GoldenAge
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Spring-heel Jack - Batman circa 1837
Not to be outdone by Blackbats "since 1939" I thought I'd point out that my new avatar is a picture of the early victorian rogue "Spring-heel jack" - dating back to 1837. Any advance on this for the First Batman?
Not that SHJ was a hero - far from it, he was a thief and a scoundrel and a molester of women. No wonder he appealed to me ...
From an actual statement given to the Lambeth Police in 1837...
"He wore a large helmet and a sort of tight-fitting costume that felt like oilskin. But the cape was just like the ones worn by the policemen. His hands were as cold as ice and like powerful claws. But the most frightening thing about him was his eyes. They shone like balls of fire."
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11/18/2004, 6:56 am
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The BlackBat
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Re: Batman (circa 1837)
Sweet!!! I've heard of "Spring-heel jack" before, but never seen an artist's rendition. That's cool GA.
~Tim :batfly
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11/18/2004, 11:45 am
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Gonzalo
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Re: Batman (circa 1837)
very cool !!!!! :up
thanks
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that supposed to be funny?
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11/18/2004, 11:59 am
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Deadly Lemur
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Re: Batman (circa 1837)
very cool. i wonder if he was the basis for the movie "the bat" that was made in 1926, and then remade in 1959 with vincent price and agnes moorehead. the villain in that was exactly like your description.
--- ~Heather~
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11/18/2004, 12:15 pm
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Re: Batman (circa 1837)
I thought "Spring-heeled Jack" was similar to the Jersey Devil.
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11/18/2004, 12:57 pm
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Re: Batman (circa 1837)
Heather didn't know what the Jersey Devil was until a few months ago. I had to fill her in.:wink Obviously with me living in South Jersey,this is a very common story/urban legend. Even some people I know calimed to have seen it,but I say they're nuts!
I'm not familiar with 'Spring-heeled Jack' though. I'll have to do a little diggin'. :)
John :flapbat
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11/18/2004, 1:53 pm
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TheKingaSwing
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How cool is that?!
Thanks man :up
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11/18/2004, 3:01 pm
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GoldenAge
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Re: Batman (circa 1837)
Found this with regards to the comic version of SHJ that showed up after the real jack had faded and the myth making had begun...
There was another “Penny Dreadful” which appeared in 48 weekly installments in the 1870s, printed by the Newsagents Publishing Company and probably written by George A. Sala. It kept the same title, but was very different in theme. Sala’s Jack is no villain; he uses his power for good, saving the innocent from the wicked; he is in fact a nobleman by birth, though cheated of his inheritance, and his amazing leaps are due to compressed springs in the heels of his boots. He is dressed in a skin-tight glossy crimson suit, with bat’s wings, a lion’s mane, horns, talons, massive cloven hoofs, and a sulphurous breath; he moves in gigantic leaps, easily jumping over rooftops or rivers, and is immensely strong. Various boys’ comics took up the theme; a series produced by the Aldine Publishing Company toward the end of the 19th century lasted till 1904, similarly presenting Jack as a masked avenger who thwarts evil-doers.
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11/18/2004, 3:23 pm
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GoldenAge
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Quote: Deadly Lemur wrote:
very cool. i wonder if he was the basis for the movie "the bat" that was made in 1926,
I go looking for "The Bat" on DVD each time I come to the states - (it got re-released this year.) I didnt know it had been remade with VP! Now i have to find both versions.
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11/18/2004, 3:34 pm
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Re: Batman (circa 1837)
Movie posters..
1926 silent film
Vincent Price remake
John :flapbat
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11/18/2004, 4:04 pm
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