Batman: Shadow of the Bat #56 - Atop the Fourth Wall

Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara looks at a comic where Batman battles against marijuana!

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Originally uploaded July 14th, 2014.

ORIGINAL INFO: A comic where Batman is too concerned with marijuana to worry about the evils of rock and roll!

RUMINATIONS: Got a little flack from people about the title card for this one, since I'm usually pretty critical about scantily-clad women in comics. Well, people also forget that I don't actually tell Al what to do for them - I give him the comic cover and a general idea of what's in the book (if I can - sometimes he asks me for it before I've actually read the dang thing). It's not what I would have gone for, but the thing to remember is that one of the problems with cheesecake in comics is that it's SO PERVASIVE. There wouldn't be nearly as much of an issue if there was more of a balance of it or if it was equal across the genders, but it really isn't, especially not in this regard. And since my title cards tend to err on the side of more modest attire, I think there can be the occasional cheesecakey indulgence. Hell, I notice no one notices the pot-smoking in it despite me never having done drugs nor claiming I promote drugs in it or something.