359 – Bat-Swing

2020-04-03
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By June 1947, Batman still hasn’t learned how to swing dance as evidenced by Batman #42. In it, Batman and Robin take on the Catwoman yet again, landing at The Cat and Fiddle, a dance club for “swing cats”. Some girl dressed as a tiger accosts him and forces him to dance. Oh the indignity!

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303 – Batman is a Swinger

2020-01-16
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Twenty-five years before the Batusi and forty years before the Batdance, there was Batman #33 (December 1945). Bruce Wayne infiltrates a criminal organization by frequenting a swinging “jive joint” and trying to fit in with all the hep cats.

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