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Geek Syndicate
MAGAZINE REVIEW

Batman Automobilia #001
from the Dark Knight reboot. The fourth issue includes the car from Batman Forever and Issue five details an old-style batmobile from DC Comics Issue 400. If you opt for the subscription (which I am doing), there’s a bunch of freebies thrown in, including an extra scale model of the 1989 Batmobile in armourclad mode and a 1989 Batwing model. The actual magazine is a brief, but very detailed and concise dossier on each vehicle, including cut-away drawings and schematics, specifications, history and context. There is also a separate guide which pretty much covers most of the vehicles that you can expect to see in future issues – my guesses include: the Batmobile from Batman & Robin, the Bat-Pod, the Bat-Ski (from Batman Returns)
Image © Eagle Moss, 2012

and various other vehicles from the comics or animated TV shows. The bottom line is that you are paying for the vehicles so if you haven’t got a collection already, then this is the fastest way to get one!

Ronald Singh
Rating:

Publisher: Eagle Moss

GGGGG

I was more than happy to get the opportunity to review “Batman Automobilia” Issue One, which launched on the third of January in the UK. With fortnightly issues to follow, each issue ships with a free die-cast model – in the case of #1, it’s the Batmobile from the 1989 Tim Burton movie. The models are 1:43 scale, very detailed, and set on a labelled plinth. I can tell you that issues 2 and 3 will feature the 1960s TV Batmobile and The Tumbler

Image © Eagle Moss, 2012

Eaglemoss Publications release a much-needed Definitive Collection of The Batman’s Vehicles. In my opinion there are only two genre characters that are at least, partially defined by the variety and complexity of their bespoke modes of transport: One is James Bond, who has had his back-catalogue of vehicles detailed on several occasions in books, television documentaries and so on. The other, is The Batman.

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