Comments on: Batman #644: A Medical (and Chemical) Review http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:25:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barghest http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-12744 Barghest Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:18:48 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-12744 Well, it is Black Mask, the guy that killed the latest Robin/the Spoiler, and also happens to have a black mask carved from his father's ebony coffin permanently bonded to his face (due to being caught in a burning building while wearing it--which is apparently common in comics and movies. Hey, what are the medical facts about having masks permanently attached to one's face? Will fire do it?) I strongly suspect that Batman was just using the neutralization first aid thing as an excuse to burn off Black Mask's mask and ruin his gimmick, perhaps also curing his object-fixation that keeps him a villain in the process. Maybe he'll try the same thing on Two-Face. "Here, it's concentrate of aloe vera, good for....just come here for a second." Well, it is Black Mask, the guy that killed the latest Robin/the Spoiler, and also happens to have a black mask carved from his father’s ebony coffin permanently bonded to his face (due to being caught in a burning building while wearing it–which is apparently common in comics and movies. Hey, what are the medical facts about having masks permanently attached to one’s face? Will fire do it?)

I strongly suspect that Batman was just using the neutralization first aid thing as an excuse to burn off Black Mask’s mask and ruin his gimmick, perhaps also curing his object-fixation that keeps him a villain in the process. Maybe he’ll try the same thing on Two-Face. “Here, it’s concentrate of aloe vera, good for….just come here for a second.”

]]> By: M http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-4453 M Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:09:23 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-4453 >> I half suspect Batman knew all that and did it on purpose… >> I half suspect Batman knew all that and did it on purpose…

]]> By: Tim O'Neil http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-4452 Tim O'Neil Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:02:40 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-4452 I remember having similar concerns when I read that passage myself - and I'm not even a doctor! All's I got is high-school chemistry and I remember that bases are just as dangerous... But the whole thing just struck me as incredibly stupid, because it was essentially the Joker producing an elaborate gimmick, to which Batman had an instant panacea. It was the storytelling equivilent of a dead end, a useless exachange that any editor should have just deleted. "Here's my special balogna gun!" "Luckily I just happen to have my anti-balogna spray." "Boy, that balogna gun was useless, why did I even pack it today?" Incidentally, did you check out the medical shenanigans over at The Hurting? Lots of incredibly bad doctoring today... I remember having similar concerns when I read that passage myself – and I’m not even a doctor! All’s I got is high-school chemistry and I remember that bases are just as dangerous…

But the whole thing just struck me as incredibly stupid, because it was essentially the Joker producing an elaborate gimmick, to which Batman had an instant panacea. It was the storytelling equivilent of a dead end, a useless exachange that any editor should have just deleted.

“Here’s my special balogna gun!”

“Luckily I just happen to have my anti-balogna spray.”

“Boy, that balogna gun was useless, why did I even pack it today?”

Incidentally, did you check out the medical shenanigans over at The Hurting? Lots of incredibly bad doctoring today…

]]> By: Jon Silpayamanant http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-4451 Jon Silpayamanant Fri, 02 Sep 2005 05:52:22 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-4451 <em>One of his lesser known works, before he got a spell-checker…</em> heh One of his lesser known works, before he got a spell-checker…

heh

]]> By: Stevie Wonder Man http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-4450 Stevie Wonder Man Fri, 02 Sep 2005 05:31:00 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-4450 Complete the phrase, kids: Batman is a... * *Hint: Think dead Lois Lane. Complete the phrase, kids: Batman is a… *

*Hint: Think dead Lois Lane.

]]> By: Dorian http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-4449 Dorian Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:13:03 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-4449 I half suspect Batman knew all that and did it on purpose... I half suspect Batman knew all that and did it on purpose…

]]> By: Scott http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-4448 Scott Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:12:41 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-4448 One of his lesser known works, before he got a spell-checker... One of his lesser known works, before he got a spell-checker…

]]> By: Carl Fink http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893/comment-page-1#comment-4447 Carl Fink Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:49:57 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/893#comment-4447 Pope's essay on "Critisicism"? Pope’s essay on “Critisicism”?

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