Bootleg Museum: The Pouting Batman
Author: Stephen Gerding
October 17th, 2007
Response to the Spider-Man bootlegs was pretty strong, so I thought I’d share this amazing bootlegged Batman that I’ve had for years. Really, it’s the crown jewel of all the bootlegs I’ve ever owned. It’s a vinyl statue, based on the Michael Keaton Batman, with a pouting facial expression that’s completely bizarre while remaining totally appropriate to the character. The detail in the piece is what sends it to the top of the rankings, with the slightly bent ear and the ridiculous lips - enough talk, take a look at it for yourselves!
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7 Responses to “Bootleg Museum: The Pouting Batman”
October 17th, 2007 at 11:52 am
bootleg batman wears lipstick?
October 18th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I have one similar to this, but for some reason he has a hammer in his hand behind his back.
October 18th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Man, that sounds badass.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
I have two of them - one small ( the one with the ‘hammer’ ) and a larger one. Both are Batman piggy banks. The small one has a companion Superman bank, which I also own… I suspect they’re Asian knockoffs - but lots of fun!
October 19th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Crap. I forget where I packed the damn thing, but I have one very similar to that. I’d venture it’s by the same bootleg compnmay. In it he’s not pouting, but she’s kinda scheming. And he’s holding something behind his back, a hammer. Why does Batman have a hammer? Why?! I also got a Superman with it, but it wasn’t as funny as that. Ah. Canal Street bootlegs. Hilarious.
October 19th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Damn, I didn’t find any photos of the Batman one, but I did find a photos of this Hulk.. thing I found in Chinatown.
http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copyofp101001h2ki1.jpg
December 16th, 2007 at 5:46 am
I have one that is similar to this one. I love the bootleg stuff, especially from Mexico & Japan….wacky!!
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