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...almost flattens into one-dimensionality. Irrelevant references to his deceased wife and some cute banter about his nickname fail to fill out his personality. And because of Dirty Harry's oversimplification, Scorpio's vicious insanity (brilliantly conveyed by Andy Robinson) becomes a mere caricature of evil-an archenemy of Batman playing for keeps...
...date concerning some of the characters Mr. Clarke mentioned. First, Superman has decided to keep his superpowers to aid mankind; Wonder Woman has lost her powers and is now simply Diana Prince ("She's still dynamite in a fight"); Robin is in college, while his partner Batman ("the creature of the night") fights crime alone. Green Lantern, who now has a black substitute, has won the best-individual-story and best-continuing-feature awards given by the Academy of Comic Book Arts...
With a few exceptions-Wonder Woman was into Women's Lib 20 years before Betty Friedan-the comics have always appealed to men more than women, to little boys more than little girls. One reason is the inevitable boy companion that the ten-year-old could identify with-Batman's Boy Wonder Robin, the Sandman's Sandy, the Shield's Rusty, to name only a few. Even when the ten-year-old identified too closely with that clever brat on paper as a rival, it was good for sales. Cartoonist Jules Feiffer, who has lately turned...
...satirical Second City theater troupe and one member of his staff has just arrived from the Dick Cavett Show. It is even now apparent that an appearance on Electric Company is going to be the chic guest gig of 1971-72, just as a cameo spot on Batman was the kick of the late '60s. Top comics like Mel Brooks, Bob and Ray, Tom Lehrer and Victor Borge have all signed up to do the show...
...Wilde, a new-rich high roller from The Bronx (Tony Curtis), and the two of them womanize and swashbuckle around the Cote d'Azur "in the name of justice." For all their jet-set airs, their plebeian repartee and stupefying plots make Roger and Tony emerge more like Batman and Robin in ascots. Catch the show fast lest the Nielsen ratings get there first...