Created on July 20, 2012 and written by TaliAdina
Category: Comicmaniacs

In honor of The Dark Knight Rises debuting in theaters today, this classic review is dedicated to the Batman fans around the world.

Batman: FROM THE 30s TO THE 70s 1971

Introduction by E. Nelson Bridwell  Editor and Writer of Batman newspaper strip.

1971 National Periodical Publications Inc.

I learned of this cool book from my co-worker Albert who got this book as a kid. It’s such a cool book as it has comic book issues from Batman and Detective comics from the 1930’s to the 70’s! If you don’t know about Batman this is an excellent way to learn of his origin and read about some of his early adventures. The majority of the comic book stories are in black and white but that doesn’t take away from any of the stories. I haven’t finished reading the entire book but so far I’m definitely enjoying it.

Now onto something important.

As you may have heard, at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado  there was a mass shooting and 12 people were killed and 59 were injured by a lone gunman who told police that he was the Joker. Now as we go forward we’re gonna hear people blame comics and movies for the violence and even blame a gun ownership laws or a  lack Christian values in our country for what happened early this morning. Let me just clarify something right now: all those reasons are bullshit. There’s a saying (from a movie I believe) which states: “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” and that is very true. This act was done by one person and one person alone. Don’t blame other people or industries. People were killing people way before comics and movies were around.

The question is what should we do now? If you were planning to go see The Dark Knight Rises like I am, go see it! Don’t let the actions of one individual stop you. If you would like to help the victims go here to learn how. Also I hear that the Denver Comic-Con is working on ways to help the victims.

That brings this Classic Comic Review to end. Stay safe, stay positive and I hope you enjoy the film.

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About the Writer: TaliAdina (71 Posts) Tali Adina is the creator of the blog Comicmaniacs. Tali also posts her thoughts and comic scripts on her blog The Diary of a Novice Comic Book Writer. She's also a contributor on WhyNotIndie.com. Her first comic book script "Defect Light to Combat the Darkness" was accepted to the women-created comic book anthology Womanthology, created by Renae De Liz. She was paired with artist Kelly Turnbull. She also wrote a one page story for the Womanthology Holiday PDF & Valentine's Day special with artist Brenda Kirk entitled "Don't Let the Light Go Out" and "June".

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