Clayface and the manifestation of AIDS-crisis fears in Batman

Henry Gray
Jul 30, 2017 · 16 min read
Final design concept for Clayface by Bruce Timm, for use in Batman: The Animated Series, December 1991.

I was born just in time to experience Batman: The Animated Series airing in the early 1990’s, two years after Batman boomed back into public consciousness with the success of Tim Burton’s Batman feature film, which indicating an audience willing to explore complex thematic explorations of Batman and his cast of characters on screen, and that people weren’t still hung up on Adam West’s…

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Pop culture enthusiast who works within the arts/charity. Let’s talk about comic books & LGBTQ+ issues.

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