{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The old Batman comics could be so weird. After a while, every comic gets weird\u2014Archie, Dick Tracy, Star Wars, Thor, whatever\u2014but...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/190304661233/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/weirdlandtv/190273832699\" target=\"_blank\">weirdlandtv</a>:</p><blockquote><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1525\" data-orig-width=\"1077\"><img src=\"/media/b4e3090d389c57352df9d44b19c8fc3c5a5d564b_a37e9c985fc7.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"1525\" data-orig-width=\"1077\" srcset=\"/media/c47c7aaac567a2aab6ee109b065fdfc489cc9f83_fc4a74f57197.jpg 75w, /media/889096c3de26f5716166fb39e8a01141199dfcf8_c61e57922a65.jpg 100w, /media/1162785e51ba8974d6e2278a5c0d72ccc3088ea3_f375ffe8f5f7.jpg 250w, /media/f64fec37fd265c30a24e8503227a9c1b910fcea9_c0d6a5948f02.jpg 400w, 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/media/c91b3ed9dad609fc7cef1cd6ecfbc5a895e8b7dc_4f5ed49c1417.jpg 624w, /media/369f11ef6a2c31c4fab18ae17341c6fc86ce4157_afc4eed49bfb.jpg 1249w, /media/45e0b19dbf7d86d5a6b15c46d77066955b81b27e_6187c545714a.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"/></figure></div><p>The old Batman comics could be so weird. After a while, every comic gets weird\u2014Archie, Dick Tracy, Star Wars, Thor, whatever\u2014but Batman seemed to be aiming for a world record. Even Superman never travelled that far into the Weird Zone. It was as if kids were providing the stories.</p><p>The one with The Beatles used to be a running joke between me and my brother. Whenever we saw a pic of The Beatles, we used to say, \u201cOne of them is DEAD&hellip; but which one?\u201d But after George Harrison died the joke wasn\u2019t funny anymore.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I love the implication that John Lennon being murdered was entirely compatible with the joke</p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/b4e3090d389c57352df9d44b19c8fc3c5a5d564b_a37e9c985fc7.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 640, "thumbnail_height": 906}