#Bronze Tiger

[dailydccomics]

Merry Christmas from Justice League Task Force

#j'onn j'onzz #diana of themyscira #ted kord #michael jon carter #dc comics #maxima #captain atom #dc #martian manhunter #wonder woman #booster gold #blue beetle #bronze tiger #comics #justice league #justice league task force #christmas #holidays

[crystal-lake-managment]

Thanks to @shenanisketches for this wonderful piece.

#dc comics #phantom stranger #brother power the geek #witchfire #ragman #asriel #jonah hex #onomatopoeia #bronze tiger #mr terrific #silver banshee #crimson avenger #cheshire #mirror master #pantha #commission

[groundrunner100]

Also, for those wondering what Assault On Arkham is, it’s an animated tie-in film that takes place between Origins & Asylum.

#DC #DC Comics #Batman: Arkham Origins #Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate #Batman: Assault On Arkham #Batman: Arkham Asylum #Batman: Arkham City #Batman: Arkham Knight #Batman #Amanda Waller #Alfred Pennyworth #Black Mask #James Gordon #Killer Croc #Batgirl #The Penguin #Robin #Nightwing #Bronze Tiger #Red Hood #Deadshot #Deathstroke #Mr. Freeze #The Joker #Ra’s Al Ghul #Killer Frost #Captain Boomerang #King Shark #Harley Quinn #Scarecrow

[chernobog13]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series poster by series producer James Tucker and someone named Miller (probably not That guy).

This was one of the funniest and most enjoyable series I've watched. I loved how it combined the goofiness of the Silver Age (with more than its fair share of Bob Haney insanity) with heroes from the Bronze and Modern Ages, and it still worked perfectly!

It was a love letter to the DC Universe, and reminded me of the days when comics were FUN!

Plus, the show featured the absolute best version of Aquaman EVER! You will never convince me otherwise.

Plus + plus: Jimmy Olsen delivers the classic line "Superman is a d----!"

#Batman: The Brave and the Bold #Batman #Power Girl #Mister Miracle #Superman #Bronze Tiger #Captain Marvel #B'wana Beast #Plastic Man #Red Tornado #Aquaman #Kamandi #Jonah Hex #Etrigan the Demon #Green Arrow #Huntress #Adam Strange #Wildcat #Atom (Ray Palmer) #Blue Beetle #Katana #Black Lightning #Metamorpho #Guy Gardner #Wonder Woman #Hawkman #OMAC #Bat-Mite #DC Comics #James Tucker

[sebeth]

Who's Who In The DC Universe #2: Bat-Mite, Batwoman

Bat-Mite by Marshall Rogers

A pint-sized imp from another dimension

Claims to be the greatest fan of Batman and Robin, comes to Earth to watch his idols in action

Loves to use his powers to complicate matters for the Dynamic Duo

Forever being ordered back to his home dimension by Batman, like a bad boy being sent to stand in a corner

Bat-Mite is a silly character that mainly appeared in the Silver Age. He did have a mini-series in the New 52 era and has made a few appearances in the various Batman animated series. If you don’t mind an occasionally silly Batman, Bat-Mite can be a fun character. If the “Dark Knight Strikes Again” Miller-Batman is your ideal then Bat-Mite is not the character for you.

Batwoman by Dick Giordano

Kathy Kate was a circus stunt-cyclist and trapeze artist. She later became a socialite and owner of a circus.

A longtime admirer of Batman, Kathy decided to become a costumed crimefighter after she received a considerable inheritance.

She had a mansion constructed atop an abandoned mine tunnel and built her own version of the Batcave.

Often partnered up with Batman and Robin

Kathy’s own niece, Betty, developed her own costumed identity as Bat-Girl

Katy had counterparts on Earth-One and Earth-Two – their careers were mainly identical except for the endings

On Earth-Two, Kathy retired and remained a prominent citizen of Earth-One

On Earth-One, Kathy retired and bought a small circus to keep herself occupied

She was later murdered by the Bronze Tiger in a struggle between Ra’s Al Ghul and the League of Assassins

Kathy Kane is one of my all-time favorite characters and my 2nd favorite love interest of Batman (Andrea Beaumont is my number one Batman love interest).  Was she a silly character? Yes, in her late Golden Age/Silver Age appearances but it was a rather overall silly time for DC Comics. She is the first heroic female Bat character as she debuted in the 1950s and Barbara Gordon wouldn’t debut until the late 1960s. Loved her rare Bronze Age appearances. After Kathy’s death, her time as Batwoman was erased in the post-Crisis but Bette kept her role as a costumed adventurer as Flamebird. Kathy -as Batwoman – made an appearance in one of the Kingdom one shots. Batman sees Batwoman and says “Kathy?” so he retained some memories of her costumed identity.

As for Kathy’s death…she was essentially stuffed into the fridge.  In Detective Comics #485, Batman visits Kathy’s circus and helps her fend off attackers. A second wave of attacks separates the duo and Batman later finds a deceased Kathy clutching her Batwoman costume. Ra’s Al Ghul arrives at the circus and informs Batman that Kathy was killed by the order of the Sensei of the League of Assassins and that Ra’s was the one who sent the note warning Batman of Kathy’s upcoming assassination. Batman questions why the Sensei would consider Kathy a threat and Ra’s tells Batman it is because he told the Sensei that Kathy was a threat. The Bronze Tiger is implicated to be Kathy’s murderer.

We don’t receive a reason for why Ra’s went out of his way to have Kathy assassinated. The only reason I can head-cannon relates to Ra’s obsession to have Bruce as an heir. Around this time there were four main love interests of Bruce: Selina, Talia, Kathy, and Silver St Cloud. Was Ra’s eliminating a possible romantic rival of Talia?

The aftermath of Kathy’s murder received some attention in the Ostrander’s Suicide Squad series – mainly in Bronze Tiger’s attempts to break the League’s brainwashing and his attempts to remember if he killed Kathy.

Kathy frequently married Bruce and was the mother of his son in “imaginary stories” (Elseworlds) from the Golden/Silver Age.

I was so excited when Batwoman was rumored to return in the 52 serie and was so disappointed when it wasn’t Kathy. (Not that I don’t like Kate, I simply wanted the return of Kathy).

Grant Morrison brought Kathy/Batwoman back during his run on the Batman titles and she also featured in the Grayson series. I don’t know if she’s made appearances since the Rebirth era but I’m always up for more Kathy.

#Batman #batfam #bat family #batwoman #kathy kane #bat-mite #bette kane #bat-girl #flamebird #ra's al ghul #talia al ghul #talia #bronze tiger #league of assassins #sensei #dc comics #dcu

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #black superheroes #bronze tiger #black manta #darkseid #tattoo man #tombstone #lex luthor

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

#Suicide Squad #Barbara Gordon #Amanda Waller #Thinker #Bronze Tiger #Captain Boomerang #Count Vertigo #Deadshot #Nightshade #Poison Ivy #Atom #John Ostrander #Geof Isherwood #team shots

[dcbinges]

Suicide Squad #13 (1988) by John Ostrander & Luke McDonnell

#booster gold #captain boomerang #martian manhunter #green lantern #george harkness #digger harkness #bronze tiger #suicide squad #rick flag #john ostrander #luke mcdonnell #dc #dc comics #80s comics #80s #comics

[redbread-design]

If Rocksteady can introduce queer Rick Flag in the game, can we PLEASE talk about Bronze Tiger?? 🤨

Commissions open

#suicide squad #ssktjl #rick flag #bronze tiger #dc comics #ben turner #john ostrander #gay #lgbtqia #ship #queer

[gorogues]

Classic Task Force X commission by Tom Grummett.

#Captain Boomerang #Bronze Tiger #Deadshot #Amanda Waller #Enchantress #Nightshade #Rick Flagg #commission

[quaveyllc]

My friend @fierrochaseist4t suggested I watch Batman: Soul of the dragon and let me tell ya'll. If you love blaxplotation and kung fu movies, you're gonna love this. The whole thing is just batman but a 70's Kung fu movie. The movie has some crazy deep cuts for comic fans.

Like they had Judomaster, Richard dragon, Jade Nguyen, and O sensei

Highly recommend this movie man solid 9.9/10

#dc comics #dc #bruce wayne #dc animated universe #dc animation #dc animated movies #richard dragon #cheshire cat #batman: soul of the dragon #O sensei #jade nguyen #judomaster #kung fu movies #bronze tiger #silver saintcloud #katana #soultaker

[inhousearchive]

House-ad for Suicide Squad (1987).

#house-ad #suicide squad #john ostrander #bronze tiger #count vertigo #captain boomerang #punch and judy #doctor light #dc #80s #dc comics #comicedit #comicsedit

[dailydccomics]

Green Arrow in Justice League Task Force #6 

#oliver queen #green arrow #dc comics #justice league task force #bronze tiger #ben turner #dc #vintage

[towritecomicsonherarms]

Secret Six #18

#secret six #bronze tiger #catman #comics #dc

[arrow-v-flash-polls]

on arrow season 2 they started setting up the suicide squad members, they had plans on making that a big plot, but due to the suicide squad movie being released they had to scrap that

would you have liked to see more of the suicide squad on the show?

yes

no

Good question Anon and thanks for the suggestion. Please keep all ya suggestions coming I'm always interested in them.

#john diggle #lyla michaels #floyd lawton #ben turner #chien na wei #mark scheffer #deadshot #bronze tiger #amanda waller #task force x #suicide squad #arrow #arrowverse #requested polls #personally the episode in season 3 with the squad is in my top 15 episodes #and one of the eps where the side mission i was more interested in than the main story sorry ray #david ramsey #Cynthia Addai-Robinson #Michael Jai White #kelly hu #sean maher

[comicreadingorder]

Suicide Squad by John Ostrander (and Kim Yale) Reading Order

This is the run that influenced both movies to the point where James Gunn has given it multiple shoutouts.

It created Amanda Waller, distinguished the team, and gave many characters new characteristics, like Deadshot’s death wish and Captain Boomerang’s backstory. Because of the constantly rotating lineup Ostrander was able to bring characters out of limbo like Shade (who spun out into a miniseries that was so popular it became a 70 issue run), Vixen, Bronze Tiger, and Nightshade and make them significant. As well as turning Barbara Gordon into Oracle. Something I never see mentioned is that a couple dozen issues into the run Kim Yale —a DC editor and eventually wife of Ostrander— started being credited as co-writer through to the end. Bold=Main Story Italics=Optional

Legends 1-6 — Event miniseries by Ostrander that brings the team together. You can just skim the SS parts, which is any scene with Boomerang, Waller, or Flag.

Secret Origins 14

Suicide Squad 1-10

Doom Patrol/SS Special — Takes place around the same time as 11 and 12 but 12 spoils the end.

SS 11-12

Justice League International 13, SS 13 — Crossover

SO 28 — Backstory of Nightshade. Not by Ostrander but she has a detailed origin that shouldn't be skipped.

SS 14-18

Deadshot 1 — 4 issue miniseries by Ostrander. The character doesn't show up in SS again until 22 but this issue has a break between stuff and is mentioned in 19, whereas 2-4 are one story.

SS 19

Manhunter 6, SS Annual 1 — Manhunter sets things up but the Annual feels so different that it doesn't come off like the same story.

SS 20

Deadshot 2-4

SS 21-26

The Janus Directive: Checkmate 15, SS 27, CM 16, SS 28, CM 17, Manhunter 14, Firestorm 86, SS 29, CM 18, SS 30, Captain Atom 30 — long crossover, involving some other titles by Ostrander.

SS 31-66

SS (V3) 1-8 — Returned years later for an 8 issue miniseries that spins out of Rucka’s Checkmate. It works fine without reading Checkmate (which I still haven’t.)

SS 67 — The title comes back years later as part of Blackest Night but it's really more of a Secret Six tie-in and should be read with that instead.

See Also:

Firestorm — Beginning with 55 Ostrander takes over. This was written around the same time as SS and even crosses over during the Janus Directive.

Spectre 1-22, 0, 23-33, Annual 1, 34-62 — Beginning shortly after SS ends, Ostrander begins by far the longest run anyone has had with the right hand of God. Partnered with his frequent penciler Tom Mandrake.

Martian Manhunter 0, 1 Million, 1-36 — After Spectre ends he and Mandrake tell the definitive (and again, longest) run of the character. I would recommend it to anyone curious about MM.

Secret Six — Gail Simone was a big fan of Ostrander’s Suicide Squad and this is basically her version of it, even co-writing an arc with him. It goes through a couple volumes and short return during New 52.

Villains United 1-6, VU Infinite Crisis Special, Secret 6 1-6, Birds of Prey 104-108, S6 1-16, Suicide Squad 67, S6 17-30, Doom Patrol 19, S6 31-36, DC Sneak Peek: S6, S6 1-14

#reading order #reading list #suicide squad #Amanda Waller #deadshot #floyd lawton #rick flag #bronze Tiger #Ben turner #john ostrander #Kim Yale #nightshade #eve Eden #enchantress #june moone #count vertigo #Werner zytle