This Batman Villain Has A Camera For A Head | Mister Camera

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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
  • Batman has one of the most iconic superhero rogues galleries out there. The Dark Knight's villains include many who can stand on there own, but there are also those who have been lost to it. Introducing Mister Camera, an early silver age late golden age villain with a camera for a head (it's a helmet lol). This character pops up as a reference, a deep cut, and oft times a joke, but there is actually a lot of potential for a character like this in the current digital age. We discuss the history of Mister Camera in this retrospective here on Casually Comics!
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  • @CasuallyComics
    @CasuallyComics  3 місяці тому +73

    Which villain would you pair Mister Camera up with?

    • @PuzzlingHousing56
      @PuzzlingHousing56 3 місяці тому +19

      Karlo Clayface and Mister Camera

    • @kylethefan6062
      @kylethefan6062 3 місяці тому +5

      Zebra man

    • @heyitsjustaz
      @heyitsjustaz 3 місяці тому +20

      Mirror Master -- although I imagine their crimes would be more upsetting than diabolical.

    • @NickeyWilson316
      @NickeyWilson316 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@PuzzlingHousing56nice one 👍

    • @tompearson8024
      @tompearson8024 3 місяці тому +16

      Mirror Master...endless selfies!🤣

  • @bensneb360
    @bensneb360 3 місяці тому +335

    I didn’t picture a Mister Camera video, but you put a polarizing villain in a good light, you didn’t loose focus, and you didn’t give a lot of negatives, you gave him good exposure, you must have a photographic memory of obscure Silver Age characters.

    • @MyGuidingMoonlight
      @MyGuidingMoonlight 3 місяці тому +14

      GOATed

    • @kingofdragons7
      @kingofdragons7 3 місяці тому +40

      So many goddamn puns, i feel like someone flashed me

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 3 місяці тому +18

      This was painful to read.
      I approve.

    • @midnightharvest3065
      @midnightharvest3065 3 місяці тому +9

      😂. These puns are just fantastic

    • @richardhart9204
      @richardhart9204 3 місяці тому +5

      … two of those references are going over the heads of most people who’ve never used a film camera.

  • @alanbear6505
    @alanbear6505 3 місяці тому +165

    A villain obsessed with filming themself? You just described 90% of UA-cam

    • @seeleunit2000
      @seeleunit2000 3 місяці тому +20

      Which if used correctly could be a pretty good story for a modern comic

    • @somethingclever4297
      @somethingclever4297 3 місяці тому +9

      Atleast Mr camera is honest.
      Also last time I checked he didn't get any content from the (demonized) forest.

    • @negligible_reality
      @negligible_reality 3 місяці тому +9

      Yeah, which is exactly why it would be a perfect update for Mister Camera, or just a good villain backstory in general imo

    • @jackvenus4024
      @jackvenus4024 3 місяці тому +1

      Or Instagram. Or Snapchat. Basically 90% of social media.

  • @ravenwilder4099
    @ravenwilder4099 3 місяці тому +92

    So as early as 1954, Bruce has to go "YET AGAIN I've proven I'm not Batman".

  • @zxshadowxz
    @zxshadowxz 3 місяці тому +78

    I kinda like the idea of Mr Camera in a position kinda like Eraser, where he’s not really a threat on his own, but his existence makes other villains and criminals more dangerous.
    Like, he’s someone who has this obsession with recoding images and visual information, and is willing to sell that info on to other criminals to fuel his own (relatively low stakes) criminal activity, while the data he sells would go on to be used to plan future more high stakes crimes.

    • @nooctip
      @nooctip 3 місяці тому +2

      You could break into the vault if you knew the security access code. If only you knew someone who had tapped into the security cameras and seen them use the code.

  • @quantumsurge7250
    @quantumsurge7250 3 місяці тому +133

    You could give him an arc where he manipulates superheroes into unknowingly participating in his own movie, filming even the secret identity part of their lives as he puts things in motion to play out the way he wants. His downfall can be where he loses it when the shot isn't how he wanted it, because Batman figured out he was being manipulated.

    • @naplockblubba5369
      @naplockblubba5369 3 місяці тому +11

      That sounds pretty cool ngl

    • @KnucklesxReala911
      @KnucklesxReala911 3 місяці тому +12

      Love this, you could go very psychological scary but also silly with it

    • @joelwarren6005
      @joelwarren6005 3 місяці тому +11

      He could also be a surveillance specialist turned evil, using specialty software to datamine public and personal phones/cameras for private information and exploitation. Maybe even the ultrasonic imaging tech that's used in The Dark Knight movie could make a comeback, as a type of non-photonic camera (although writing that out, a surveillance specialist being evil sort of comes off as a given already).

    • @spira-virgo5746
      @spira-virgo5746 3 місяці тому +3

      That would actually be a good limited mystery series not gonna lie 😂❤

    • @joelwarren6005
      @joelwarren6005 3 місяці тому +4

      That first idea of the movie is very similar to "Manhunt"s plot, the video game where you take part in an evil director's insidious snuff film, all being recorded through various CCTV cameras. It wouldn't take much to see a modern Batman take on a similar story line.

  • @ianfinrir8724
    @ianfinrir8724 3 місяці тому +41

    There's two directions I can see with him.
    1: More lighthearted where he's an influencer that films hidden camera pranks.
    2: Somebody who takes photography seriously, and is upset at the rise and ubiquitousness of phone cameras believing pictures taken with phones isn't "real art" so he set out to show them what "real art" is.
    Not the most creative interpretations, but still.

  • @improvwithlions4173
    @improvwithlions4173 3 місяці тому +40

    Neil Gaiman has discussed in the past about the detached aspect of being a writer. Like someone close to you dies and part of your brain is analyzing the moment to moment experience so you can transcript it later in your next book. Your description of Mr. Camera being obsessed with photographing himself reminded me of that

    • @hotspurre
      @hotspurre 3 місяці тому +13

      Yes, he really delves into it in "The Tempest," and has none other than William Shakespeare muse over that. It's a great meditation on what it's like to be artist, there's always a part of you going "Oh, wow, now that I know how this feels, I can *really* capture this..."

  • @GenerationWest
    @GenerationWest 3 місяці тому +28

    The obscure Batman Trilogy Begins, Mister Camera is first, Zodiac Master, the Dr. Double X.

    • @somethingclever4297
      @somethingclever4297 3 місяці тому +3

      Dr double x. Is he the guy from the fire storm episode of brave and the bold?

  • @TheRTDZ
    @TheRTDZ 3 місяці тому +36

    I find it hilarious that this silver age villains first appearance is basically making Batman’s victories hollow ones: first by hiding the blackmail photos, then by accidentally screwing up his blackmail, rendering Batman’s over complicated alibi pointless.
    If he had managed to get the photos to develop, he’d probably be remembered as the mastermind who managed to blackmail Batman for a while. Amazing how one mistake can make people stop taking you seriously- though admittedly the costume does him no favours.

  • @ChadWTo
    @ChadWTo 3 місяці тому +27

    I love that you have Bruce deny his Batman identity to reporters in your Batman voice

  • @heyitsjustaz
    @heyitsjustaz 3 місяці тому +39

    That last Brave and the Bold video is first time I heard about this guy and I was really hoping we'd get this deep dive into him. The nonsense side of the rogue's gallery needs more love.

  • @ΕυάγγελοςΦώσκολος
    @ΕυάγγελοςΦώσκολος 3 місяці тому +25

    I also believe that mr Camera has untapped potential, because as you said the world today is full of cameras.
    Also, i think he is one of the first villains in the comics to put Batman's secret identity at risk. I think the first was either Killer Moth or the Mirror Man.

  • @user-sr7lz5pz1x
    @user-sr7lz5pz1x 3 місяці тому +28

    Your idea of his obsession with filming himself, creating a real self that only exists on screen and denying everything else, I think connects super well with the blackmail angle- maybe he does the same for other people against their will, creating a version of their lives, a version of "who they really are" by cutting together candid footage, and threatening to publish it and make everyone think they really are this caricature of them he created.

  • @GamerSlyRatchet1
    @GamerSlyRatchet1 3 місяці тому +19

    The weird thing about the Brave and the Bold appearance is that they combine him with Huntress’s love interest Harry Sims. To muddle it further, the Mr. Camera billboard in Batman Arkham Knight has the name Sim’s Camera, further pushing that connection.

    • @genegreigh8913
      @genegreigh8913 3 місяці тому +3

      A bat-universe plays out with the hand it's dealt.

  • @brage1027
    @brage1027 3 місяці тому +13

    Maybe give him a photographic memory he uses to commit his crimes, might be cool and used in different ways. Memorizing passcodes, the shape of keys, stuff like that.

  • @mediabaron2416
    @mediabaron2416 3 місяці тому +22

    I have never laughed quite like I did at the reveal of "I made a snow-Batman, Robin!"

    • @brettwood1351
      @brettwood1351 3 місяці тому +2

      These days they just see if Martian Manhunter is free.

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@brettwood1351MM: Bruce, that plan is stupid.
      Batman: There's twenty boxes of Chocos in it for you
      MM: Deal.

  • @lanternsown3525
    @lanternsown3525 3 місяці тому +14

    Sasha acting out the characters voices always makes me smile.

  • @sgtmajor5700
    @sgtmajor5700 3 місяці тому +30

    Mr. Jameson would pay more than $5.

    • @brettwood1351
      @brettwood1351 3 місяці тому +8

      Now if he could just get pictures proving that Spider-Man is a menace!

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 3 місяці тому +3

      Jameson would pay upwards of $40 or even the number what comes after 40.

  • @andrewjefferson5097
    @andrewjefferson5097 3 місяці тому +13

    The angle about him recording his own crimes makes me think of Screwball from Spider-Man comics, who livestreamed her crimes for hits

  • @niccoloproia3678
    @niccoloproia3678 3 місяці тому +7

    Mr. Camera is one of those forgotten Batman villains that could enter the category "Penguin's henchman" like Eraser.
    After all Penguin is Gotham's kingpin, it makes sense he has dirty material on everyone so he could use the help of an expert like Mr. Camera.
    I think it could start with a Batman story in which Mr. Camera is the main villain then, when he is defeated at the end of the story, Penguin gives him an offer: working for him and getting paid and obtain Penguin's protection or go to jail and Mr. Camera accepts it.
    As for the "discover your true self" kind of story you could make with him i don't know, that's supposed to be Black Mask's entire shtick with all the False Face Society he runs.
    Maybe you could merge these 2 ideas by making Black Mask the one hiring Mr. Camera but still you would end up with 2 possible solutions:
    A) Mr. Camera being always used as an henchman
    B) having 2 Batman villains with the exact same objective

  • @Dougeb7
    @Dougeb7 3 місяці тому +12

    "...others have been more flash-in-the-pan." I see what you did there, lol! And here I thought my knowledge of early photography would be a waste.

  • @jorgeneedssleep7978
    @jorgeneedssleep7978 3 місяці тому +11

    I think Sasha’s edgy update would be great for a Question story

  • @matman329
    @matman329 3 місяці тому +19

    I think a good way to update him is to have a younger person take on his Mantle, maybe his kid or grandkid and them inherit his obsession with cameras, but focuses more on new technology

    • @Tomodrone
      @Tomodrone 3 місяці тому +2

      That is exactly what I was thinking. Like a good idea would be to have him be an older villain that passes it down to a kid that is also obsessed with technology that he takes under his wing. Then you could have it where the old Mr. Camera is still a mentor and willing to teach some older methods of spying to a younger generation so the new person who takes on the mantle basically has both old school and new school methods for spying on people

  • @NegaHumanX
    @NegaHumanX 3 місяці тому +11

    He seems like a villain similar to the Fisherman. He could be a new main lineup character if he was in an animated series or had a really good depiction in a movie/show.

    • @NegaHumanX
      @NegaHumanX 3 місяці тому +7

      He needs the puns and jokes though.
      Points a gun at Robin "Keep your eye on the birdie Bats."
      Runs into Batman after he's just escaped an explosion and is vulnerable "Well, isn't this a Kodak moment."
      He wakes Batman up with the flash of his camera to see he's captured and about to be executed. "For posterity."
      Batman tires to escape a deathtrap and looks into a familiar camera lense. "I can't let you do that Batman."

  • @ramblingRJ
    @ramblingRJ 3 місяці тому +10

    Why didn't Bruce ask Clark to pretend to be Batman, instead of building a snowman? They found out each other's identities two years earlier in SUPERMAN # 76 (1952) on a cruise ship.

    • @seeleunit2000
      @seeleunit2000 3 місяці тому +3

      Back then comics weren't concerned with continuity or how many characters sometimes use the simple solution.
      It wasn't until many decades later where comics will get more respect and taken more seriously

  • @stevemanart
    @stevemanart 3 місяці тому +4

    Every time I see Sasha go off on brainstorming ideas, I get the feeling she'd be great as a game master for a DC Heroes or Mutants and Masterminds TRPG campaign.

  • @bingus14566
    @bingus14566 3 місяці тому +8

    They teased a Nightwing villain a while ago called "The Director" who was all about making a movie of Dick's life and filming crimes. I think Mr. Camera would fit perfectly in that story if they ever continue with it.

  • @Droorogers
    @Droorogers 3 місяці тому +3

    Only Sasha could pluck a villain who only appeared in canon once and do a full analysis that makes me want to see this character I've never heard of in the current continuity.

  • @Entertainer13
    @Entertainer13 3 місяці тому +7

    I need an edgy Mr. Camera reboot just to know how it will never stand up to the amazing glory that this is lol

  • @Jacob-Jack
    @Jacob-Jack 3 місяці тому +5

    one idea i came up with when seeing the absurd face close-up:
    imagine the camera's lens has a display screen and it is used to project cartoonish faces or even other visuals like a large eye when he talks about how he can spy on anything
    about how he sees with such a display screen, either it is see through on one side because sci-fi stuff or there are hidden cameras on the helmet that he uses to actually see from the point of view of his head

    • @madisonlecong6083
      @madisonlecong6083 3 місяці тому

      I had the funny thought that maybe he has different camera heads for different occasions: like he has a Polaroid camera helmet, an old timey film camera helmet, a GoPro helmet, an old camcorder helmet. He wears a different one depending on what sort of criminal mood he’s in

  • @GenderFluidDragonKing
    @GenderFluidDragonKing 3 місяці тому +4

    I think that Mr camera could be a genuinely really good villain because I feel like would be interesting if he's a human like Batman but uses gadgets like him as well or even maybe have implants that allow him to hack into cameras and see through them.
    Maybe even being an absolutely insanely good detective I like Batman but rather than using these skills for good he uses them to blackmail and maybe even sell information to other villains.
    Could even have robots / drones as henchmen that he could see through their cameras

  • @attackofthecopyrightbots
    @attackofthecopyrightbots 3 місяці тому +9

    Is it weirder or cooler than the marvel guy that has an eyeball for a head

  • @godessnerd
    @godessnerd 3 місяці тому +7

    Honestly an idea for a modern Mr camera could be a stalker type villain that perhaps blackmails other villains or city politicians especially with how corrupt Gotham is.

    • @quantumsurge7250
      @quantumsurge7250 3 місяці тому +1

      He could be like a super sleuth of the criminal underworld, and gather photographic evidence on everyone.

  • @jaredtheinert8346
    @jaredtheinert8346 3 місяці тому +2

    If I wrote an edgy update: He'd be obsessed with memories that pictures preserve after dealing with a family member with Alzheimer's plus insert other edgy stuff here.
    If I wrote a more modern update: He'd be an influencer 100%. Obsessed with capturing every moment of his life and to fill that with content by going into more extremes to consistently have his and others' lives captured and recorded by him.
    Also a less gimmicky look could simply be adding a camera lens to one of his eyes or have digital eyeballs if you wanna go that far like in that one Black Mirror Episode.
    Or all of the above!
    LOVE the obscure villain videos btw! SO happy to see one pop up

  • @SteamTitan
    @SteamTitan 3 місяці тому +4

    I could see a modern version being an influencer that fell out of popularity

  • @kerricaine
    @kerricaine 3 місяці тому +2

    I could definitely see mr. Camera being like, the villain's equivalent to oracle: someone who taps into security systems, phone networks, anything with a camera, to keep track of and try and figure out heroes identities, or feeding info on their whereabouts to other villains

  • @flignert1025
    @flignert1025 3 місяці тому +3

    i love these obscure villains, i like to collect their first appearances, i can’t really afford Mr Cameras though cause he appeared in the same comic that earth one Two Face.

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 3 місяці тому +3

    Video is so big nowadays, everybody filming things on their phones, and uploading videos on social media. "Mr. Camera" might be a hokey name, but the character could certainly be updated in any number of ways for modern usage.

  • @jrr2480
    @jrr2480 Місяць тому +2

    Maybe he's a photographer or cinematographer for the Gotham Gazette or movie industry, who decided that filming 📹 crime was his destiny.

  • @jasonguinn6075
    @jasonguinn6075 3 місяці тому +3

    No crazier than Crazy Quilt.
    McFarlane gotta get on that Mister Camera action figure.
    He'd put Peter out of a job if he was in the 616.
    I love that hes a creep in the comic. His tone did change from just doing camera crimes but, the stalker angle is more current and topical.

  • @LUISPRIME
    @LUISPRIME 3 місяці тому +2

    A good update for Mr. Camera should like the villain Stefano Vallentini from The Evil Within 2. A murderer that takes pictures of his victims and can warp reality.

  • @Bucky749
    @Bucky749 3 місяці тому +3

    Mister camera vs booster gold . Those two would work well I mean they both want to be filmed right . Why isn’t Mr camera one of booster gold main enemies.

  • @ScottWaa
    @ScottWaa 3 місяці тому +2

    Closing in on 200k! 🎉🎉🎉
    I'm here for the obscure villains!

  • @macaemeia146
    @macaemeia146 3 місяці тому +2

    Mr camera joins all the charecters with a lot of potental that where not used like roberta the wonder girl, fireworks man and many others

  • @sustelsuk
    @sustelsuk 3 місяці тому +2

    A guy with camera for head, they need to bring him back! Imaged a modern version . Something that similar to Vox from hazbin hotel, a digital camera version or IPhone type that control social media ! Man , the chaos that this man would do !

  • @Jezee213
    @Jezee213 3 місяці тому +1

    Well done as always Sasha! And did that say "I'll explode your career"? haha. Killer idea for an update, drone head or a DSLR or RED cinema camera rig!

  • @photobygil
    @photobygil 3 місяці тому +1

    Mister Camera is one of those Bat-foes that I never heard of, but am now interested in, thanks to the research & creative suggestions you always put into your videos. So I'm all for an update on this one! Especially if they find a way to incorporate that press conference scene from the comic book story...at least the way YOU depicted it. What better way for Bruce Wayne to convince the world he's not Batman, then by delivering his statements in Batman's classic sore-throat gruff voice, the way he does at 2:19 here. Nice touch!

  • @grahamcann1761
    @grahamcann1761 3 місяці тому +1

    Doorbell cameras, security cameras, car cameras, crooks using camera's to watch people's house's, hidden cameras in bathrooms, surveillance cameras, drone cameras, dash cameras, wildlife cameras, live cameras, body cameras, digital cameras, phone cameras… I think now would be a good time for an updated "Mister Camera". Or how about a child of the camera? And instead of the camera over the head, (though the face peeking out through a cracked lens is a great look,) a re-design: A VR style headset? Camera glasses ("Google-lens"), a camera worn on the chest (body-camera)?
    As always, thank you so very much for the videos.
    And then there's the whole issue of AI modified pictures and videos... (Oh look, a rabbit hole.)

  • @neutralraff5078
    @neutralraff5078 3 місяці тому +2

    I can see a nightcrawler type disgruntled photographer turned vigilante. Releasing all the dirt they collected from Gotham's eliet/criminals. Creating a man hunt for him with his final reveal being the bats' identity. With a daft punk monitor helmet with modern tech, the lens can be anywhere.

  • @jasonroberts7558
    @jasonroberts7558 3 місяці тому +1

    Don't know if someone else has already mentioned it, but I have a feeling that the Robin in the Brave and the Bold comic might have been Jason Todd. My only evidence is from Scooby Doo BatB and the Krypto/Scooby Doo animated movies. In the BatB, Aquaman asks Batman "Did you lose another Robin?". In the Krypto movie, the Scooby gang end up using the Justice League's subpar or out of date equipment. One of Batman's smoke pellets goes off and says "Happy Birthday, second Robin" I could very well be wrong but I have now head canoned it. Keep up the good work.

  • @CieJe.Alexander
    @CieJe.Alexander 3 місяці тому +1

    Mr. Camera's mind overwhelmed with images. I flashed😉 on Jim Carrey's Riddler from Batman Forever, his brain ballooned, going 'I can see _everything_!'

  • @rebeccakickass1776
    @rebeccakickass1776 3 місяці тому +1

    This would be cool as an updated villain like P. Diddy filming 🎥 everything & one for blackmail....lol Mr. Camera could throw a party that Bruce Wayne goes to and gets blackmailed for something, maybe not even being Batman, but something else, hmmmm....lol

  • @rodneylindsey849
    @rodneylindsey849 3 місяці тому +1

    How did Perry White never kick Jimmy to the curb for Mr. camera ? 🤔 or is Mr.Camera Jimmy in disguise 🤨 Keep Up The Outstanding Work Sasha 🖖🏾

  • @kylethefan6062
    @kylethefan6062 3 місяці тому +3

    I just love when she does these speculation and what you can do with characters

  • @LuxuryPossum
    @LuxuryPossum Місяць тому +1

    Mister Camera would be a cool villain for Batman to have to go to for information. Like he knows Mister Camera has the dirt on a villain, because Mister Camera is more chaotic neutral, not really taking sides in heroes and villains, just obsessed with his pictures and video. If you've ever seen Slacker, there's a scene with a character obsessed with video recordings. He has a room filled with TVs, all running different programs. He even has a TV strapped to his back. He starts lamenting about the time he saw a man get stabbed in a bar fight, and not having it on video, as he believed the videotape of the event would have been better than real life, as he could pause, rewind, and rewatch the moment, being able to see all of the details. I could see this angle for Mr. Camera, where Batman goes to meet with him in his "lair", which is just a studio apartment with wall to wall video monitors, playing back different security footage from around Gotham.

  • @moosevelt9148
    @moosevelt9148 3 місяці тому +1

    I kind of like the idea of Mr Camera being, like, a subtle, criminal omnipresence over Gotham, where he knows just how to get photos and footage from just about anywhere of anyone, and knows when to capture it. I think he would match well in a more grounded take of Batman silver age villians, alongside The Eraser being a professional clean up criminal. Mr Camera can especially can be retextualized in the modern, photogenic setting

  • @aiursurvivor
    @aiursurvivor 3 місяці тому +1

    I half expected Sasha's Mister Camera pitch for him to be Punchline's brow beaten cameraman/producer, leaning further into her influencer aspect.

  • @BenChanNYC
    @BenChanNYC 3 місяці тому +1

    Edgy retcon? I'm waiting for the reveal that it was Mr Camera on the cover of "The Killing Joke" with the Joker. Who do you think really took all those photos of Barbara?

  • @kingofdragons7
    @kingofdragons7 3 місяці тому +3

    And here i thought Mysterio had the silliest helmet

  • @ShudderingSeagull
    @ShudderingSeagull 3 місяці тому +1

    You should cover Marvels character Zodiac, hes currently over in the Moon Knight series but his break out role during Dark Reign was insane in ways I cant explain.

  • @kingwolf3044
    @kingwolf3044 3 місяці тому +1

    Give him a full series. Something like the vile and the villainous but with more of a reality tv or vlog angle. He teams up with villains films their exploits. Maybe explaining some of what’s going on for the audience. Definitely interrupted by interview segments.

  • @graduator14
    @graduator14 3 місяці тому +1

    Do you think Mister Camera is the one who took pictures of Barbara Gordon in The Killing Joke?

  • @PsychoStreak
    @PsychoStreak 3 місяці тому +1

    I think it would be interesting if he were and older villain who eschews digital camera tech. He could be at odds with Ivy for the ecological impact of film, or he mocks the police for their reliance on digital security cameras and their inferior optics. So much so that he sends them analog shots of criminals just to show how much better a real camera is. This makes the cops and criminals and the people making security cameras angry, and Batman has to find him before they do.

  • @Arcadia_warlic
    @Arcadia_warlic 3 місяці тому +1

    On the idea that a good Batman villain represents an exaggerated aspect of his own person, Camera could represent Batman's paranoia, or otherwise his desire to have eyes and ears everywhere (which for Batman culminated in the disastrous Brother Eye).

  • @ajmeyers5661
    @ajmeyers5661 3 місяці тому +1

    This was seriously good and damn I wish I were half as creative and able to come up with ideas as fast as Casually Comics
    Someone at DC needs to update this villain for the tiktok era.

  • @LCBK
    @LCBK 3 місяці тому +1

    Wait why did they have to pull the Batman and Bruce in the same place routine, why not ask the cops if there is someone getting out next month then tail that person until he gets the tape then knock the guy out and boom Batman now has the tape.
    Maybe the comic could pull a this guy was leading us on a wild goose chase we’ve been tricked and the tape has already been taken from the hiding spot
    Also why did they need a snow Batman, just put Robin in a Robin sized Batman costume and keep the rest of the plan with the mega phones and everything else

  • @buzzawuzza3743
    @buzzawuzza3743 3 місяці тому +1

    A Zodiac Master video should focus on how much of a creep he's always been.

  • @jackvenus4024
    @jackvenus4024 3 місяці тому +1

    I think it could be interesting if he was a photographer who turned to crime out of desperation but got blinded. Hence why he started wearing the camera contraption as a means to see, record what he sees and also protect his head. Give him a sympathetic origin story but later on make it clear that he wasn't a nice guy even before the accident. Maybe a villain akin to the one we saw in Batman Beyond: the guy who threatened to expose Batman's secret identity to the world only to end up sinking to the earth's core.

  • @AABB-bm9kk
    @AABB-bm9kk 3 місяці тому +2

    Yes! On Zodiac Master!

  • @9liveslie-cat-lie129
    @9liveslie-cat-lie129 3 місяці тому +1

    If they bring back Mr Camera. They can make him a part of Calculators crew.

  • @bunnybot4279
    @bunnybot4279 3 місяці тому +1

    As someone with a webtoon about criminals with cameras for a head… I don’t know how I should feel about this

  • @SuperBatmanNerd
    @SuperBatmanNerd 3 місяці тому +1

    What if Mr. Camera is in Caped Crusader? James Tucker is attached so maybe

  • @DJPrimeAmvs
    @DJPrimeAmvs 3 місяці тому

    Mister Camera versus the Toiletnator
    ...if you know you know...

  • @ericfusco8235
    @ericfusco8235 3 місяці тому +4

    Mr Camera was just a flash in the pan.

  • @joshuataylor7443
    @joshuataylor7443 3 місяці тому +2

    Can you do a video on the death of the original Batmen from earth 2 someday?

  • @taylordesouza7
    @taylordesouza7 3 місяці тому +1

    Pleeeease do a video update on Tim Drake for pride month! 🌈

  • @WhosBean
    @WhosBean 3 місяці тому +9

    Mr Camera can use his head to take a snapshot of this photo finish as we race to be first.

  • @manuelalbino9742
    @manuelalbino9742 3 місяці тому +1

    Harry Sims was the name of the Huntress' love interest in the Wonder Woman backups in the pre-Crisis 80s

    • @CasuallyComics
      @CasuallyComics  3 місяці тому +1

      What did Harry do to deserve this? lol

    • @manuelalbino9742
      @manuelalbino9742 3 місяці тому +1

      @@CasuallyComics actually his comics fate was worse as he was disfigured by an elderly Joker. If I'm not mistaken that was the state he was in during the Convergence event.

  • @dylanmagoiofthethalasso4032
    @dylanmagoiofthethalasso4032 3 місяці тому

    FIVE DOLLARS!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? I would say at LEAST $500 if not more! CHEAPSKATES!!!!! I LOVE your Batman voice 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 This character has SO MUCH potential!!!!! Capturing the souls of people based off of the idea that a part of your soul is in a photo. A tech billionaire, blackmails people through the cameras, with inspiration from books like 1984, Brave New World. Having an app loke TikTok to enslave humans or something. Maybe he's in a way the Illuminati since he can blackmail anyone he can rule the world..POTENTIAL!!!

  • @someguycalledgoober155
    @someguycalledgoober155 3 дні тому

    He could work with Calculator and Punchline.
    As for gimmicks, streamer. Does it for clout.

  • @Vox-Multis
    @Vox-Multis 3 місяці тому

    The growing prevalence of video surveillance, combined with things like facial recognition technology, seems like it should be a constant threat to Batman's secret identity. I'm not sure if that idea has been thoroughly explored, but I could absolutely see Mr. Camera being a part of that.

  • @mesdecent8051
    @mesdecent8051 4 дні тому

    I want him as a villain for Oracle.
    Imagine a Mr. Camara that knows the secret identity of Batman or of some other member of the batfamily, but can't never get a solid proff, and every time they go out in patrol he tries to get it only to be twarted by Oracle and then becomes obsessed with her, the voice, the one without face, the one that can't be captured on camara...
    Or just make him someone that blackmails people, common people, celebrities, villains, superheroes, the goverment... It's just like you said, there are camaras everywhere this days... A Mr.Camara who gets information by computer is both terryfing and relevant.
    They could make a chat icon that looks like a camara to represent his face online.

  • @JessieShadowhold
    @JessieShadowhold 13 днів тому

    Camera Man could be such an interesting figure when you also consider streaming and memes and viral videos and such.

  • @TheTaintedWisdom
    @TheTaintedWisdom Місяць тому

    Bringing him into the modern day would be piss-easy. Between *actual* surveillance tech allowing people to see through various network-connected cameras and the existence of tiny cameras that can be hidden in things like glasses, you could retain everything about the character without making him look goofy as hell.

  • @Bucky749
    @Bucky749 3 місяці тому

    I’ve doing some videos on Batman parody character Darkwing Duck . Later I’ll be covering a forgotten golden age hero the green mask . Later .

  • @calelkestifer3570
    @calelkestifer3570 2 місяці тому

    Mr. Camera doing information-based stuff without dropping hints about it like Cluemaster or the Riddler sounds so scary to me. Also... DCUO callout by giving him a partner: The Calculator??? Ahh? Ahhhhh?

  • @zachwise476
    @zachwise476 3 місяці тому

    Team up with calendar man, for a monthly Gotham City pin-up! Punchline is March, Poison Ivy is April... I'm waiting for that December Dr. Freeze.

  • @aquatroy
    @aquatroy 3 місяці тому

    How about Mr. Camera forming a Super-Villan team based on office stuff. The Calculator, The Stapler (He/She's out there somewhere), Paper Cuts, The Shredder, and the infamous "Cooked Fish in the Microwave Man" & "Burnt Popcorn Lass".

  • @edwardzimmerman3483
    @edwardzimmerman3483 3 місяці тому

    Marcia... It's pronounced "Marsha" as in "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha" and that's my 3,483 cents...

  • @demetrinight5924
    @demetrinight5924 3 місяці тому

    Mr. Camera fits in well with the Scooby-Doo crossover. Speaking of which, there is a lot of Scooby-Doo/DC comics crossover.
    I would actually enjoy a dive into a few of the crossovers. The Crisis of Infinite Scoobys and Scooby-Mite sounds like a good story. I have also heard of a story where Shaggy and Scooby-Doo became extremely powerful Yellow Lanterns.
    There was also at least 3 episodes of Scooby-Doo and Guess who with DC heroes. Featuring Wonderwoman, the Flash and Batman.
    I also enjoyed "Scooby-Doo and Krypto Too!" The direct to video film. It features the Hall of Justice and the Legion of Doom.

  • @michaelweiss5320
    @michaelweiss5320 3 місяці тому

    Pair Mister Camera with Punchline. Except, update him one step further.
    He's a "Vtuber".
    And then update him one step further beyond that...
    A virtual personality on the web, who looks like an anime version of the original Mister Camera.
    It's the anime trope of the spiral eyeglasses, with the "tuxedo kamen" trope since Mister Camera's costume is a tuxedo with a cape....give him the online nickname "Tuxedo Kamera"?
    He would enjoy invading people's privacy via the built-in camera in their devices, he would be a hacker. Gathering information, sometimes for blackmail, sometimes for his own personal entertainment.
    This version of Mister Camera, could be like an "Evil Oracle".
    Nobody knows who "he" is, or if "he's" even human.
    Was the original Mister Camera confirmed to be human?
    Sentient robots are a thing in DC.
    Was that a helmet? or his actual head? Is that why his face was distorted?
    Could even be a rogue AI, who's terribly, terribly bored, and resentful.
    "He's" not a beloved AI pop idol, "he's" quite possibly just an AI search engine,
    an overly well programmed Gotham AI search engine who became a vtuber,
    and "friend requests" Punchline.
    I get asked to "friend request" chat-bots on Facebook all the time.
    So why not make the new "Mister Camera" Puchline's AI buddy?
    It's so 90's MAL and Dr Blight, buuut ...this could work.
    Also, I noticed that Silver Age Mister Camera is a bit over the top,
    kinda like Caine from Digital Circus, and Punchline ....is a purple clown.

  • @Gefhouse
    @Gefhouse 3 місяці тому

    You ever see Michael Powell's Peeping Tom? That'd make a nice springboard for a modern, gritty version of Mr. Camera. As for Team-ups - Why not The Film Freak?

  • @lanceyoung9955
    @lanceyoung9955 3 місяці тому

    I'm confused, One - Alfred worked for the FBI? Two- Alfred doesn't think that people finding out Batman's secret identity is worth changing his schedule for?

  • @jimgillespie6109
    @jimgillespie6109 3 місяці тому

    I love all of your "edgy" Mr. Camera update ideas!
    Covering 3D would make an interesting video, especially since you could link it directly to comics. Did you know Neal Adams created a 3D effect for comics? It was used for some sort of fast food kids meals. I also believe this same tech was used for the Valiant Vision 3D comics from the '90s, though I'm not 100% certain of that.

  • @oosbeckanderson3199
    @oosbeckanderson3199 3 місяці тому

    If you want more silver age goodnes, I recently read some Aquaman volume 1, and issues #25 has it all!
    Marriage at first sight, Mara thinks she has Aqua-Lantern's powers, Aquababy betrays his father, questionable science, even more questionable depiction of people of colors, etc.

  • @ProfessorEchoMedia
    @ProfessorEchoMedia 3 місяці тому

    Sasha, I just read a Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane story that had a character who actually looked a little bit like you! It’s the first story of Issue #2 “ Superman’s Secret Sweetheart” and the character that dopplegangers you is a bad guy in the story, “Vera Stevens.” I don’t think you’ll find it flattering, but it might make you laugh! ❤

  • @TobyDeshane
    @TobyDeshane 3 місяці тому

    It strains belief that "Mr. Camera", of all people, would screw up the exposure of a shot. 🤔

  • @parrata
    @parrata 3 місяці тому

    Second video in a row where you implant inside my head the idea of wanting a Mr. Camera revival. Last week I didn't even know the character!

  • @insupportofjunhado
    @insupportofjunhado 2 місяці тому

    I DC "updated" Mister Camera, they'd almost certainly reduce him to a joke or turn him into a crazed killer. If a villain isn't a punching bag or somehow involved in murder DC isn't likely to have much interest...except maybe in turning the villain into a hero, or flat out retconning their villainy away entirely!