We uncover the origins of the Batman Character Mr. Freeze

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The Batcave Companion by Michael Eury & Michael Kronenberg: https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=570
American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969 by John Wells: https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1135
Back Issue #158, "Bring on the Bad Guys: Mr. Freeze" by Bryan D. Stroud: https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1822
Dial B for Blog, "Secret Origins of Captain Pureheart, Part Two": https://web.archive.org/web/20190627231454/http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/226/
Tom Brevoort, "Brand Echh: Life With Archie #42": https://tombrevoort.com/2021/01/03/brand-echh-life-with-archie-42/
Stephen Wilk, "The First Ray Gun" (OUPblog): https://blog.oup.com/2013/10/first-ray-gun-washington-irving-science/

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00:00 First Freeze
02:08 Creators of Freeze
12:48 Inspiration for Freeze
29:20 Plagiarism Corner
31:40 First Appearance of Freeze
39:18 66 Freeze
50:00 Obscurity of Freeze

Brian watches Batman '66 for the first time starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Alex reads us in on what William Dozier, Bob Kane, Lorenzo Semple Jr., and more said about the debut of the show. We also chat about Pop Art, Camp Humor, and the social moment that led to the show.

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Million Dollar Batman (https://a.co/d/gYJA7k3)
Full Dozier Interview (https://youtu.be/rkvR4PGqBhA)
Batman: The Complete Series (https://a.co/d/izk1QIB)
Holy Batmania! (https://a.co/d/2ztJlCr)
Harve Bennet (https://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9394)
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Who is Bat-Mite, and how did he come to be? What impact will he have on the DCU? All that and more, on this episode of Bat Lessons!

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James Gunn (https://screenrant.com/james-gunn-dc-movie-character-green-light/)
Superman 30 (https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/book/superman-1939-1986-30/c37a790d-36c3-4cd7-b8c2-91b229ada2ef/c )
Three Stooges (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stooges)
Looney Tunes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes)
Silly Symphony (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Symphony)
Felix the Cat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_the_Cat)
Midsummer Night's Dream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLqTC2-HuA)
Rumpelstiltskin (https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm055.html)

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This episode we're diving deep on the silver age iteration of the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, as well as introducing Brian to some more modern-to-silver age connections.

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Batman of Zur-En-Arrh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_of_Zur-En-Arrh)
Francis Herron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Herron)
Dick Sprang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Sprang)
Grant Morrison (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison)
Space Age (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Age)

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00:00 The Batman Iceberg
05:24 Grant Morrison
10:28 Black Casebook
15:12 Batman 113
31:15 Modern Zur-En-Arrh
35:00 Space Age

Ace The Bat Hound, Krypto, Rex The Wonder Dog, and more. When DC dove into dog sidekicks.

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Balto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balto)
Phantom's Devil (https://phantomwiki.org/index.php/Devil)
Ace The Wonder Dog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_the_Wonder_Dog)
Rin Tin Tin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rin_Tin_Tin)
American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s (https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1614)
The Batcave Companion (https://www.amazon.com/Batcave-Companion-Michael-Eury/dp/1893905780)
Rex The Wonder Dog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_the_Wonder_Dog)
Krypto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypto)
Adventure Comics 210 (https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/book/superboy-a-celebration-of-75-years/)
Ace The Bathound (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_the_Bat-Hound)
Batman #92 (https://www.amazon.com/Batman-10-Golden-Age-Omnibus/dp/1779523092)

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00:00 Super-Pets
01:04 Silver Age Followup
05:17 Pop Culture Dogs
13:38 Rex The Wonder Dog
19:07 Krypto
25:14 Ace The Bathound

This time we're talking about the Comics Code Authority, Crime Comics, Fredric Wertham, and what it all meant for Batman.

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Seducing The Innocent (Tiley) https://muse.jhu.edu/article/490073
The Ten-Cent Plague (Hajdu) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312428235/thetencentplague/
Seal Of Approval (Nyberg) https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Seal-of-Approval
Seduction Of The Innocent (Wertham) https://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Innocent-Frederic-Wertham/dp/159683000X
Comics Code of 1954 https://cbldf.org/the-comics-code-of-1954/
CRIME Does Not Pay (Digital) https://digital.darkhorse.com/series/219/crime-does-not-pay

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Diving deep on the recent Amazon Prime Cartoon!

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00:00:00 Opening Thoughts
00:02:13 Amazon Prime
00:06:11 Creation of the Show
00:11:05 Recording
00:11:58 Time Setting
00:15:59 Tone
00:22:59 Gordon, Babs, Montoya
00:27:19 Bullock & Flass
00:29:47 Rupert Thorne
00:32:08 Penguin
00:34:47 Clayface
00:37:27 Catwoman
00:39:56 Alfred
00:43:01 Firebug
00:45:05 BAT-MAN
00:46:09 Harley Quinn
00:52:05 Gentleman Ghost
00:55:37 Onomatopoeia
01:03:19 Nocturna
01:10:05 Two-Face
01:17:07 Art, Animation, Closing Thoughts

Finally giving Scarecrow the justice he deserves!

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Awesome essay on Scarecrow As Toxin Delivery (https://youtu.be/5dLC8BkkyXA)
Awesome essay on Scarecrow As Henchman (https://youtu.be/cz2Ck17KLQk)
Japanese Scarecrows (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiOdrVreSQ)
Political Cartoons (https://theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Blog/Item/The%20Power%20Behind%20the%20Scarecrow)
The Wizard of Oz Was A Disaster (https://youtu.be/k-U9h-hePtw)
Buster Keaton's Scarecrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odITvgwssJA)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow)

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