Teaser trailer for "Batman Begins".

[Kamino_Neko]

The new suit would look better if it wasn’t so monochromatic. Paint most of the suit grey, leave the bat, and a few other highlights as they are, and it’d look better, I think.

[Liberal]

@The Asbestos Mango

OK, the window this played in on my screen was really teeny tiny, but… damn.

Right click --> Zoom --> Full Screen

[Murcielago]

@Kilt-wearin' man

In recent comics the white-out eyes have been shown to be lenses.

Yeah, I recall in No Man’s Land he had infra-red capabilities and in Hush there was a “Terminator”-like visual recognition system in place. I doubt they will be so high-tech in an origin storyline, but simple lenses would be a great touch.

[Chastain86]

That was so cool, I think I just crapped my pants.

Thanks for the link, Muad’Dib!

[The_Asbestos_Mango]

Thanks, Lib

[Kilt-wearin_man]

@Murcielago

Yeah, I recall in No Man’s Land he had infra-red capabilities and in Hush there was a “Terminator”-like visual recognition system in place. I doubt they will be so high-tech in an origin storyline, but simple lenses would be a great touch.

Yeah, if Affleck could have red lenses over his eyes in Daredevil I don’t see why they can’t put lenses in Batman’s cowl…

[Skywatcher]

@Askia

Mockingbird, you should know this is coming. Cite?

I’m wracking my brain here, and the idea that a young Bruce Wayne discovered the Batcave prior to his parents death was something I thought sure Miller came up with for DKR, and I’ve seen loads of Batman origin reprints, and DON’T remember that before.

I do think, whoever invented that aspect of the source material-- Finger in the 40s or Miller in the 80s - the movie trailer is probably following the DKR rendition.

I believe the “falling down a rabbit hole” Batcave origin is from the daily strips.

[Skywatcher]

The Batman Chronology (and the IMDb) imply that the Batcave concept is from the 1943 serials. The Chronology also says that the cavern underneath Wayne Manor was discovered in Detective Comics #205 (March, 1954), after Bruce bought the place. Nevermind the question of why it wasn’t willed to him.

I should note that the only place I’ve personally seen the Batcave story was in a hardcover collection of the dailies, the book used it as a prelude IIRC. I don’t remember that sequence was supposed to take place prior to the death of his parents or not.

[Muad_Dib]

@badomen

Hmm… I thought that was in Batman: Year One, but maybe my brain is just making the connection because of Batman Begins sounds a lot like the start of the story.

Either way it does look a lot like whatever comic its from. I am sure it has been done that was as an homage to the original material.

Miller wrote Year One.

[Askia]

Jeff Olsen. Thank you, thank you for posting that extremely informative Golden Age Batman webpage link.

I’ve never read any of the 40s Batman dailies, and never realized before now their apparent usefulness as source material for the comics.

Can anyone here pinpoint the exact date of the Batcave origin in the dailies? I may want to try and track down a copy of the actual comic(s) next time i visit the Cartoon Library at OSU, or one of the reprint collections.