Batman’s on hand, and thinks he nabs the Collector, but it turns out that he actually grabbed Lance instead, who was also on scene trying to catch The Collector.Īs the two discuss the events of the night, Lance’s stalker Black Canary appears:

Lance has no time for love though, and he leaves Dinah/Myra in his office, while he works on his case.Īt an illegal gambling casino, O’Hare is blowing his ill-gotten gains, only to be killed by the disguised Collector. State your feelings as simply as possible-“I like you… I like you a lot!” and then kiss him. I guess that’s one way to try and get a guy to love you. Another panel of Cardy drawing her figure, and a thought cloud reveal the true identity of “Myra,” which Haney then goes on to explain, and let us hear the thoughts of, so we can see her plans for the near future: …although he’s rather unimpressed by the beautiful dame who apparently broke into his office just to wait for him. Meanwhile, Lance returns to his shabby office, only to be greeted by a knockout pair of gams… The two decide to work the case together. As the World’s Greatest Detective does Commissioner Gordon’s goddam job for him as always, a patrolmen informs them of a stowaway-sleazeball private eye Larry Lance, who was watching Till for a client he won’t name.īatman and Lance compare notes, with Batman noting this murder is likely to draw The Collector out. Shortly afterwards, the real Batman is on a boat with Commissioner Gordon, fishing Till’s body out of the Gotham River. What’s the Batman doing advising these criminal types? The Collector explains the set-up to us confused readers:ĭon’t laugh that’s exactly how Grant Morrison wrote All-Star Superman. They’re contemplating going to war with Rhymer, but want to hear from the experts they’ve gathered-mysterious enforcer The Collector and…Batman? O’Hare was supposed to pay Till off, but instead he bumped him off, and kept the dough. The film, taken with a telephoto lens, shows Turk O’Hare, gangster Rhymer’s “top goon” double-crossing their own guy Waxey Till. In a dark, smoke filled room, a quartet of cigar-chomping Gotham crime bosses show a film strip to two special guests. Have either of them even considered it? For the answer to that question, we’ll have to turn to 1970’s The Brave and The Bold #91, a Bob “Zany” Haney and Nick “Arty” Cardy story entitled “A Cold Corpse for The Collector.”

Batman and Black Canary are both superheroes and Justice League members, they’re both into martial arts, they both like the colors blue and black, and they’ve both named themselves after flying animals.ĭespite all the things they have in common-and despite the fact that Batman likes hanging around with people named after birds, and Canary likes wealthy playboys who fight crime on the side-I don’t think they’ve ever hooked up.

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