tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post5617404824208679182..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: BATMAN #505 - March 1994G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-28702827347891482732013-09-09T11:05:23.390-04:002013-09-09T11:05:23.390-04:00Yeah, I love that Jean-Paul is motivated to redesi...Yeah, I love that Jean-Paul is motivated to redesign his costume after a run-in with another generic serial killer villain. Like, all the other villains his suit could handle, but a killer with a knife? Time for a redesign! <br /><br />Like you, I first encountered Abattoir in this story, specifically the novelization of it, which meant I had no idea what he looked like. <br /><br />Also, "abattoir" is one of those words I learned thanks to <i>The Simpsons</i>, from the episode where Homer orders subliminal weight loss tapes but ends up getting vocabulary-increasing tapes instead. <br /><br />I can still hear it in Marvin Monroe's voice: "Abattoir: a slaughterhouse. The cow was killed in the abattoir." Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com