Bat Man 1939

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Lou Szabo
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“BTW, as evident in Andy's avatar, the '39 cowl creates a really cool "wedge" or "V" shape, moving down from ear tip to the point of the nose and back up to the other ear tip. It conveys a certain sleekness as well as a sense of threat. I dig it“

I was wondering if it worked in practice, as in the 1943 serial. I always disliked the 1943 and 1949 “ears”, same with the 2022, but for slightly different reasons. 2022, set too far back and too narrow. 43/49 are too much like devil horns, not devil ears. The 66 was totally satisfying, but the screen test version fell into the 40’s serial style.

That 39’s ears are substantial. That will be tough to capture for real.

Here’s Chuck’s Bust for a private collector
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Fan-made glimpse of what a 1939 Batman movie might look like. The costume looks pretty legit.
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]Back in the day, a guy on eBay was taking Wolverine Busts and converting them to a ‘39 Batman. I may have a picture somewhere. This would have been between Spider-Man 2 and 3.
Something like this
Image from this bust
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Wow love that Chuck Bust!!
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Love to see a side shot of all these illustrations so we can “agree” how far the ears extend for and aft
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By the way as soon as Chuck and Lynne finish my Black 70’s cowl, you can commission anothe Bust from Chuck. I pulled that image from their web page. We have that Mrs Potts statue

It arrived today!
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A couple of thoughts, fellow 39'ers: In later comics, the utility belt IS referred to as being Gold and the outfit, Black.
While I have yet to find a true color of the '43 utility belt, the B/W pictures make the belt look like silver. I agree that the gold or silver belt makes little sense.
I think, imho, what one has to do is to decide whether or not one wishes to duplicate the way the suit looks in the comic/movies, or reality.

It's up to the individual...
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Lou Szabo wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 5:43 pm By the way as soon as Chuck and Lynne finish my Black 70’s cowl, you can commission anothe Bust from Chuck. I pulled that image from their web page. We have that Mrs Potts statue
I would but I have them working on a cowl for me too. I'm also out of room for statues and busts, but it's very tempting.
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Here’s a new Variant at a good price

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I have this same figure. that I got at a Toy Jumble shop in Fairborn. It didn't come with the book, but did have the Bat-a-rang. I only paid $25.00 for it. Quite a steal imho. Only the ankles looked odd. The other rather odd looking part of the figure is that unless You have the figure on a high shelf looking down, the figure looks like it is looking at its feet.
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Larry A. wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:51 pm I have this same figure. that I got at a Toy Jumble shop in Fairborn. It didn't come with the book, but did have the Bat-a-rang. I only paid $25.00 for it. Quite a steal imho. Only the ankles looked odd. The other rather odd looking part of the figure is that unless You have the figure on a high shelf looking down, the figure looks like it is looking at its feet.
Yeah, that is not a variant, but the figure included with the Batman Masterpiece Edition released in 2000. I've seen sellers try to pass that off as some "rare" or "new" figure, but its been around for some time, and not as aesthetically pleasing as Hasbro's DC Silver Age 99-inch action figures) from that same era.
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BATWINGED HORNET wrote: Mon Jun 20, 2022 10:17 am
Larry A. wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:51 pm I have this same figure. that I got at a Toy Jumble shop in Fairborn. It didn't come with the book, but did have the Bat-a-rang. I only paid $25.00 for it. Quite a steal imho. Only the ankles looked odd. The other rather odd looking part of the figure is that unless You have the figure on a high shelf looking down, the figure looks like it is looking at its feet.
Yeah, that is not a variant, but the figure included with the Batman Masterpiece Edition released in 2000. I've seen sellers try to pass that off as some "rare" or "new" figure, but its been around for some time, and not as aesthetically pleasing as Hasbro's DC Silver Age 99-inch action figures) from that same era.
I think that You mean 9 inch, don't You? 99" would be HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Larry A. wrote: Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:29 am
BATWINGED HORNET wrote: Mon Jun 20, 2022 10:17 am
Larry A. wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:51 pm I have this same figure. that I got at a Toy Jumble shop in Fairborn. It didn't come with the book, but did have the Bat-a-rang. I only paid $25.00 for it. Quite a steal imho. Only the ankles looked odd. The other rather odd looking part of the figure is that unless You have the figure on a high shelf looking down, the figure looks like it is looking at its feet.
Yeah, that is not a variant, but the figure included with the Batman Masterpiece Edition released in 2000. I've seen sellers try to pass that off as some "rare" or "new" figure, but its been around for some time, and not as aesthetically pleasing as Hasbro's DC Silver Age 99-inch action figures) from that same era.
I think that You mean 9 inch, don't You? 99" would be HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ha! Yes--thanks for spotting that. Yeah, I meant 9 inch figure! :D
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