Showcase Presents: Batman, Vol. 2 by Gardner F. Fox

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


500 pages of Batman comics from the Silver Age. While there are some appearances by Batman's famous rogues, mostly he's dealing with typical non-costumed crooks. What stands out is the first appearances of Poison Ivy and establishing her place as a villain to be reckoned with. In addition, we also get the Outsider plot, which is actually really nicely handled. Reader curiosity is raised throughout the saga and it pays off nicely.

The Outsiders story was of several stories in this book that would be later adapted and expanded into Manga by Jiro Kuwata and it was nice to see the American origins of these stories.



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