A Big Change | Batman History: 1995 (Documentary)

[@darkspawn316]

I hope there's a "History of Batman 1996" in the near future. I've watched every Batman history video (including golden, silver, and bronze comic history) on this channel, and I am grateful for your dedication to these videos. They were incredibly informative, and no one has been as thorough as you have. Thank you so much!!

[@stazjohnson8618]

Hey there, great video.Thanks for mentioning my brief tenure on art duties in Detective Comics. Working on the 'Bat-books' was a dream come true for me (as a lifelong Bat-fan), & I'm glad that someone appreciated the work I did. Cheers.

[@SalazarKnight]

I can certainly say that a lof of people appreciate your work. As a teenager, I wanted so much to draw like you and your other peers at the time. And without any sort of art training or anything, I remember trying to replicate your art in Detective. I still keep the art of my attempts at recreating your Poison Ivy and Firefly from those issues! Although I never became an artist; I'm really glad I finally get the chance to honour your work with these little documentaries. Thanks you, Staz!

[@stazjohnson8618]

@@SalazarKnight Cheers dude.👍

[@donaldallen9804]

I know he wasn't everyone's cup of tea but I love me some Kelly Jones, the look of his Batman was truly frightening.

[@plasticweapon]

his batman was one of the very best!

[@tomeast1578]

His art was totally dope

[@separate_entity001]

I am absolutely astonished about the quality of this work. 100% deserves more credit.

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you so much!

[@chris_t2020]

I'm amazed how you have handled this crossover era in superhero comics since so many storylines and events are happening at the same time that it must be really time-consuming for you to follow each and every single one of them. Congrats Mr. Salazar. Excellent work as always. I really look forward to seeing your take on Contagion and Legacy.

[@SalazarKnight]

It's very challenging to keep up, but with enough passion, anything is possible! Thank you for the kind comment!

[@Kolyarut]

Hearing about The Joker: Devil's Advocate drove me to look up the comic, and oh my god, how is this not considered one of the best Batman one-shots of all time? It's every bit as good as, say, The Killing Joke, and a hell of a lot more fun. The character voices come across really strongly, and each character is well executed. I've never liked the Batman Begins take on "I won't kill you... but I don't have to save you" - that's not the Batman I know. Likewise, the fact that the Joker refuses to help with the investigation even though he's literally about to be executed is gloriously in character. He's also consistently pretty genuinely funny! Thanks for the video, and thanks for the recommendation!

[@ToyCollector82]

I actually regretted not buying Batman comics at this time & I missed out on alot. I was a die hard Marvel Spider-Man fan but it was getting exhausting buying so many Spidey titles & so many one shots & miniseries for me. I'm now buying back issues & catching up on Batman. I was familiar with Jones' art work on his Venom: The Madness miniseries. I *_loved_* Batman costume during this point in time. So badass.

[@BearIslandComics]

I wish this video series had continued. It’s so great

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you! I really liked it too, but each year things got bigger and harder to document. There was just so much Batman that in the end it became too ambitious for a one-man channel and sadly, I had to end it here.

[@BearIslandComics]

@@SalazarKnight yeah, and let’s face it, the nostalgia factor drops of significantly after ‘95. We entered a far less charming era of comics

[@_Shnoids_]

Salazar Knight! I just discovered your channel a couple days ago and I love it bro. I showed my girlfriend and we have already watch a bunch of your stuff! Can’t wait to see what you do next!

[@blytheguy7510]

The 90s was when I really got into comics, Batman being the main character I was all about. RIP Andrew Vachss. I know his story was a tough read, it was supposed to be. While it's not a book that brings much enjoyment, I appreciate what Andrew did as a human. Besides being an author he was also a good lawyer. He used all the money he made from his books and put it into his law firm where he specialized in doing pro bono work for cases involving child molestation. He saw a huge gap in the justice system because there's not much money for lawyers to go for in those types of cases. He did the Batman book to try and bring more awareness to this real world issue. Although I wouldn't expect anyone to say they love that book. It's a tough read. But much respect to Andrew for his work in fighting for true justice.

[@tgif1345]

During this period I wasn't getting comics as often. As you noted, they became more expensive due to the higher quality paper they were using, and my parents couldn't afford to buy as many for me as I had hoped. Even my unbroken run of getting DC's Star Trek comics began dwindling down. So alot of these issues I didn't know about, but I did get a few issues of Shadow of the Bat from this period, issues 36, 38, and 40, as well as the comic book adaptation of Batman Forever, issues 4 and 5 of The Batman & Robin Adventures from 1996, and a few Superman issues as well. So I missed a ton of Batman material from this era. I did get to watch The Adventures of Batman & Robin though, and I saw Batman Forever when it came out on VHS.

[@seanacklandauthor]

Dude your attention to detail is incredible! I've been at home sick and your videos have made a hard day easier. Keep up the great work.

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you, I will. And I wish you a speedy recovery!

[@Xrodtheprime]

Now I don’t want to be the hated one here but I have read the Ultimate Evil and I thought it was pretty good.

[@SalazarKnight]

It's all good. We like what we like!

[@xxsilentreatmentxx]

Salazar I saw on our TV you had posted a new video and I said " no, I best not watch it yet. I need to find the perfect time to appreciate what will probably be the best 40 minutes of this month" and my daughter said "that's cringe, bro"

[@SalazarKnight]

Well, it is pretty cringe! lol

[@jakeproven256]

My earliest memories of Solomon Grundy were in the Batman 2004 cartoon, the justice league cartoon, and the video game Arkham city.

[@alessiorando100]

The new opening is very nice and the documentary is very interesting... as always

[@jakeproven256]

When I was a little boy, I had Batman #524, I remember one night I was at my local target with my mother, and I got a scarecrow action figure. I don’t remember what toy line it was from, but it came with Batman #524, I really enjoyed it and read it over and over again.

[@jakeproven256]

Mark bagley is best known as the artist of ultimate Spider-Man, which I highly recommend you check out, it’s a great series.

[@pattongilbert]

Easily the best “Year in review” that you’ve done. I hope you come back to this series someday; it’s very interesting. A great time capsule as well.😄

[@AceLM92]

What a day, a Chuck Dixon video in the morning and your video in the afternoon. Very nice. Once again a great video, and absolutely agree with Devil's Advocate being a criminally underrated story. Chuck Dixon says on his show the reason it flew under the radar is because DC didn't advertise it

[@Duken13yt]

Nice to see your production value has improved!

[@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.]

2:35 exactly.

[@MinPhase]

Personally, I liked the old format more, where everything was sorted by category instead of chronologically. It is more convenient if we want to refer to any information in the future that way. Unless the sequence of events is really important, I feel this chronological format feels less relevant after almost 30 years. In any case, I love these videos! I learn about some new stuff to read and get a different perspective on stories I've already read.

[@denistuohy2535]

Agreed! Salazar's work is exquisite as always, but I find it much easier to follow the content by category, and title rather than chronilogically.

[@ricardomarques4603]

Fantastic video and channel, as a caped crusader collector it is very easy to get lost in all the titles. If you do a video on the current Batman it will be 3 hours long since DC uses Batman on everything. Hopefully you do a 1996 video

[@knuxuki1013]

That last Joker story sounds awesome, holy

[@jacobayers2391]

This was a amazing video keep up the good work and can’t wait to see the 1996 episode.

[@DarkDekicDuka]

Never clicked on a new upload so fast. You’re doing a great thing with this series man.

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you so much!

[@riverehrstien3712]

Ever since I was 10 I wanted to see Batman and Spider-Man in a movie together though my idea of it was different from the comic book. In fact I came up with the idea of of way before I learned of the comic books existence. The Joker would work with The Green Goblin and the Kingpin instead of Carnage and Harley Quinn would tag along there would be the same soundtracks from Batman 89 and 2002s Spider-Man.

[@bucksdiaryfan]

The Packers have an in-house team historian, I think DC Comics should name you "Batman Historian Emeritus"

[@jakeproven256]

Mayor Grange was a supporting character in the Batman cartoon from 2004. In that show, grange was male instead of female like in the comics, and he was voiced by Adam West.

[@neeto568]

I know it's been 12s but amazing video

[@SalazarKnight]

Lol thank you

[@marceloferlin1057]

Very solid. As ever.

[@thejongshow8821]

Love the content man! Can’t wait until you get into the 2000s keep up the good work. Batman is my favorite and I learned so much from your channel

[@SalazarKnight]

That's awesome! Thank you!

[@TheGothamite3]

Hey my friend!! Sorry I'm late on this. Another spectacular video. The best Batman related content on KZbin. Documentary quality. Also, thank you so much for the shout out at 39:54. Really honored to be the first Knight Of S. 🦇

[@BearIslandComics]

Kelley Jones is a goddamn legend and I won’t hear otherwise

[@The5thBoyWonder]

Fr

[@kytim89]

Looking forward to your Long Halloween video.

[@zoltanz288]

Batman Forever for the Sega is an insanely underrated game.

[@SonGoku-TheJapaneseLion]

Just found your Channel the other day. Spend the whole weekend watching your content. Let me introduce myself: New constant Salazar Knight watcher!!

[@SalazarKnight]

Welcome!!!

[@DiegoGuzman-nf4im]

Amazing, nice job. looooove your channel

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you! I love your comments!!

[@animationunlimited2958]

Actually Man-Bats being a result of curing Kirks bad hearing was already there in the comics before the 90's.

[@jakeproven256]

I should note, the Batman adventures comics and other comics that tie into the DCAU, aren’t cannon the DCAU timeline. They have way too many continuity hick ups, not just introducing characters that would get different versions later, but even in the justice league unlimited comics contradicted stuff that was well established in the justice league cartoon, so the adventures comics should really be considered they’d own timeline.

[@alexgeorge501]

Riddle me this, Riddle me that, You'll find adventure on the wings of a Bat!

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Absolutely stunning excellent job. Since I found your pooptube channel I have gorged on nearly every of these uploads. ❤💋💋💋💋💯

[@KBXband]

The Batman and Spider-Man comic was my favorite growing up but I gave it away like an idiot

[@ODDdiddle]

Hey Sal! i’m just wondering what editing program you use to edit your videos? I just got done writing the script for my project and i’m going to do voice over maybe tommorow, and after that i was planing to start editing, but i’m not sure what program i should use.

[@SalazarKnight]

Ever since I started, I've only used Adobe Premiere Pro. Recently tho, I've been tinkering with DaVinci Resolve. Both programs are good, but they take some time to learn how to use properly. You should check out many tutorials on how to use any of those programs before you actually start editing. Good luck!

[@ODDdiddle]

Oh i just started using DaVinci Resolve. I heaven’t figured out everything yet and i wasn’t sure if this was the right program to use, but i will check out some tutorials. So thank you Sal.

[@denistuohy2535]

Good luck bro!

[@ODDdiddle]

Alright the video is up on my channel if your intrested in watching it.

[@janvrolijk9126]

Dear, best, Salazar Knight Me as a Batman- and other superhoes fan since 1966, I only discovered your docu vids only last night. And I'm watching them ever since (for a short break to sleep a littlle between 2 and 8 a'clock this morning, LOL. I think you are very complete in all the publications you mentioned. I just want to ask: when are you gonna follow this tremendous job? I'm really inpatience to see 1996 until now. Nevertheless, a very realy ultra super great job you did.

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I am glad that you have been enjoying these documentaries so far, but I'm afraid I can't afford to keep making them at the moment. The production value that goes into each one of them is too high for the little attention they get. It's the sad reality of making internet content, unfortunately.

[@janvrolijk9126]

@@SalazarKnight Okay, I understand. But nevertheless good luck with your continuation.

[@MechaMike]

The production value tho 👀

[@jakeproven256]

I will defend Batman forever as a solid film, but I cannot defend most of the video game tie-ins, these games have way to many problems.

[@eclar10]

I find it so infuriating to hear that Joker: Devil's Advocate is out of print and isn't available in digital. Why are the publishers at DC like this? I am trying to get into Batman comics but more often than not I find the comics difficult to get a hold of. Putting that aside, this was another great video. I do kind of miss the old method of structuring things according to title or form (Batman: Shadow of the Bat and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, and then Batman related miniseries and one-shots), but I sincerely understand how complex things do get the further you venture into 90s Batman. The excessive and messy publication history of Batman over the decades has aged like milk.

[@bucksdiaryfan]

When they had "built-in muscles" on Michael Keaton's suit in Batman 89 I thought it was a genius way to answer all the fan boys concerns that Keaton was too scrawny for the role... unfortunately it led to the homoerotic disaster costumes we got in Batman Forever and the one after that

[@PeachBoi_Real]

35:00 you can always tell when someone consumes and or creates child pornography by the way they treat attempts to bring attention to this horror. If they respond with stuff that Salazar is saying, it's more than likely that he takes part in such activities

[@rzerox21xx]

You should watch one of the earliest Angry Video Game Nerd episode on Batman which Batman Forever was one of the games he covers, his reaction over the gameplay is hilarious.

[@thenationaltimelyactionhou9328]

Cool

[@danielwunder]

I wonder what happened in 1996…

[@aidanhever3369]

Although the video game adaptation of Batman Forever was a critical and financial flop, its commercial is the only good thing about this game: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ-Yl6erf7SHm9k Speaking of which, what's the name of the tune that was played during the Underworld segment ? It sounds so cold and foreboding.

[@darthbigred22]

@35:31 I'm OK with this, part of why Batman works over all other superheroes is because his villains are a lot more realistic as well. They're not merely trying to take over the world a lot of the times they're just murdering innocents for cash. Why not have a super villain pimp or Chomo? Maybe have Batman break his one rule for that but I am tired of pretending the biggest threats to people are aliens or demi-god type villains. Even old man hating eco terrorist Poison Ivy makes a lot more sense nowadays than say Red Skull, of course the problem is Batman is about as right wing as a character can get and comics are owned by big lefties so we get bi Batman fighting over quid pro quo with Ukraine rather than accepting if they had any guts Batman would be fighting some cartel supervilian and beating the shit out of mexican gang members trying to bring fentynel into Gotham.

[@crash3711]

You say "batmin" too often

[@princeeverlove]

🦇addictive 🌆channel🦇