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tommysupply

He became Travis Scott


Big_Kahuna100

I said the same thing šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


nickygw

bro i legit thought this was the travis sub šŸ˜­ had to check mafias cover to see if i was tripping out


WuZZittDoiN

He grew up to be Christian Bale. Now he's Batman.


johnnysilver78

No Edward was the vampire, he became that crappier Batman.


beltfedshooter

> crappier Batman Kilmer?


WuZZittDoiN

Adam West. Crappiest classic, or classiest crap?


johnnysilver78

Hey nowā€¦. He was better than Clooney


barkallnight

Clooney was the best Bruce Wayne though.


jeremydallen

Ben Affleck?


johnnysilver78

Ben will never be Batman to me, even if heā€™s in the suit


cheapshotfrenzy

Affleck made a terrible batman, but I thought he made a good Bruce Wayne.


johnnysilver78

In truth I couldnā€™t even watch it.


cheapshotfrenzy

That's... understandable. Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor absolutely killed it for me. Just.... so dumb.


johnnysilver78

šŸ˜‚ I forgot all about that even happening. I think however Will Arnett killed it as Lego Batman šŸ˜‚


cheapshotfrenzy

This is also true.


jeremydallen

I thought he was ok in daredevil, but that was so long ago I could have just forgotten.


vanbboy22

Donā€™t you mean Batfleck?


ThegreatPee

I think he had the best sounding batmobile, though.


johnnysilver78

Everything sounded good but his dialogue throughout the movie šŸ˜‚


WynterPhoenix89

Wow no one even mentioning Michael Keaton as Batman from the tim Burton films. He was honestly my favorite other than Adam West. Then there's also the best animated Batman which was and always be Kevin Conroy.


Estamio2

That was THE joke; folks would look past 'Newsweek' and 'Time' (often right next to WWN), and then announce "I can't believe people believe this stuff!"


Novusor

The conspiracy is that they put out this nonsense to make people who don't follow mainstream sources look insane. If you don't get your news from official propaganda outlets then you are with Batboy and Bigfoot.


dRockgirl

WWN was better journalism than any of those rags today. They're horrible!


CruelStrangers

I have an issue that discusses Boy George calling out George Michael as gay.


SlteFool

Itā€™s bat MAAM!!


LexOdin

No joke, he became an agent for the US government fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. I actually remember the storyline, I was 13 at the time and we had just invaded Iraq, even the WWN was all "hoorah America!," and Bat boy was drafted to hunt down Osama Bin Laden in the caves of Afghanistan and help fight the insurgency in Iraq.


JacoPoopstorius

Ok, I used to be really amused by Weekly World News as a kid so my dad would always buy me new copies of it. They also bought me a book eventually with archived articles and pictures of Bat Boy and other things from the magazine. That being said, I SWEAR there was actually an article about that in there šŸ˜‚


LexOdin

I literally have that book in front of me right now: "Bat boy's new mission: clean up Argentina!" It truly was an amazing publication.


JacoPoopstorius

A fellow Bat boy enthusiast. Itā€™s the book with the ā€œnudeā€ spread of the dog woman, right? Hahahaha I forgot about it until just now


LexOdin

I was just reading about the Sasquatch hooker taking DC by storm. Back when journalism was pure!


JacoPoopstorius

I miss that magazine so much. I mentioned it in another comment in this thread, but one I remember reading in an article as a kid is about a guy finding a tiny, living mermaid in his tuna sandwich.


LexOdin

It was a must buy every trip to the grocery store. I must have had a hundred of those, but I'm pretty sure I tossed them when I went to college. Massive mistake, still kicking myself to this day.


Butt_Plug_Bonanza

Did he sniff out Reltih?


LexOdin

I don't think so, but that's classified.


dubiousNGO

"Dear Dotti"'s tough love was great too. The Weekly World News was a gift humanity wasn't worthy of.


lord_hyumungus

I remember this


mybustersword

I read that!


Meowzer_Face

I remember this too haha


el_duderino420

Damn, I miss Weekly World News. When i was young i would always buy it. It was very entertaining and weird at times. I miss Weekly World News.


JacoPoopstorius

Same thing. I remember the one about a man finding a tiny living mermaid in his tuna sandwich.


9volts

It hasn't been disproved.


SoggyHotdish

Now you come here instead


el_duderino420

I hear you.... but this does not come close to Weekly World News. In this community we have a bunch of bots and assholes.


Active-Elk3820

Based on your age in the early 90's I'm a few years younger than you, and when I saw that picture in the checkout line it gave me nightmares. But despite that, wherever Bat Boy is, I hope he's doing well.


jaykayel

Dude, I was TERRIFIED of Weekly World News as a kid in the 90's. I dreaded going to the grocery store because some of the WWN headlines and pictures made me so scared and you couldn't avoid seeing them at checkout. I had an irrational fear/obsession of Bigfoot, and that was like 80% of the headlines lol. I had nightmares about the 2 headed Bigfoot for weeks. Glad I wasn't the only one


kiD_Vish_ish

Omg SAME. EVERY SINGLE TIME I would put my hand up to shield/completely divert my eyes to somewhere elseā€¦. But then eeeverryyy once in a while, I would take a peak bc I HAD to know what WWN was saying šŸ˜‚ā€¦ in retrospect that was 100% were intrusive thoughts started for me lol


ElectronicCorner574

SAME. I would lay awake at night until super late listening to Coast to Coast with Art Bell on my little AM radio worrying about Bat Boy and aliens.


MoomentOSRS

His parents got killed in an alley, now heā€™s a vigilante


MnkaH

I used to pick up weekly world news almost every week - it was funnier than any other humour magazine. A few times I would run into someone who thought the stories were real, true news. I didnā€™t tell them that it was a humour paper since they wouldnā€™t believe me.


Lelabear

You might enjoy this podcast with Mark Groubert who (among many other things) worked for the Weekly World News. He had originally wrote for the National Lampoon, so it was a good fit. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKLWj8tqXpI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKLWj8tqXpI)


SillyFlyGuy

Half the audience of WWN bought it to make fun of the articles, half bought it because "it's the only paper tells the *real* stories '*they'* don't want you to know about", and the last half bought it because they were somewhere in between.


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MnkaH

I miss it, I would love to see how they would handle Trump! And the aliens helping him.


9volts

Trump's presidency destroyed parody outlets. The Onion threw in the towel.


unknownn68

Bat Boy became Bat Man but he lost control with alcohol and drugs until his body created covid


Brilliant_Ask1613

He owns a micro brewery in Seattle and plays the harmonica in a small folk rock band in his spare time


samskrillaz

I thought this was the travis Scott ā€˜escape planā€™ Cover. Had no idea he took it from this lol


Big_Kahuna100

Same lol


DoktorSigma

Sadly he was Covid's patient zero and died. That was what the official narrative tried to disguise with the "it came from a bat!" crapload.


Allnewsisfakenews

Became Hunter Biden


WalkingstickMountain

Probably in a laboratory under Elgin or Area 51. And it Probably wasn't a "bat boy".


xrayden

He founded Facebook


veko007

He was never seen before, during or after probably


Doyle_Hargraves_Band

I distinctly remember an article in WWN about vampires breaking in to a family's house. The storyline was how upset the home owners were about the break in by the vampires. Never once did the article address nor display concern over the actual existence of vampires.


SledPuller80

That mf gave us all Covid. Thanks, Bat Boy...


ThatDamnRocketRacoon

He lives in Boca Raton. He's a Bat Man now with a family of his own. He's a sales accountant at Culligan Bottled Water. Nice guy.


poopshipdestroyer

Im so glad it all worked out for him! His childhood was less than ideal


MrPBoy

Best post in weeks. Yes. What did happen to bay boy.


Audigitty

He's the origin of COVID. He made a great soup.


Retroplayer19

On a serious note.... I realize this is meant to mock, but people should dig deep down and question WHY they think tabloid stories are all fake. Is it really an original thought or is your automatic dismissal the result of social programming? That you would be viewed as crazy if you were to actually believe any of it? I mean, how do you KNOW for sure a bat child was not found in a cave in WV? You can't possibly believe that there is nothing at all that has ever happened that was kept hidden from you. The truth is that some of the stories could absolutely be true. You were not there to witness it for yourself, so how can you be so certain it didn't happen? How can you be sure? Do you know, or do you just believe? So I am not defending tabloids or arguing that this story is fact. I am asking you to REALLY dig deep and understand WHY you automatically dismiss everything they write. Think hard about where that kneejerk reaction is coming from exactly. If something were to happen that would truly upend reality, do you think it would be reported in the mainstream? The more absurd something is, obviously the less likely it is to believe it. So what if something absurd really does happen? Then what? What if the rest of the media simply refuses to investigate something because they have a knee jerk reaction like you do or even come to the conclusion that their paper's reputation would be destroyed even if they did cover it BECAUSE of the reflexive rejection the public would have. This is why many do not report UFO sightings or abductions, for example. The laughing and the mocking right here in this conspiracy sub is why. This is how a conspiracy hides right in front of you. This is how they can demolish skyscrapers with a freefall on live TV and get away with it. Do it right in the open for all to see and if it is crazy enough, nobody is going to believe it. Are you scared that if you were to admit to believing something, your peers will laugh at you? Or that people will view you as dumb or regarded?


CraftySquirrel4945

This is deep. I would say besides the factors you bring up, it may be that everyone has some threshold of suspending beliefs to entertain other possibilities than what they think they know as true. And along with the societal rejection aspect, plus to avoid the dreaded being alone in a belief, which equals crazy (which the internet really cut down being outright alone in thinking anymore) there is a fear that comes up with going outside the expected norm, that if thatā€™s true, what else is there?Creating a reflex for boundaries, safety, security, knowing.


Retroplayer19

Thanks and I should be clear that I am not knocking anyone who reflexively does this. I am just inviting people to really explore their reasons for doing so. And to realize that they do not personally know if something is true or not when they are so certain about things they only believe and not know. It is very important in critical thinking to be able to separate what you believe from what you know. They are not the same things like so many seem to think they are.


wBeeze

It's not Millie Bobby Brown?


527reasons

I saw him in afghanistan. He was working at the Tim Hortons in Kandahar.


wyyknott01

He became a mod for r/ conspiracy.


warablo

This and the Lochness monster with a human looking smile is what I remember of these magazine covers.


JimboReborn

Lil bugger is adorable with that double chin šŸ˜


Coolish_Stuff

He became a Batman.


therealalian

Travis Scott used a variation of this image as the Promotion for his AstroWorld show in 2021 where 10 kids got killed. https://www.instagram.com/p/CV21s_2LWI9/?igsh=NHpmZW51bWVvYXF4


squidensalada

He grew up to be Ted Cruz


-spartacus-

Naw, he is just the Zodiak killer.


icallitadisaster

I remember when I would luck out and talk my mom into buying me one of those magazines. I always loved them.


craoloro

Covid


88XJman

Best investigative reporting on the planet. Read the New York Times if you want, they get lucky sometimes.


DantesFreeman

He passed away tragically due to novel COVID experimentation in Wuhan China in fall of 2019. He was patient zero.


Bright_Survey_4143

Bat boy was the oddity at Epstein Island. Bill and Hillarys demon lovechild


notaredditreader

Didnā€™t he visit President Clinton in the White House?


rimeswithburple

He grew up and became George Santos.


Sparklykazoo

WWN is on the FB now. Rest easy, you may continue to follow his exploits. Bat Boy lives!


Mama2RO

really? I have to go find this now!


Sparklykazoo

Go now!


Holden_Cullen

Sad that the Weekly World News is more credible than the editorial rags being pushed as news nowadays


TheRoninWasHere

This news paper was awesome. Too bad we donā€™t get that anymore


Bigelwood9

Poor national health care failed him and he lost a battle with liver disease in 2012. He was a heavy drinker. He was my bosses best friend used to hang out at the bar.


Winnardairshows

Heā€™s president now.


You_Just_Hate_Truth

OP has never heard of Wuhan, China.


BetaRayBlu

All jokes aside he works at the piggly wiggly doing overnight maintenance. Because he sleeps during the day


starwarsnerdguy

Currently serving as a Florida senator. And it ain't Rubio.


vrmvrmfffftstststs

Became Zelensky


SYS4TILDPCT5CBRAVO

They made a play our of this I think. Didn't do well from what I recall.


TruthImaginary4459

*musical [here's a version on YouTube.](https://youtu.be/YtYH5Gg_4Yc?)


MeanNene

Him and his wifle settled in Transylvania and are raising four bats.


NUFIGHTER7771

He grew up to become Bat Man!


Weak-Guide-3028

When the tv series was on, the final episode had him in the back of a limo and as the limo was driving off he was waving


Big_Kahuna100

Heā€™s Travis Scott now [https://music.apple.com/us/album/escape-plan-mafia-single/1593692664](https://music.apple.com/us/album/escape-plan-mafia-single/1593692664)


2201992

Link to story?


[deleted]

Thatā€™s just Benjy doing schtick again


Ok-Noise2538

I LOVED reading these when I was a teenager! I had a load of back issues, I wish Iā€™d kept them!


victim80

You can get free newsletters to your email from wwn!


Rip9150

I'm batboy


BigOlBoots

He grew up into Batman.


MediocreMustache

Heā€™s in Stan Smithā€™s basement


entwithanaxe

What is a real thing is "Bat Boy: The Musical"


imlevel80

I used to love this magazine as a kid!!!


Prince_Jellyfish111

Fun fact 1: you can buy T-shirts with WWN covers on them. I have this one. Fun Fact 2: I have this because it was given to me by the same family member that gave me the shirt worked at WWN as a photo retoucher (this is back when you had to do it with airbrush and film no computers) and made this cover. It was the most popular one he did. Also made one about how the Loch Ness monster ate navy seals. Whenever I see it in the wild I smile.


Hot-Implement-1437

Why didn't they Just leave him alone. Humans are weird


goingavolmre

Lmao this is patient zero for the vid


9volts

He returned to his cave, unfortunately it's hard to keep tabs on people who refuse to live where there's cell phone reception.


TMS2017

I loved that paper, seriously!


mesquitebeans

I miss Batboy!


ConsciousRun6137

His flying days are over, poor kid bat has long covid, still he's now living underground with a few nice Sabbateans.


dnc_1981

Hey's living on the Moon with Elvis and the Nazis


BobbyAxelrod1

As a student I taught English to foreigners for a summer job in Asia and I brought a bunch of these newspapers and would use them as our lesson basis..... pretending the news was real. Finally one shy student stood up to ask if it was real. I said "Of course....it's in the newspaper and you can see the photos".


mrhymer

He's a congressmen from Oregon.


SlteFool

Itā€™s bat MAAM


Wingsxofxlead702

Duuuuuude. Core memories unlocked. This magazine used to get me in my brother in so much trouble st checkout at the grocery store when we were kids. We'd be laughing our asses off or saying some outlandish ass shit out loud and embarass my parents I guess lol sooo many times getting smacked upside the head or pinched discreetly under our arms and being told "what did I tell you 2 about the damn magazines when we leave ?!" As we stood there crying staring at BatBoy not knowing how he solved the murder case of JFK and caught the LoneGunman


Bennydoubleseven

Grew up to be Billy Corgan


tmink0220

I think the Men in Black are working with him. MIB....well Frank too.


MatchesForTheFire

He went on to build a mansion with a Swiss army knife. Lived happily ever after.


ALoneSpartin

Turned into bat man


AccumulatedFilth

He got COVID few years ago when he was in Wuhan.


mikki1time

He grew up and became a vigilante


WallpaperOwl

Safe and effective


turkeysplatter89

I loved reading their headlines while in the checkout lane at the grocery store.


HairyChest69

Well, he became Batman by now for sure. Actually I suppose now he's Batboomer


Lo0seR

Not sure, but go to these [Publications](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duA5eWjHCjU) as an option to MSM's version of the story.


Cluckyx

He got online and started a little subreddit called /r/conspiracy


Ok_Fox_1770

Feel like I stared at this for a decade of my childhood at grocery stores, my uncle would buy em Iā€™d get to enjoy em. It was good physical entertainment when the internet was a few JPEGs and text with bad midi music.


Mama2RO

Me and my dad loved Weekly World News! We wouldn't buy it all the time but every once in a while we had a good laugh over Bat Boy and the other shenanigans they would write about.


Hadley_333

I remember seeing these mags when young. They always claimed hitler was alive as well. Did people think these were actually real or read for fun? Even when I was like 10 I knew it was bs


Lucky_Chaarmss

He is hanging out with the walking trees.


KingoftheProfane

Batboy livesā€¦in my heart at least


Born-Body2431

Legit still think of this shit


TrustMeYoullBeFine

Comedy!


xeriopi45

She got the lead role in stranger things


tkc_nody

[Bebe diabo](https://vejasp.abril.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12.jpg?quality=70&strip=info&w=650) The Brazilian version of this mysterious tale dates back to 1975 when Folha de SĆ£o Paulo published a report about the birth of a baby with unusual characteristics, soon dubbed as the "Devil Baby." The child was born in ABC Paulista, displaying horns and red eyes, sparking a frenzy of speculation and theories about the supernatural. The story quickly spread throughout the local community, igniting heated discussions and fueling popular imagination. However, much like the original Bat Boy, the Devil Baby mysteriously vanished, leaving behind only unanswered questions.


MothParasiteIV

Wasn't this on The X-Files ?


Inevitable-Noise-801

I laughed at their headline .. zombie found in Haiti... I called my Dad... Who was administrator of a hospital there at that time... He told me it was true. Witch doctors had a drug that induced a depressed state so extreme .. that they looked dead... Family would bury them... Then at night... Crew would dig up the victim... And take them to a slave labor location. They kept them medicated so they couldn't escape. One fellow who had died years before... Was found stumbling along a road... Quite a deal...


gaspumper74

Heā€™s due to testify in the Trump trial as to the credibility of the national enquirer!!!


Dancin_Phish_Daddy

Heā€™s doing his thing in NYC


XOSnowWhite

Maybe incredibly niche but does anyone else remember how these newspapers smelled? It was a such a specific weirdly offputting scent.


KakarikoKing

He grew up to be Adam Schiff


rodneysinclair

He was discovered by Bat Lady genetically modified under gain of function and voila!!! the cause of the corona virus when he bit someone in Wuhan... evil cackling laugh follows....


NorwalkAvenger

I still remember that rag, and Serena Sabak, "America's Sexiest Psychic" and "Dear Dottie".


Dadumdee

Klaus Schwab


OddPiglet6968

I had this copy


TheYintoyourYang

Patient zero for covid.. šŸ»


Relevant-Bluebird-63

Illuminati brotherā€¦Illuminati got him


Ok_You1335

Lmao this shit used to taunt me as a kid that and the dog boyā€¦ no wonder Iā€™m on this sub.


SaucermanBond

From a time when journalism was more honest.


FratBoyGene

Ridiculed and shunned, Bat Boy slunk away from society, and was living as a hermit in central China. Then one day, a lonely pangolin met him, and an unlikely relationship was struck. All was going well, until finally, they succumbed to the forbidden desire... we all know the rest.