Manic Monday--Why The Bat-Signal Is A Pretty Terrible Idea!!

If you think about it,the Bat-Signal is a terrible idea.

I mean, putting out a general call for your super-hero, that everybody can see? What could possibly go wrong?!?

Take, for example, the time they used the Bat-Signal of the 1940s--the newspaper ad--to get in touch with the Fighting Yank...

Really, that won't cause any problems--right?

Wrong!!

Yeah--all the drunks, idiots and wannabes will show up, claiming to be the real thing!

The inevitable result--a little ultra-violence!!

So the hero has to waste time settling their hash before getting around to the urgent problem he was summoned for!

OK, that may have a bit harsh...

But the same principal must apply to Gotham City, right? Every time the Bat-Signal flares up, the nut-jobs and poseurs must turn-out, right? Not to mention the paparazzi, the lawyers, the super-villains, and the guys in hockey pads...



Look, governments and police commissioners--just use Twitter DM's or email lto get ahold of your heroes...it will save a lot of hassle in the long run.

From Startling Comics #27 (1944) and some Batman movie...

Manic Monday Bonus--The Price of Light Bruises!!

Butterfingers is a terribly criminal--his bad luck causes all kinds of accidents, so his jobs always go wrong...but that actually works to advantage of some mobsters, who want persons hurt "on the job":

So Butterfingers sets up his own business, causing "accidents." No, it's not some nascent bad luck super-power...he starts physically engineering some "accidents" to happen...although our hero The Fighting Yank often shows up to save the day.

So how much do accidents cost?

These were 1949 prices, so that seems a bit steep.

I do like the discount for 4 broken bones, though.

From Fighting Yank #29 (1949)