Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man #2 - Retro 1920s Dark Knight - "The Man Who Laughs"

i like the costume of bat-man here
at least he's not wearing a granny underwear

the joker is so scary in this! just look at that smile

i thought that ra's al ghul didnt come out until the 70's. how did batman movies be in the 20's if he first appeared in 1939?

That Joker may be as diabolical as Heath Ledger!

I'm thinking of this as the joker great grandfather vs Batman great grandfather just imagine lol..Yes Batman came a long way to what he is today.

are you serious or joking?

Joking because you saw The Man Who Laughs? No! I am serious! Bob Kane said in an interview years ago that he got his inspirations from many of the silent horror movie classics. If you don't believe me, take a really good look at films like The Man Who Laughs and The Bat Creeps. I am telling you they led to the creation of The Joker and The Batman.

When Bob Kane and Bill Finger created The Joker, Finger supplied Kane with a movie still of Conrad Veidt from "The Man Who Laughs" as a model for Kane to draw from. There's a panel in Batman #1 that looks like it was copied directly from the still. Finger kept a file cabinet of movie stills to use as backgrounds and models.

Looks like bandcouver agrees with me. Just watch a few old horror movie classics from the silent era of the 1920s. I'm sure even Lon Chaney's memorable performance as The Phantom Of The Opera inspired a comic book villain for someone else like The Man Who Laughs and The Bat Creeps did for Bob Kane.

YES! .. this is fucking awsome, y did sound have to ruin everything????
Go and be decent!
hahahahaah