Batman #431 (March 1989)
“The Wall”
Art by Jim Aparo & Mike DeCarlo
Words by James Owsley
Cover Art by George PrattBatman battles the League of Assassins, hired killers trained by the same master who trained Bruce Wayne.
YO HOLD ON.
IT GETS BETTER.
This mummy, found in the Altai mountains of Siberia, is actually that of a young woman who died at about the age of twenty-five; she is thought to have been a member of the Pazyryk tribe.
She was buried with six horses and two similarly-tattooed men (the horned griffon that decorates her shoulder also appears on the man buried closest to her, covering most of his right side), possibly escorts. She was also wearing a horse-hair wig, silk, and elaborate boots, which is all a level of ceremony that would have likely only been accorded to a woman of high rank. You didn’t get inked like this unless you were very important, and had worked your way up to that importance.
…Hence, of course, the references to her by researchers as ‘The Ukok Princess,’ although due to the lack of weapons in her grave they have concluded that the woman was in fact a healer or a storyteller.
And now I’m all consumed with curiosity: Who was she? What amazing things did she accomplish? Why these symbols, and what did they mean? Who were the two men alongside her?
The most informative article about it can be found here, although I would completely eat up any other information you guys could find.
Trailer: Beware the Batman [x]
Premieres July 13th @ 10AM
I know a bunch of people who’ve been designing and storyboarding on this, finally, a trailer!!
very very very excited!!!
That…doesn’t look bad at all, actually. Definitely feels a lot more action heavy than past shows.
Alfred wasn’t that great
son of a
Well, from what I recall he wasn’t really the snarky badass that we know and love him as until about the mid 80s, so I can see why someone could have that opinion at that time.
Wonder Woman by Steve Rude
On one hand, beautiful drawing.
On the other—god, Wonder Woman, what did that tree ever do to you?
(Source: spaceshiprocket)
Is there a graphic of Javik slapping Liara and screaming, “MY SPECIES IS DEAAAAAADDDDDDD?” like that Batman and Robin comic panel?
Has anyone made this yet?
I think it should be a thing.
THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.
I never realized I needed this until now.