Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives, Vol. 1

Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives #1

by Bill Finger, Bob Kane (Illustrator), Jerry Robinson (Illustrator)

Collects the adventures of Batman and Robin as they battle villains including the Scarecrow.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Batman

240 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2002

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

[Michael P. · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit of a microcosm because WORLD'S FINEST COMICS and its precursor were published quarterly, so the stories reprinted here were published over a five year period allowing readers to see a more mature Batman style emerge. This hardly matters, however. There is only one good story in this collection. The rest are bad for different and evolving reasons.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primarily interesting as a time capsule. All of the comics included are from the general World War II era, and there isn't a super villain in sight. Instead, Batman and Robin go up against gangsters, saboteurs, and Nazi spies. Mostly gangsters, though. It was a bit jarring when Batman was pleased to send a criminal to the electric chair.