| Get ready for the latest collection celebrating Caped Crusader's early, formative adventures: BATMAN IN THE FORTIES! Featuring Batman stories from BATMAN #7, 15, 20, 31, 37, 47, 48, 49, DETECTIVE COMICS #27, 33, 38, 49, 80, REAL FACT COMICS #5, STAR-SPANGLED COMICS #70, and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #30, this volume - which features work by celebrated talents including Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jack Schiff, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Dick Sprang, Jack Burnley, Charles Paris, Winslow Mortimer and others - collects Batman's first appearance, as well as the debut of Robin and the first telling of the Dark Knight's origin. Batman's famed Rogues' Gallery is also on hand, with stories featuring the Joker, Two-Face, Catwoman and the Mad Hatter. Plus, this volume features an introduction by noted comics historian Bill Schelly. 192-page trade paperback. |
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