-over images for him to transmute.

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Carycomic said...

And to you, too, Tobor! :-)

As for Man-Bat's being "more powerful and bestial" due to the super-solider serum? That might be the result of Kirk not following up the injection with exposure to "vita-rays". Twas certainly the hypothesis offered for the increasingly violent paranoia shown by William Burnside and Jack Monroe (the "Cap and Bucky" of the 1950's) @ CAPT. AMERICA v.1/#155.

Carycomic said...

Speaking of Nightshades; how about the DC/Charlton version gets to meet the Golden Age Centaur Comics version via Super President's number one undercover operative? Spy Shadow!

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