Batman

Rating:
Summary: Perhaps the Best Volume of Batman Reprints Ever
Review: I purchased this book when I was a kid back in 1977. I grew up loving the Batman character, thanks, in very large part, to this title.

Throughout, you see the gamut of emotions and villains Batman and his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, must contend with as his character and storylines make various transitions from one decade to the next.

It has become a trademark of DC Comics to hesitate from reprinting back issues of Detective Comics and Batman, and, perhaps, in consequence, I have yet to find a more recent, bound collection of the formerly golden and silver age stories featuring the caped crusader to equal this one.

Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies is a very good, chronological, historical overview of the heroic Batman, from the introductory works of Bob Kane to the fun, lighthearted issues that ran concurrently with the TV series to the "let's get back to serious business" themes of Neal Adams and Dick Giordano.

Again, this is possibly the best collection of Batman reprints in one volume. It might be the greatest composite collection in its genre, period.

I lost this book back in the early 1980's to a house fire. After a long search at various stores and on the internet, I once again have this treasure. The process of finding it was a very long, continual search, but rediscovering it was worth the wait.

For those who wonder why some Batman fans do not care for the Batman motion pictures or any of The Dark Knight series authored by Frank Miller, this piece of work will make their case for you.