Sure, some people think Batman = "The Adventures of the World's Richest White Guy Who Drives a Cool Car Into Slums to Beat-Up the Less Privileged," but everyone has an opinion and everyone has their own particular tastes. It's a very tall order to talk someone (or insult them) out of what they already decided they like.
When you step back from the comic pages and realize you're reading stories of masked-vigilantes, you may start to conclude that in the real world, the only people committing acts of masked-vigilantism tend to be terroristic hate-groups. So, I try not to make a big deal of what funny books people like or don't like. I just constantly gripe about the ones I love.
I believe Batman just got in front of all the right people in ways The Shadow did not and thus, was mass produced.
So many people are afraid to step outside of the familiar...it may get "less social" all of a sudden.
I would hazard to say that The Shadow was the more well known of the two characters until at least the 1950s. The Shadow had the radio show until 1956, as well as three movies in the late ’30s/’40s. He was thoroughly a part of American pop culture long before Batman was.
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The Dynamite Entertainment series & mini-series are/were great too.
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Not sure I follow "before Batman = more interesting then Batman"
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I believe Batman just got in front of all the right people in ways The Shadow did not and thus, was mass produced.
So many people are afraid to step outside of the familiar...it may get "less social" all of a sudden.
When you step back from the comic pages and realize you're reading stories of masked-vigilantes, you may start to conclude that in the real world, the only people committing acts of masked-vigilantism tend to be terroristic hate-groups. So, I try not to make a big deal of what funny books people like or don't like. I just constantly gripe about the ones I love.
:)