its clever in my opinion, she could do well for a subtle commentary on child sidekicks and today's cringe culture but it also could go badly and she could just become unintelligently cringe
I love the concept behind the Kitten! Like, yeah, there are undeniable parallels between her and Batman’s Robin (both are kid sidekicks who’s parents were killed in an acrobatics accident), but I love the added detail of her backstory of her being an accomplice to her criminal uncle before being adopted by cat-man and eventually becoming his sidekick. Idk, for some reason I feel like a kid sidekick who starts off as a criminal and minor antagonist to the hero is an interesting concept.
Catman is my favorite Golden Age non-Timely/non-DC character. He’s a neat mix of Tarzan, Batman, and even Wonder Woman (in the sense that they both worked for Army Intelligence during WWII).
I adore the idea that a man raised by tigers being a totally normal dude. Like, he has a day job, goes to drinks after it, pays rent. You see a photo of some baby tigers on his desk and you ask what that's for and he's like 'oh! those are my neices :)' and he's such a normal and boring man he wouldn't even lie about boring things, much less about something as insane as that.
Love the idea of a superhero with multiple lives. Makes way more sense than these heroes who somehow survive insanely dangerous situations over and over again
Isn't that also the superpower of Mysterion from South Park? Basically he can keep getting killed, but just wakes up in his bed the next day and nobody remembers him dying.
Love the idea of him losing one of his nine lives immediately after beginning his superhero gig. Let it be a wakeup call and teaching moment. The writers just then have to be very careful (as does Catman himself) to not use up the remaining 8 lives haphazardly. Catman losing a life should be like a big event happening only during extremely dramatic moments along a comic run.
So proud to have been invited to perform voice acting for your project, Austin! Your passion is contagious, and your vibe, uber positive! Thank you so much! ~Ed Kelly
For those who are curious, the summary of the AC comics version of "Catman and The Kitten" includes this sentence: "Eventually, her emotional maturity caught up with her physical form, and the pair were married."
@@megalosaurusstudios2 basically they aged up Kattie(the kitten) into a grown women and eventually becomes mature enough so she marries catman... I thought batgirl and batman was weird but like this is next level
@@whotfduece08Bro you didn't even tell him all of the details. It wasn't just that the writers made a new continuity where she was an adult. She was apparently given the body of an adult after being resurrected at about 11, or 12 and then by the age of about 15, or 16 her and this version of Cat-Man, who was in his late 20s at the lowest, married.
Decades before I found out about the "canon" Catman, I was writing my own Catman comics as a kid. It was a Batman parody comedy series. I am actually in development of a game with my Parody version, so its nice to hear that the copyright likely wont be a problem.
Imagine a crossover between Batman and Catman, similar to the ones the dark knight made wirh Spawn, the Green Hornet, etc. Besides, Robin and Kitten would make an awesone shipping, considering their pretty similar roles and tragic origins. After all, it would not be the first time two heroes from different editorials fall in love with each other, like Tim Drake and Jubilee during the Marvel/DC crossovers
As the comics and other commenters here point out, they did precisely that: he was revived as an adversary of the Golden Age Batman, acting as a kind of uninvited, spiritual successor to Catwoman after she had retired from crime.
I am so happy the SuperZeroes project is progressing so well (is Atlas available yet?)!!! I don't know how much you plan to involve Kitten in your take on Cat-Man, but could I suggest that she be a similar character to Jade from Jackie Chan Adventures - you know, more guts and enthusiasm than common sense, Blake would rather she stay safe at home rather than go out crime fighting but she never listens and she's surprisingly more help than trouble? PS the spirit of his adopted tiger mother could appear to him in dreams and they just have these moments where they stare meaningfully at each other in the dreamworld, then Blake wakes up with a new idea/insight to help solve the problem of the week?
Thanks for mentioning the DC Comics incarnation of the character . . . and thusly clearing up my confusion: my first introduction to any sort of "Cat-Man" was reading about him back in the old "Who's Who" compendium of characters back in 1985, when I was about 10 years old, and seeing him there replete with the red-and-yellow costume shown here. Imagine my perplexity when you brought him up in the first videos about The Superzeroes, with a completely different backstory! But now I understand.
Holup, THE SpikeyTortoise?! I remember seeing his old timey comic style art on Reddit. It looked so good and I can't believe you guys are working together on this
It could be fun to double down on the constant revival and make it his unique superpower: Cat-man could have 9 lives each day. There could be a lot of funky ways to use dying to his advantage but he would have to keep track of his lives like Super Mario or it's game over for the curious cat.
Fun fact: The whole 9 lives thing originally meant the amount of reincarnations cats had. Though I guess since everyone (presumably) has infinite reincarnations, it was changed to what it currently is
Some of these comics were made exclusively just miles from my home in Ma. (1950s-Holyoke Comics-L.B.Cole) This is a solid character as good as Batman or Captain America and almost as popular in it's heyday. I'm as excited as you about the character. The story line is fanciful enough to cement Cat-Man into legend. I would love to see a movie!
Holyoke, Ma. western Ma. His office was right next to the paper mills. he was a lithographer. It's either torn down or empty. There were several publishers there in the 40's and 50's. Of course it was all shut down by the EPA decades ago. Mr. Cole did the best covers ever in the comics business rivaling Simon & Kirby or Alex Schomberg's work. I am very glad that you are on the case. I hope that I could enlighten you a little more. I would love to know what you find out.@@austinmcconnell
I wonder: will your cartoon reference the original Cat-Man, who was created by Tarpe Mills? He was a man who dressed as an old lady and had a cat with poisoned claws who would take out those he asked it to. Only lasted for two stories and is also in the public domain. One might claim that the idea of a man dressed as an old lady to fight crime sounds like another public domain hero, Madam Fatal, but Cat-Man was first, and the two were created by different people (Madam Fatal was by Art Pinajian) by different publishers. But now, people can create stories where these two similar characters can meet.
I like the old Catman comics. Kitten was actually pretty much a badass. She was drawn as pretty buff and could totally handle herself. I think she also carried a gun sometimes. Which made sense. It is a shame that the modern audience has to assign all kinds of crap to characters that don't deserve it. Good luck with your creative endeavours.
One thing I like about the Superzeroes universe is how Austin's already planted, or has the opportunity to plant, the seeds of connection between these disparate heroes. Spoilers for The Spider-Queen novel, so fair warning to anyone who hasn't read it yet. For the Atlas film, this is mostly my own speculation based on how Six-Gun Gorilla was chosen to be the focus of the post credits scene, but until it comes out, it'll be my headcanon. I think that Jim's uncle's ranch used to be owned by Bart Masters prior to him being killed and the land getting sold to Jim's forefather. Several people noticed this, but Landor already made at least two cat human hybrids in the original, so Man-Cat will probably be an evolution of those characters, and eventually become a hero in the phase 1 finale. It was mentioned briefly in the original video, but somehow, Little Red is responsible for gathering everyone together. The last chapter in Spider-Queen has Landor receive a sample of the Tundra Anomaly that Henry also got, albeit a smaller one. The electrical powers it has could be used to fast-track a bunch of mutants, and maybe even keep him alive after he gets scarred. Blue Bolt was initially the odd one out, but a line at the end of Spider-Queen mentioned that Shannon's sample of the Anomaly was stored away in an unnamed college lab. That will probably be used to empower Mr. Parrish in this version. Little Red could also be the one to convince him to be a hero instead of using his powers to be better at football, since the original Blue Bolt did have a connection to another female color-themed magic user.
Yes, he is. That’s a different guy though. Apparently Captain Marvel/Shazam is in the public domain as well, though I think he goes by the former name there.
Hey Austin. I know I have already commented on this video but I just wanted to do a story real quick. Last year I almost met you. I was in one of the teams for Sato 48 and You were there as a guest. I also saw your video on the TV of you remaking a movie of an old superhero. I was going to go say hi, but you left early after you were onstage. Just wanted to tell you this story cause I was just so excited that I even got to see you onstage
Oh, hey, I actually read the Dynamite entertainment version of Cat Man... it was pretty awesome. But y'know, now that I think about it 🤔, I would really like to see what image comics would do if they decided to publish their own take on this really interesting public domain superhero. Probably make him a little more Batman like and/or do an aftermath of the original comic book series 😀 😉 😄.
DC comics has a Catman and I am genuinely surprised he is an original Batman side character and not this guy. It was not uncommon for them to acquire characters from other publishers and then bring them back years down the line.
Idk why but I expected him to be an wild cat knock off, but it’s more to an batman one. (He probably launched before wild cat now that I’m thinking about it, but i am not sure?)
Glad i stumbled across your channel, Austin. Have subscribed. There must be quite a few public domain heroes from 1940s languishing in obscurity, so good luck with your efforts to create your own shared univtetse.
The way you mentioned Catman having nine lives. I wish that the 2004 cat film was about Catman instead of Catwoman and be more heroic and be so comic book related.
Wasn't there a Man Tiger combination of Cat Man with the ability to turn into any form of cat? And Kittie character may have helped develop Cat Woman, and possibly Hellcat, and Cheater? Of course, there is the Cat People stories in books, Sherlock Holmes crossed swords with a cat woman to? And in some Tarzan stories, there is mention to. And then there The Thundercats? Cats often use many different styles of publications, from books to movies and even true stories of cat people, and even cat people from other worlds. Catman should have a retelling acr based in mythology and new lore in novels and graphics novels a classic look with a darker character with a hint of comedy and with supernatural connections to the older source stories and stories to reflect the present day, characteristics of both mystical and universal place. A celestial being of every version of the originals.
Talks to animals, huh? Well, I think who will be able to act as a translator for Six Gun Gorilla when the Superzeroes finally meet up. Which remunds me... Any plans on a video telling the history of the original story of O'Neil? (And later also Red Riding Hood?)
I was way into the Norm Breyfogle Detective comics Catman shown in the video. I had no idea it wasn’t an original character/name. I was 9, what did I know?
Nananananananana CAT MAN! One trope I found really funnt in the comics is that David would use his connections as a detective to find out things about a particular case, saying that he would do what it takes to solve it. Then he does solve it, but always as Cat-Man, and so when the police or whoever else was interested in said case find out that Cat-Man solved it, they always say that David is just a poor excuse for a detective that never solves anything. (Yeah, that's right, I read the original comics. They are in the public domain, you can download them for free anytime you want.)
I thought DC owned Catman? Happy to see what you have done with the character. I was always curious why in the DC universe Catman looked like Batman and wondered if they ever had any interaction, not to mention If Catwoman had any connection to the character.
Didn't know about this guy. Looks like there's a non-confessed relation between this OG Catman and the 63's character from Batman. While DC's character is a bad guy and a hunter, the costume design, jungle themes and overall 'Batman-alike' vibe are obviously there
Any plans for actual comic books in this Universe. I think releasing a large graphic novel once a year similar to a season of a tv show could work really well
@@KadeStringer2.0 Which means you have to avoid using his version of the character, not that he not retroactively can claim to own the rights to Catman or that no one else can make their over version. Think of it like Pride and Prejudice. If you want to pitch a P&P TV series to Netflix none of the other creators of other P&P adaptations get to sue. If you tried to make a P&P series with zombies then Seth Grahame-Smith could argue that twist is his and he could arguably sue.
I may be 11 days late...but THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN... Really for his sidekick he could just save her from "accidently" being pushed into the tiger pit at the Zoo where he likes to spend time around the Big Cat Sections... Also Like... Also Sub...
