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Curse of the Golden Bat III - the First Superhero

Curse of the Golden Bat III – the First Superhero

After meeting a horrid human being like General Doihara, we need something to lift our spirits, and so this third instalment of the post series based on my research for Guillotine Wind and the strange case of the Golden Bat cigarettes. And we go in a whole new direction as we go back to 1931, and meet a character created as a tie-in with the cigarette brand. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Ogon Bat

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Vintage Ōgon Bat metal pin made for Otsuka Pharmaceutical

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Golden Bat for the Golden Week.

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The Golden Bat also known as Phantaman or Fantomas across the globe was created in Japan in the fall of 1930. He is considered by many to be the world's first superhero.

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The Golden Bat is Here (紙芝居昭和史 黄金バットがやって来る) [Lost 1972 Film] : Toho Studios : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A 1972 Toho “comedy” film, long considered lost, that depicts the rise and fall of the kamishibai (paper theatre) storytellers that were popular throughout Japan.  Unfortunately, kamishibai was done in by the advent of television, although a few practitioners still keep the art form alive to this day.

The story of Golden Bat, arguably kamishibai’s biggest star, is interwoven amongst the tale of the men who wandered the streets entertaining children.

This film was previously considered lost, in that no copies seemed to exist outside of Toho’s vaults.  For whatever reason, the film has never been released on home video.

Luckily, last month (February, 2025) Maxwell Breese released a copy he found on the Lost Media Wiki site, and now we can all watch it ourselves.

It helps if you’re fluent in Japanese, though, as the film is not dubbed or subtitled.

Here’s a quick snippet featuring my man, Golden Bat, as he originally appeared, battling his arch nemesis Nazo:

https://youtu.be/mPhpdQGy36E?si=w4BR774WgPhLJcAf

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My fanart of golden bat

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one of my most favorite superheroes ever for day 12! a warrior sorcerer from Atlantis, made in 1930 Japan, Golden Bat!

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just learned about golden bat, and my dad and i watched the 1966 movie recently. super excited to find your blog and see it’s active!!

glad you enjoyed the movie! it's a fun goofy time. I try to be as active as I can but with the series being more well known in Japan all I can do is keep an eye out for fanart to reblog, keep an eye on the fan sub being worked on for a new episode, see if there's any new news that's made it to the US, or come up with my own ideas. there's a lot I'd like to do in the future but it's things I don't think would happen for a long while. but perhaps some day.

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"oh wow i thought this fandom was dead" you ignorant slut no fandom is ever truly dead. there will always always always be at least three mentally unwell freaks on the internet irrelevant-posting about their little blorbo(s) who have not been relevant for fifty years. this is the way of the world and they are stronger than you will ever be you FOOL

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BAT X BAT by Pi.Sit

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黄金バット (2) by Pi.Sit

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He humors me..

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The Golden Bat tin wind-up toy from Billiken.

I'd give your right arm - which I'd gladly sacrifice, by the way - to get one of these.

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my sona's costume this year was golden bat.

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INKtober 2024-Fight 👊💀

GOLDEN BAT vs. FRANKENSTEIN!!

The ultimate old-school monster throw-down!! The evil Dr. Nazo revives the legendary Frankenstein Monster; giving him the promise of the reanimation of his beloved bride, if in return, he serves Nazo as his minion and destroy the scientist’s sworn enemy: Golden Bat!! Can the legendary super-mummy defeat Frankenstein and save the wayward monster and his bride from becoming pawns in Dr. Nazo’s devious schemes!?…

(I know I’m not the first to have thought of this but, this is my version!)

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ゴールデンバット

ゴールデンバットは、日本たばこ産業（JT）が製造・販売しているたばこの銘柄です。長い歴史を持つたばこで、1906年にその前身が発売され、1916年にゴールデンバットという名前になりました。その独特なパッケージデザインでも知られています。金色と赤色を基調とした派手なデザインで、中央には象がたばこを持つイラストが描かれています。このデザインは1923年に登場して以来、ほとんど変わることなく受け継がれています。強いたばことして知られており、たばこ葉のブレンドや添加物を使用しない製法によって、独特の濃厚な味わいとキレのある喉ごしが特徴です。そのため、愛煙家からは根強い人気を誇る一方、初心者や軽いたばこを好む人には敬遠される傾向もあります。

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So, uh... I tried making a trope page for my Golden Bat fanfic to help get the word out, but said tropes page sucks, so if anyone would like me out I'd be very grateful: