The Black Bat
From a historical standpoint of this pulp hero I believe the Black Bat was not known for having a clearly defined "rogues" gallery of villains like The Spider or some other comic book characters like Batman. I think he mostly stuck to fighting common criminals and such. I'm not saying we have to stick to the history of the character because this is a modernized version and I am always up for different writer's interpretation of the character. But a part of me kind of wants The Black Bat to maintain being a pulp comic about fighting an endless battle against a city in a continual downward spiral, which is a story that does not necessarily require any fantastic villains. Maybe a lot of focus could be on political corruption and organized crime, especially with all of his ties to being an attorney for criminals. I feel that with characters like the Spider, we already get that sort of pulp story with some fantastic villains. It might be interesting to explore some other pulp story focus points. For now I like the pace of the story because we are getting a sort of year one story to clearly define the character. I like how we are exploring what makes the him tick and the redemptive story line. I am not sure what the group of people that gave the Black Bat his training and eyes have in store for him in the future so we will have to wait and see how that plays out. It could be that some specific villains get introduced and I'm sure I would still really enjoy the title. I just think right now it is in a position to define the type of pulp story to be different than the already existing titles. In the end it has to be interesting enough to keep readers on board.
From a historical standpoint of this pulp hero I believe the Black Bat was not known for having a clearly defined "rogues" gallery of villains like The Spider or some other comic book characters like Batman. I think he mostly stuck to fighting common criminals and such. I'm not saying we have to stick to the history of the character because this is a modernized version and I am always up for different writer's interpretation of the character. But a part of me kind of wants The Black Bat to maintain being a pulp comic about fighting an endless battle against a city in a continual downward spiral, which is a story that does not necessarily require any fantastic villains. Maybe a lot of focus could be on political corruption and organized crime, especially with all of his ties to being an attorney for criminals. I feel that with characters like the Spider, we already get that sort of pulp story with some fantastic villains. It might be interesting to explore some other pulp story focus points. For now I like the pace of the story because we are getting a sort of year one story to clearly define the character. I like how we are exploring what makes the him tick and the redemptive story line. I am not sure what the group of people that gave the Black Bat his training and eyes have in store for him in the future so we will have to wait and see how that plays out. It could be that some specific villains get introduced and I'm sure I would still really enjoy the title. I just think right now it is in a position to define the type of pulp story to be different than the already existing titles. In the end it has to be interesting enough to keep readers on board.
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