My brother Marlon’s brand new Batman tattoo

    He’s been talking about getting this tattoo for years.

    I grew up with Marvel comics of the 60s and 70s – Spidey, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the original pre-Wolverine X-men. (I cherished my Neal Adams back issues.)

    The Watchmen mostly finished off superhero comics for me. I thought it was pretty much the last word on the subject. My brother was seven when DC published Alan Moore’s masterpiece in 1986 and grew up reading post-Watchmen superhero comics.

    My brother grew up loyal to DC comics. Of course, I have a huge place in my heart for Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, and Marlon always loved Spiderman and the Hulk along with his DC comics. (Mom painted his room hulk green and purple at one point.)

    I helped him adapt the logo to a tattoo, and the tattoo artist seems to have done okay. Marlon paid for the tattoo by doing some work for the tattoo parlour.

    Comments and faves

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      Angie J Geworsky, thelover_and_theliar, sjd52878, Frozentoast, and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. kat cruickshank (72 months ago | reply)

      nicely done. i love that old-skool Bat Man logo.

    3. Angie J Geworsky (72 months ago | reply)

      Very cool Marlon...

    4. trfcnte™ (68 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ★TATTOOS★, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    5. devil dinosaur (66 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Superhero Tattoos!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group... and we'd love to have you join the group as well!

    6. adam_west1975@yahoo.com (63 months ago | reply)

      Hi there saw the tattoo its awsome I have the old school Batman logo from the TV show because of my name being Adam West I got it done back 95 going to post some photos once I get it darken again .

    7. alistairh (56 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Graphic Ink, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    8. Raffy Carvalheira (55 months ago | reply)

      a classic!

    9. trexlee001@yahoo.com (54 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Super hero tattoos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    10. :Batman (53 months ago | reply)

      Now this I love!!!!

      Nothing better then the old-skool Bat Man logo.

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called BAT Wear, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    11. Tattoo Gallery 2009 [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called People with TATTOOS are just that much more fun to see naked , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    12. tat2jnky1 [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called tattoo people, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    13. cchana (46 months ago | reply)

      great tattoo. looks perfectly done

    14. This photo was invited and added to the Hero(ine) tattoos group.

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