Batman: The Dark Knight Archives, Vol. 8

Batman (1940-2011) #32-37

by Bill Finger

In these stories, most of which have never been reprinted before, Batman and Robin battle The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman and others. Also, the Dynamic Duo competes to solve a crime, and takes time travel trips to meet the Three Musketeers and King Arthur.

Collecting BATMAN #32-37 from 1945-1946.

Genres: Comics, Batman, Graphic Novels

248 pages, Hardcover

First published December 26, 2012

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

[Rex Libris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a reproduction Batman comic books #32 to #37 published in the mid 1940's. Much of the work was done by Kane himself, as well as a number of artists who created what could righfully be called the golden age of Batman.

What is interesting about the comics at this time is there is no continuing story arc through the issues. Each issue has three self-contained stories, and that is that. No cliffhangers or anything like that.