Any good stories about Clayface? I'm specially interested

It's clear to me /co/ doesn't read comics

>>93695303
comics are too expensive i just watch comic anime

>>93695303
too many words

games have pretty graphics and girls with big booby's

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I know of a couple.

Here's Len Wein's Detective Comics #478-479, The Coming of Clayface III

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Despite being one of Batman's oldest villains, Clayface didn't really get any kind of presence until the late 70's and early 80's.

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One of the things I like about Clayface is he's a perfect conceptualization of the different eras of Batman's villains.

>>93695402
>too many words
As someone who reads books, does that mean I can legitimately shit on you comic book readers?

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The original Clayface (created by Bill Finger) was just a mobster with a gimmick of being able to change his face. Very much like a Dick Tracy villain.

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Finger brought Clayface back in the early 60's, modifying him to be the totally made of clay guy we know today. Super-villains were definitely more of Batman's thing in the mid Silver Age.

>>93695452
Most of /lit/ already does, go ahead!

>>93695452
lol what are you even doing on an image board nerd

>>93695375
They are pretty fucking expensive, you are not wrong

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The Clayface introduced here, Preston Payne, is representative of the darker and more realistic direction Batman went in throughout the 70's.

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Some comics I'd recommend:

>Detective Comics #40 & 49, the original two Clayface stories
>Detective Comics #298, 304, and 312, introduction of Matt Hagen
>Batman #159: The Great Joker/Clayface Feud, classic Finger/Moldoff story
>Detective Comics #478-479 which we're reading right now
>Batman Annual #11: Mortal Clay, one of the many attempts to do a "Killing Joke" for other Batman villains, but they actually got Alan Moore this time
>Detective Comics #604-607: Mud Pack, a storyline uniting all three of the Clayfaces up to that point with a new female Clayface

And that's about all I've read with Clayface in it.

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There is also a terribad Wonder Woman fill-in issue where Clayface absorbs Diana's powers because she's made of clay (which even she says shouldn't be possible and makes no sense).

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>>93695546
You may remember Silver St. Cloud from the also terribad Batman: The Widening Gyre by Kevin Smith. You may be surprised to discover she originated in something good!

>>93695538
>one of the many attempts to do a "Killing Joke" for other Batman villains
Except Mortal Clay precedes Killing Joke by a year.

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>>93695602
Didn't mean to post this page.

>>93695604
You're right, I was incorrectly conflating it with Killing Peck.

>>93695079
“Clay” by Alan Grant/Quique Alcatena from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #89-90

>>93695079

He's a member of Batman's team in the new Detective Comics run for rebirth. Despite what faggots on /co/ say, it's a good book and you should pick it up.

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Clayface proves he's better than Jason Todd.

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>>93695079

The old Legends of the Dark Knight has an arc with him that modernized Matt Hagen's silver age origin.

It's issues #89 & 90.

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End.

I went ahead and threw everything mentioned in the thread into a Dropbox folder:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kmekb5jwts7949i/AACKX0I_koFW6OOsRsygS21xa?dl=0

>>93696018
Thank you!!

>>93696018
Should've storytimed Mortal Clay instead of this. It was much superior and shorter as well.

>>93696203
Yeah I started to feel that way halfway through the first issue. I felt it wouldn't have the same impact without Payne's origin story first but it's pretty unnecessary.

"Growing Pains" from New Adventures of Batman

Bring a tissue

>>93695079
in the comics there were 3 original clayfaces & there was an awesome team up with a 4th one
I'd recommend reading that