I have always wonder is Batman's and Robin's eyes suppost to be covered by their mask like Spider-Man or open like Captain America? I have always wonder this cause movies have them open, but artist always draw them plain white. Is that a cover or just being lazy?
Eyes?
to start with, it's not actually batman's eyes you see through the cowl... i assume that Nightwing and Robin have the same technology.
they are a basic heads up display with nightvision and a display to an atomic clock that keeps perfect synced time.
I assume the "no iris / pupil" look is a side effect of the technology and Batman just kept it to use as another tool so that people assume he isn't human
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Methos says:
"to start with, it's not actually batman's eyes you see through the cowl... i assume that Nightwing and Robin have the same technology. they are a basic heads up display with nightvision and a display to an atomic clock that keeps perfect synced time. I assume the "no iris / pupil" look is a side effect of the technology and Batman just kept it to use as another tool so that people assume he isn't human M"Cool thanks.
Methos says:
"i know Batman, Nightwing and Robin use first generation Starlight lenses with a HUD in their masks... thats about it though lol M"Oh ok.I have always just wonder that. I mean the movies have nothing covering them up but like I said when ever he is drawn it looks like Spider-Man's. Thanks for the info.
Maybe they all have Little Orphan Annieitis. I've submitted comics from the way early days of Batman and Robin, and maybe it was for effect or too hard to draw them in the masks.
Note how the eyes are merely slits and adding pupils would look strange. I imagine comic artists gave technological reasons later on.
Superkitty says:
"Maybe they all have Little Orphan Annieitis. I've submitted comics from the way early days of Batman and Robin, and maybe it was for effect or too hard to draw them in the masks.Note how the eyes are merely slits and adding pupils would look strange. I imagine comic artists gave technological reasons later on."
They look Chinese LOL....
Why don't they make'em with the same tech ,in the films???...I mean that pupil/iris lacking look is cool....just like is he wasn't human...just an urban legend....that's another reason I hate dislike Robin,anyone of them...they make him look so........human......
zero edge says:
"I know this is an old topic but I just read Batman 671 and it shows you what covers the eyes."
That answers a question that I've been wanting to ask all along. LOL
The Phantom is the one that started the trend as far as I know. I've no idea the original reasoning.
wow, I never knew about that O_o I'm glad this old topic was brought back to life. He does look pretty lame with the eyes... heh...
zero edge says:
"I know this is an old topic but I just read Batman 671 and it shows you what covers the eyes. "
Oh. Thats awesome. Didnt know that about Batman's eyes how they had coverings like that
Hawk says:
"Alex Ross draws Batman with his mask coming up to his eyes....but they are his eyes. I think it depends on how the artist wants to show him."
I have the absolute utmost respect for Alex Ross. Anyone who says different must have never seen his work. BUT. I never liked the showing of the eyes in ANY incarnation of Batman. To me that's one of the things I like the absolute best about Batman graphically. It really seperates Batman from his alter ego Bruce Wayne and it makes him more then human. Which Batman, though he has no powers, is.
I don't think I'd say he's more than human, he just takes his human abilities to the step beyond. He pushes himself to be better, and that's just something nobody else really bothers with.
Silenttiger43 says:
"I don't think I'd say he's more than human, he just takes his human abilities to the step beyond. He pushes himself to be better, and that's just something nobody else really bothers with."
We all push to be better than what we are, that's how I got this far in my life.
Knightwing says:
"Silenttiger43 says:"I don't think I'd say he's more than human, he just takes his human abilities to the step beyond. He pushes himself to be better, and that's just something nobody else really bothers with."We all push to be better than what we are, that's how I got this far in my life. "
well yeah, but do you spend hours working out, dedicated to take out crime one punch at a time? lol
Silenttiger43 says:
"Knightwing says:"Silenttiger43 says:"I don't think I'd say he's more than human, he just takes his human abilities to the step beyond. He pushes himself to be better, and that's just something nobody else really bothers with."We all push to be better than what we are, that's how I got this far in my life. "well yeah, but do you spend hours working out, dedicated to take out crime one punch at a time? lol"
I totally do!
Silenttiger43 says:
"Knightwing says:"Silenttiger43 says:"I don't think I'd say he's more than human, he just takes his human abilities to the step beyond. He pushes himself to be better, and that's just something nobody else really bothers with."We all push to be better than what we are, that's how I got this far in my life. "well yeah, but do you spend hours working out, dedicated to take out crime one punch at a time? lol"
Not crime but there are other things which are similarly challenging.
I have always wonder is Batman's and Robin's eyes suppost to be covered by their mask like Spider-Man or open like Captain America? I have always wonder this cause movies have them open, but artist always draw them plain white. Is that a cover or just being lazy?
Lenses. I always thought it was to de-humanize him and make him seem more terrifying in the minds of his enemies.
Both...
Back when Batman was originally created they weren't lenses. As time went on, basic lenses were added that was built into the 2nd layer mask. As time continued on multiple lens types were then built into the cowl itself that can be switched. Robin and Nightwing have all lenses built into their mask.
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