tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post114596546534370332..comments2024-01-27T11:22:19.082-06:00Comments on Blockade Boy: I Wear Green And Purple And A Punctuation Mark. Who Am I?Jeremy Rizzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08480479249595700846noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post-1146046633503994492006-04-26T05:17:00.000-05:002006-04-26T05:17:00.000-05:00Chawunky: Haw! And the Bat-Computer would be a Del...Chawunky: Haw! And the Bat-Computer would be a Dell with a bunch of Halloween stickers on it. I liked the Clock King better with the black suit (second appearance). And his cane looked like the hand of a clock!<BR/><BR/>Constantine: Gotta love the retail work experience!<BR/><BR/>Steven: Holy cats, Batman <I>does</I> have a lot of snappy dressers in his rogue's gallery, doesn't he? Black Mask, too! I'll be darned.<BR/><BR/>Chuck T.: One of my favorite animated episodes pitted Batman against Calendar Girl and her bodybuilder henchmen. They were shirtless but had little bow ties around their necks, like exotic dancers. One of them even had Fabio hair.<BR/><BR/>Athelind: Oh, <I>yeah!</I> Man, I'd totally forgotten about that!Jeremy Rizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480479249595700846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post-1146042472985532892006-04-26T04:07:00.000-05:002006-04-26T04:07:00.000-05:00Timm & Co. also created a subtler look for Clock K...Timm & Co. also created a subtler look for Clock King as I recall: A natty brown suit with tiny-clock-lensed spectacles, following the paradigm that Steven mentions above--snappy dressing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post-1146022304781821132006-04-25T22:31:00.000-05:002006-04-25T22:31:00.000-05:00You mentioned that everyone associates the punctua...You mentioned that everyone associates the punctuation-studded spandex with the TV show, even though it first appears in the comiccs -- but the GOOD Riddler costume, the suit with the bowler, first appeared on the TV SHOW, because Mr. Gorshin loathed the unitard.<BR/><BR/>And thanks to Mr. Timm and company, it's become the Definitive Look for Mister Nigma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post-1145976756255679352006-04-25T09:52:00.000-05:002006-04-25T09:52:00.000-05:00Great issue. Riddler keeps going back and forth (...Great issue. Riddler keeps going back and forth (depending on who's writing him and editorial) between scary, competant psycho ; and obsessive-compulsive loser. With too much time, and a pile of back issues, you could probably chart out the relation between decent outfits and motivation...<BR/> But skanky assistants? That's the whole driving force behind becoming a Batman villain! (A good argument could probably be made why Poison Ivy or Catwoman don't get...I don't know, thugs in bikini briefs or something. Huh. Batman punches out skank, ok. Batman punches out greased up bodybuilder, well, I can see the humor it that.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post-1145972699047322682006-04-25T08:44:00.000-05:002006-04-25T08:44:00.000-05:00"If you morally reassign him, you'll have to chang...<I>"If you morally reassign him, you'll have to change the question marks to explanation points, you know. Because good guys are never in doubt."</I><BR/><BR/>The Riddler, as a good guy, is the Question. Just saying...<BR/><BR/>Yeah, bright green suit, bowler hat and <B>PIMP CANE</B> all the way! How can you not love the cane?<BR/><BR/>I always loved the fact most of Batman's villains wear suits and ties.<BR/><BR/>Joker: Zoot Suit and bolo tie<BR/>Penguin: Tuxedo<BR/>Two Face: The split down the middle number (though I prefer the b&w cartoon version to the color clash job)<BR/>Riddler: See above.<BR/>Ra's Al Ghul: Business suit... AND CAPE!<BR/><BR/>If only Catwoman and Poison Ivy went back to wearing dresses, they could be the best dressed rogues in crime. Show that tacky Giambi how it's done.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772087090448461047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post-1145972132903341622006-04-25T08:35:00.000-05:002006-04-25T08:35:00.000-05:00The suits have always looked SO much better on Rid...The suits have always looked SO much better on Riddler than the bodystocking. Especially when they were drawing him with a receding hairline. <BR/>If you morally reassign him, you'll have to change the question marks to explanation points, you know. Because good guys are never in doubt.<BR/><BR/>The Riddler was almost spoiled for me by Matthew Lesko, the government grant guy. I used to work in a bookstore and the first time someone asked me for the book by the guy dressed as the Riddler, I asked "Frank Gorshin?" No, no, the guy who comes on TV and talks about the government! "President Bush?" I almost ended up looking like Eddie Nigma in that third panel, sans Motley Crue's backup singers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796287.post-1145966198551342462006-04-25T06:56:00.000-05:002006-04-25T06:56:00.000-05:00"She'll puncture a vital artery if she puts her th...<I>"She'll puncture a vital artery if she puts her thighs too close together -- like that's ever going to happen!"</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, snap!<BR/><BR/>Still, they look <I>relatively</I> deskanked as his henchgals.<BR/><BR/>Looks like a fun story. I really like the first costume. You just know if Batman took place in the real world, Riddler would always look like that (and Batman would look similarly chintzy, rising from his HQ in the basement of his duplex and hopping into his used '89 BatIROC-Z 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com