Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 5

Batman: The Dark Knight Archives #5

by Bill Finger, Don Cameron, Joe Samachson

Book by Cameron, Don, Finger, Bill, Samachson, Joe, Greene, Joe

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Batman

212 pages, Hardcover

First published November 8, 2006

About the author

William "Bill" Finger was an American comic strip and comic book writer best known as the uncredited co-creator, with Bob Kane, of the DC Comics character Batman, as well as the co-architect of the series' development. In later years, Kane acknowledged Finger as "a contributing force" in the character's creation. Comics historian Ron Goulart, in Comic Book Encyclopedia, refers to Batman as the "creation of artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger", and a DC Comics press release in 2007 about colleague Jerry Robinson states that in 1939, "Kane, along with writer Bill Finger, had just created Batman for [DC predecessor] National Comics".

Film and television credits include scripting The Green Slime (1969), Track of the Moon Beast (1976), and three episodes of 77 Sunset Strip.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Dan Prestwich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Has not one but two extremely boring, propagandistic issues where Batman and Robin hang out with the cops and fawn over them, but otherwise delivers on the golden age goods, less memorably insane than their unhinged silver age adventures, but I like its innocent, goodhearted take on noir. These older volumes are easy to burn out on due to their repetitive nature but, when I space them out a bit, I find that I have a real appreciation for them.

B

[Steven Heywood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tightly plotted, dynamically-depicted stories from some of the Golden Age greats. What's not to like?