Comic Book Influences on Tim Burton's Batman (1989)

[TheBatMan0887]

Now, you guys may or may not have mentioned this already, but I found two more points. One is probably coincidence, but the second is definately an inspiration.
1) (From Batman #1) Joker announces his sinister plans over the radio (in the movie, it's on TV)
2) (Also from Batman #1) Joker laughes it up with his victim. The way it's played out is almost identical to the movie.

Which part do you mean? You mean with Bruce Wayne where he tells the story to Joker?

EDIT: I think you mean the actual scene with the meeting am I correct?

EDIT2: this needs to be shown.

[Slash Man]

Okay, this is an extreme thread-revival, but I realize that I didn't elaborate on my second point (and I haven't signed on in a good two years).
I was talking about the Smilex commercial, where he hijacks the station to announce his plan. There's really no logical reason to do that in both the movie and the comic, but it's the Joker. Unpredictable is kinda his thing.

And the Joker talking to a corpse is directly out of his first outing. Is that what you were wondering about?

And there's bound to be more influences, since I only got those from reading the earliest Batman comics.

[GothamAlleys]

http://www.batman-online.com/features/2008/7/19/comic-influences-on-tim-burtons-batman-1989

[BatmAngelus]

^ Great additions, Gotham Alleys.  Going to read your blog posts soon.

Also:

MONARCH was the name of the place that contributed to Joker's birth. In the movie, its the place that contributed to Batman's birth

After years of knowing about the Monarch Playing Card Company and the Monarch Theater, this connection never occurred to me until you pointed it out....

[Paul (ral)]

Feature is finally back online. Sorry for the delay

http://www.batman-online.com/features/2008/7/19/comic-influences-on-tim-burtons-batman-1989

[BatmAngelus]

Thanks, Paul.  Let's see if Kevin Smith catches this one, too 

[greggbray]

Love it!! 

[BatmAngelus]

Feature is now back up!  Reorganized and split into pages, with new references included.

[Silver Nemesis]

I think the page breaks work really well. They divide the features up into more digestible chunks.

One thing I've noticed, however, is that the first paragraph of each page after the first one is incorrectly aligned. That includes the headings "BATMAN AND THE COMICS" and "BATMAN RETURNS AND THE COMICS" which should be centred. The other paragraphs should all be justified. I'm not sure how that's happened.

Other than that though, they look great. I hope everyone takes a look at them. There are a lot of new references in them both.

[Paul (ral)]

One thing I've noticed, however, is that the first paragraph of each page after the first one is incorrectly aligned. That includes the headings "BATMAN AND THE COMICS" and "BATMAN RETURNS AND THE COMICS" which should be centred. The other paragraphs should all be justified. I'm not sure how that's happened.

Fixed