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Bastich
Bastish is a word used to describe people of unfavorable character. Commonly used by space-faring cultures, it is looked upon as a term of profanity. The Czarnian bounty hunter, Lobo, often refers to people as "Bastiches".
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Bat-Tusi
The Bat-Tusi is a modified version of the Watusi dance manuever. In the 1966 Batman television series, Batman and Robin demonstrated their ability to dance the Bat-tusi.
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Batpole
The Batpole was a steel pole, similar in function to a fireman's sliding pole, located inside the Batcave. The pole was typically seen in the 1966 Batman television series, and the 2004 The Batman animated series. The Batpole made scant appearances during the Silver and Copper Age publishing eras, but is no longer part of the Batman's repertoire.
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Belle of Atlanta
Belle of Atlanta was a movie produced by Premium Pictures and starring Daphne Dean as Tara O'Hara.
Plot
The film takes place during the American Civil War. An important scene involves Tara O'Hara, a Confederate spy gathering information at a masked ball in Washington. However, she is captured by a group of Union soldiers. A portion of the dialogue is:
There she is! This way, men!
: Union Soldier
- Miss O'Hara, we arrest you on charges of being a Confederate spy!: Union Soldier
- So you found me out!? But it takes four of you ruffians to seize one small Atlanta girl! Bah! You cowardly Yankees will never conquer the South! Never!: Tara O'Hara
- Take her away to the carriage, men! To Army headquarters with her!: Union Soldier
Promotion
Dean's press agent, Mr. Fowler, arranged to have the premiere occur in her hometown, Fallville, Iowa. Before the premiere, a masked ball was thrown in which the aforementioned scene was reenacted. However, the men scheduled to play the Union soldiers were jumped, and a group of jewel thieves took their place. After performing the scene, they kidnapped Dean, taking the valuable jewels she had been wearing. The Flash apprehended them, providing a great deal of publicity for the film.[1]
References
- Pictured: Daphne Dean, star of Belle of Atlanta
Belyuth
In Pre-Crisis continuity, Belyuth is one of the months in a Kryptonian calendar year.
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Bethgar
In Pre-Crisis Kryptonian culture, a Bethgar was a title bestowed upon high-ranking male nobles. In Earth terms, it is equivalent to a king or an emperor. Erok-El was the first official Bethgar of ancient Krypton.
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Blitzkrieg
Sometimes shortened to Blitz, Blitzkrieg is a German phrase which means "Lightning War". It was predominantly used to describe battle operations of the Nazi regime during World War II; specifically the attack on Poland in 1939, France in 1940 and London in 1941.
(See Also: Blitzkrieg)
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Bokor
A Bokor (or Bocor) is a practicioner of black magic and a priest of the Voodoo religion. Bocor is also the name of an evil spellcaster from the Mobfire limited series.
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Break-Up
The Break-Up was an event that took place in the extra dimensional reality known as "New Earth" (Not to be confused with Post-Infinite Crisis New Earth). It refers to the break-up of political nation-states following the Five-Year War, which took place from 1998-2002.
(See Also: Atari Force)
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Brian Boru
The Brian Boru was a small sailing vessel used by sailor Lance O'Casey and his first-mate Monk Hogan in the early 1940s.
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Brontadon
A Brontadon is a large, reptilian beast native to the planet of Thanagar. Brontadon's are extremely dangerous due largely because they are so difficult to subdue. Defeating a Brontadon requires simultaneously striking its twin brains located in the sacs beneath their eyes. On one occasion, Master thief Byth Rok used a Changeling Pill to assume the shape of a Brontadon in his bid to steal the Bi-State Tunnel in Midway City. Thanagarian police officers Katar Hol and his wife Shayera found a way to defeat Byth, forcing him to shed his Brontadon form.
(See Also: Brave and the Bold (Volume 1) #34)
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is the informal term applied to a specific period of comic book publishing history. Following the Silver Age era, DC's Bronze Age is largely recognized as beginning with the 1970's and ended with the 1985-86 crossover maxi-series, Crisis on Infinite Earths. Crisis yielded not only the end of an era, but also the an omniversal reboot of the internal history of most of their major projects. Many characters and events that are germain to the continuity of Earth-One are said to be part of the Bronze Age.
(See Also: Pre-Crisis, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Golden Age, Silver Age)
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Brothers
The Brothers were a pair of cosmic entities that respresented both the DC Universe and the Marvel Universe.
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Bruce Wayne
The Bruce Wayne was an aircraft/spacecraft carrier from the year 2067. An old man from the year 2199 once claimed that Superman saved him from a life or death situation outside the station. The station was named after Superman's close friend, Bruce Wayne.
(See Also: Bruce Wayne)
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Bruce Wayne II
The Bruce Wayne II was a space station commissioned some twenty years after the construction of the Bruce Wayne I in the late 21st century.
Bulletin
The Bulletin was the name of a prestigious newspaper in circulation in the 1930s and 40s. Ace reporter Scoop Scanlon and his trusty sidekick, Rusty covered many headline stories for the Bulletin.
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Bythgar
In Pre-Crisis Kryptonian culture, a Bythgar was a title bestowed upon high-ranking female nobles. In Earth terms, it is equivalent to a queen or an empress. Milia, wife of Erok-El was the first official Bythgar of ancient Krypton.
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