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Geek History Lesson

446: Batman The Bronze Age 1970-1985

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Tv & Film, Arts, Film History, Visual Arts

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Batman's comic book history is so big that we had to divide into multiple episodes! Welcome to the 1970s, where Batman finds the Joker fish and gets a new girlfriend! The Bronze Age of Comics has begun! Plus Special Guest John Siuntres of the Word Balloon Podcast joins the pod! http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

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0:26.6

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0:43.9

Each new era of Batman heralds a new costume and new colors.

0:47.9

So Jason, when you think of the bronze age of Batman, what visual elements do you think

0:52.9

of?

0:53.9

The bronze age we're talking about the 70s, early 80s, I'm thinking, you know, this

0:59.1

to me is the classic swashbuckler Batman era.

1:03.0

It's both sky blue, light gray, three scallops, the little utility belt with the little capsules

1:11.6

on it.

1:12.6

You know, the capsules, you know, talking about full of poison or like somehow they open

1:16.1

up and in a parachute comes out.

1:17.9

I don't know how he does that.

1:19.1

You know, they're always bigger on the inside like the Tartus.

1:22.1

And then the classic yellow oval Batman like this is I think I just call I call it swashbuckler

1:27.8

Batman.

1:28.8

Like I feel like this Batman is going to pull a Cimitar out of his utility belt and just

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