It's been said over and over, but the comics adaption of the Batman: The Animated Series is some of the best Batman writing around, and it's sad that it gets constantly forgotten by so many.

Perhaps that is a fate shared by one Mr. Oswald Cobblepot, alias The Penguin, who writers struggle to write and characterize properly for fear of reprising the ( Read more... )

After his 1940 debut in Detective Comics #140, The Riddler had manged to escape both Batman and obscurity and made his second appearance in Detective Comics #142. Often overlooked in favor of The Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler from Batman #171, the Riddler's next crime romp cemented some of his defining characteristics. Namely, his obsession with ( Read more... )

Oswald Coblepot, even the name strikes readers as ridiculous, but perhaps the Penguin's true name describes him better than his nom de plume, if you may pardon the pun.

( The Baleful Bird Chips )