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Detective Comics (1937-2011)
Detective Comics (1937-2011) #474
Deadshot escapes from prison and goes after the Dark Knight!
18 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 7, 1977
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Steve Englehart
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Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry.
He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one).
After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund.
And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane.
In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.
Steve Englehart went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and a dozen other titles. Midway through that period he moved to California (where he remains), and met and married his wife Terry.
He was finally hired away from Marvel by DC Comics, to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but he also wrote a solo Batman series (immediately dubbed the "definitive" version) that later became Warner Brothers' first Batman film (the good one).
After that he left comics for a time, traveled in Europe for a year, wrote a novel (The Point Man™), and came back to design video games for Atari (E.T., Garfield). But he still liked comics, so he created Coyote™, which within its first year was rated one of America's ten best series. Other projects he owned (Scorpio Rose™, The Djinn™) were mixed with company series (Green Lantern [with Joe Staton], Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four). Meanwhile, he continued his game design for Activision, Electronic Arts, Sega, and Brøderbund.
And once he and Terry had their two sons, Alex and Eric, he naturally told them stories. Rustle's Christmas Adventure was first devised for them. He went on to add a run of mid-grade books to his bibliography, including the DNAgers™ adventure series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school curriculum on the invention of the airplane.
In 1992 Steve was asked to co-create a comics pantheon called the Ultraverse. One of his contributions, The Night Man, became not only a successful comics series, but also a television show. That led to more Hollywood work, including animated series such as Street Fighter, GI Joe, and Team Atlantis for Disney.
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August 11, 2025
”The Deadshot Ricochet” begins with Batman & Robin horse playing around in the bat cave. Like they do.
When Robin gets a call from Wonder Girl that there’s an emergency (see Teen Titans #53 for why!).
Batman tells him to go ahead and go if the Titans need him. This is a completely opposite reaction than one he would later take about Dick’s Titans involvement. The playful teasing between these two is long gone from bat lore. And there is a mention and picture of Harlequin that completely different from what it would be today!
”It was good to see you… pal!”
Meanwhile Penguin is put in the Gotham Maximum-Security prison. He boasts to Floyd Lawton in the next cell that he will get out using is monocle, which is a laser-len!
”When held in the correct manner, light passing through it can be made to slice through solid walls…”
That’s how you know Penguin is crazy. He wears that in his eye.
So Floyd snatches it out of his hand and escapes!
Elsewhere Batman visits Rupert Throne about the cease-and-desist order given to Batman. Batman says this was Throne’s last chance to end this peacefully.
”Now we’ll settle it the Batman’s way! ”
I think that’s actually supposed to be “Batmans’”
Rupert is plenty shaken up by Batman, but then he sees Hugo Strange’s ghost haunting him.
Next morning Bruce meets with Silver St. Cloud. Bruce realizes he’s getting serious feelings about her. But he knows she could never know the real Bruce.
”Always, the same problem— every since the first girl I loved, Julie Madison! ”
Who the hell is Julie Madison?!?
At the convention Silvers’ company has organized they run into Commissioner Gordon who is canvasing the neighborhood looking for Deadshot.
Later that night Deadshot and Batman chase each other through the city until Deadshot falls through the roof of the convention center where Silver is opening the convention.
They wind up fighting on a giant IBM selectric typewriter.
Why don’t they make those any more? Giant ones, I mean.
”Now’s the time to give it up, Deadshot— or I’ll jump down and write you a letter!”
Not Batman’s most intimidating line…
Silver sees something in Batman. She sees Bruce!
Great art, lots of fun to be had. Good read, fun action. Giant props. 4 stars.
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May 11, 2021Read in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman Deluxe Edition.
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