Tuesday, May 07, 2013

SEIZE HIM!

Today's haiku comes from Batman #52, where the "Thinker" -- a sort of Ur-Egghead -- using his 'thinking machines' to deduce that Alfred Pennyworth is Batman. Which gives you an idea of why we never saw this 'Thinker" again.  

It's titled, "SEIZE HIM!":

"So YOU are Batman!
You stupid fool! Did you think
you could outwit me?"


What haiku can you compose to comment on this misguided villain, the hapless butler, or the tendency of characters in any single Golden Age panel to each be wearing a different color of clothing?
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5 comments:

  1. Andrew5/07/2013 10:32 AM

    Orange, red, and green
    suits? Easy buy. What's hard is
    matching fedoras.

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  2. r duncan5/07/2013 11:21 AM

    Missed it by that much.
    Oh so close and yet so far.
    For you, no cigar.

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  3. Anonymous5/07/2013 1:18 PM

    Nitpicking ahoy!
    Golden Age: "Alfred Beagle".
    That's why I'm alone.

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  4. Nathan Hall5/07/2013 10:40 PM

    Batman is Alfred
    Bruce Wayne's Butler! An old man
    With quite a young chin

    (I hope I didn't
    Botch the last line here, like I
    Did the last two times)

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  5. Bryan L5/08/2013 9:17 AM

    The answer's right there, with one small change:

    Oh, no, no! This is
    All a terrible mistake!
    I am not Batman!

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