Batman: Illustrated by Neal Adams, Vol. 3

Batman Illustrated #3

by Neal Adams (Illustrator), Various

The extra-sized final volume collecting Neal Adams's acclaimed covers and stories featuring the Dark Knight! This volume includes material from BATMAN #232, #234, #237, #243-245 and #251, featuring Two-Face, the Joker, and more members of Batman's famed Rogues Gallery. Plus, two never-before- reprinted stories done for Peter Pan records and a sketchbook section showcasing Adams' advertising and custom comics work with the Caped Crusader!

Materials reprinted here include covers and stories from BATMAN #232, 234-241, 243-246, 251, 255; BATMAN ANNUAL #14; BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE #4; THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #99; DETECTIVE COMICS #412-422, 439, 600; HEROES AGAINST HUNGER: LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION C-25, C-51, C-59; ROBIN #1; SAGA OF RA'S AL GHUL #4; WORLD'S FINEST #211, 244-246, 258.

Genres: Comics, Batman, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Dc Comics, Fiction, Comic Book

271 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 11, 2006

About the author

Neal Adams was an American comic book and commercial artist known for helping to create some of the definitive modern imagery of the DC Comics characters Superman, Batman, and Green Arrow; as the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates; and as a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Adams was inducted into the Eisner Award's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999.

Librarian Note:
There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hearing Neal Adams talk about his career on a couple of "Fat Man on Batman" podcasts really piqued my interest in seeing some of more of his art. Luckily we live in the age of Google. But while a Google search can bring up some samples of his art, it's really not the same as reading and viewing the original source material.

Enter two collections of Adams' tenure as the Dark Knight artist from DC.

Of the two, I found the third collection the more interesting one, if only because it includes segments of the early introduction of Ra's Al Ghul and the illustrations for two Power Records stories featuring Batman that were written and drawn by Adams.

The third collection also includes an issue that "Fat Man on Batman" host Kevin Smith cites as one of his first entry points into the printed world of Batman.

Coming away from the collection, I'm struck by how solid the artwork by Adams is. And how dated these stories seem. Many times it feels like the stories have to work too hard to contain themselves to a single issue (and it feels odd to say that since one of my bigger criticisms of modern comics is the way stories are stretched out past to fill a six-part arc). I get that comics were intended to be more self-contained and welcoming to new readers back in this era, but it still feels like some stories end abruptly. It could be that the threads are picked up in other Batman titles not drawn by Adams, I suppose. I couldn't help but feel that some type of supplemental material addressing this might have been nice. Or maybe I'm just not versed enough in my Bat-lore.

[Doyle · Rating 2 out of 5]

The digital recoloring on this volume (and the previous two volumes) is terrible and bothered me every time I turned the page. The coloring in the original comics wasn't great either, but it fit the art style much better. The digital recoloring on the covers are not nearly as offensive as the interior story pages, and I suspect they were done by someone else.

The other offender is the incredibly dated dialogue. Granted, I wasn't alive in the late 70s, but I can't imagine anyone of any time ever saying some of the phrases Denny O'Neil penned for what he thought were hip and trendy college students of the Carter administration. What is interesting to note is that despite the campy dialogue, many of the stories collected in this volume have become essential Batman lore and were adapted into episodes of Batman: The Animated Series during the 90s.

[Mohammad Aboomar · Rating 3 out of 5]

The invention of Ra's Al Ghul is available in this volume!

[Brett · Rating 4 out of 5]

These stories are some from my peak Batman reading. When it was darker but not completely without any light. Oh and there’s that lovely Neal Adams art.

[ComicNerdSam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is where it all comes together, O'Neil's writing is great, Giordano's inks are great, and Adams himself is doing some great work. Unfortunately, it's over too soon. Still, it was fun at its peak.

[Jonathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was very excited to see this at the used bookstore only to discover once I got home that I had foolishly purchased another mid-2000s horrible re-color! While this is not as heinous as the hatchet job done to Walt Simonson's Thor run, the contrast between the scratchy inks and the textureless gradients of the coloring is very off-putting. One of the stories collected here, The Joker's Five-Way Revenge, I also have collected in the The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told collection, so I was able to compare side-by-side with the original coloring job. The contrast is night and day, sometimes literally. The mood and atmosphere is severely reduced in favor of a more generic clarity. For instance, when Batman is underwater fighting a shark, the original colorist casts the whole scene into a greenish murkiness, whereas in the recolor Batman might as well be in a regular well-lit room. Even stranger, the recolor sometimes plugs in these tacky digital photos into the backgrounds, such as pictures of a rock edited in to be the walls of a cave. Not that that kind of thing can't be well done, but it is not here. Seeing the contrast really goes to show how essential the colorist is to creating the atmosphere of a scene and interpreting it, and it feels very disrespectful to their art to redo it without even crediting them or advertising that a recolor has taken place outside some very small legalese small print.

Anyways, the stories? They're fine I guess.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book group read. The art was good but the colors were amazing considering the age, makes me wonder if they were re-done. The writing was a bit overdone at times. Some of it actually sounded a lot like the tv 60s tv series, which is not a good thing. But overall the book was fast and readable. 3.5 of 5.

And apparently these were the first ra's al ghul and Talia - and that's enough to tip my rating.

And it was modern re-done coloring - which I appreciated because it clearly didn't suck.

[cloverina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ra's al Ghul has always been a mediocre Batman villain to me, but reading his original stories, he's actually a new favorite of mine! Nobody could beat Two Face, though.

[Hamza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally, the classic O'Neil and Adams Batman stories that I was waiting for! Even though the last 20 pages or so are just covers, this is definitely the best of the three volumes. Even the Ra's al-Ghul stories that just seemed okay to me when I read Tales of the Demon have improved upon the second read. Even the final two issues in this book, both written and drawn by Adams for some Power Records audio books, were really fun despite the second one retelling Man-Bat's origin from his first appearance. All in all, this is a great Batman collection recommended for anyone who likes Neal Adams's classic artwork.

[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art is incredible but, holy cow, the writing is of its time.

[Kris Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Less a collection of vintage comic books and more a bastardized George Lucas Special Edition-style commission, I have mixed feelings about Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 3. On one hand, these stories are absolutely incredible, with crisp writing by Denny O'Neil and Adams' frenetic artwork. On the other hand, I am a purist who wants to see these issues as originally published...just on better paper, printed without line bleed and off color registration, and squarebound in a collected edition as God intended. Neal Adams is one of my favorite artists, as his work bursts with excitement and breathes life. The problem with this book is not whether or not could Adams “improve” this material by reinking, redrawing, and recoloring it with then-modern computer coloring, but whether or not he should...and my answer is an emphatic no.

As with the other volumes in this series, the stories are great reads, and if you can get past these bastardized renditions of these classic comic books then you'll have a blast reading this. The crown jewels of these stories is, of course, the introduction of Ra's Al-Ghul. The problem with this being an artist-centric collection is that the issues in the story arc that were not drawn by Neal Adams are not collected here in this book, resulting in an incomplete read. Those three issues are available in the also garishly recolored Batman: Tales Of The Demon trade paperback. I have the 2005 fourth printing, but I know for a fact that some of the earlier printings were not “improved' with then-modern, now-outdated recoloring. Ra's Al-Ghul is a fantastic enemy, being the equal and sometimes superior of Batman. Theirs is a game of cat and mouse, fought on psychological as well as physical levels.

Another great story is Batman #255's “Moon Of The Wolf”. Always a sucker for the lupine set, seeing a Neal Adams werewolf was doubly great. Anthony Lupus was suffering from migraines, and after regular doctors couldn't find a cure for him he resorted to quacks. Professor Milo, an old Batman enemy, injects him with a wolf extract which brings his predisposition for lupinism to the fore. He holds the cure hostage and will only give it to Lupus if he kills Batman for him. Batman + Neal Adams + werewolves = awesome. I give it two thumbs up. I should have three more thumbs surgically implanted so that I could give it five thumbs up.

The Joker stories are flipping incredible. The Joker is a psychopath here, blessed with “the divine gift of madness”. He escapes from Arkham Asylum and systematically kills off his old gang, all within the constraints of the Comics Code Authority. Just incredible. Another story worth noting features the appearance of the Rutland Halloween Parade. This Wikipedia article will do a better job than I could at explaining it. Lazy, I know, but the Christmas holiday season has me burning the candle at both ends. Cripes, I cut my candle in half so that I have four ends to burn, I've been so dang busy this month.

So the artwork is great, regardless if it is redrawn or not. Adams has a great sense of panel composition, with each flowing into the next, giving my mind the illusion of movement. The modern recoloring is mostly garish but occasionally works. I will be more than happy to double dip and buy this in an authentically recolored and properly restored (read: keeping Neal Adams as far away from the restoration process as possible!) Archives line of this era of Batman. I'm certain that there are a boatload of Adams fans who would be all over such a line. There are hardcovers available of these three books, but I could not justify buying the Special Edition version of Neal Adams' Batman in a high end hardcover. It didn't seem right, so these inexpensive softcovers were right up my alley. This is highly recommended reading in spite of the substandard recoloring.

There is a segment of the comic book buying population that would love to see all old comic books recolored with modern computer coloring techniques. I am not among that segment of the population. The reason why is evidenced in this very book. When I look at a collected edition of old material and see the flat four color process, I think Coloring may have been primitive, but this is authentic to how the material was originally published. When I look at this book I think Wow, this looks dated and garish by modern standards. Worse still, not only does this 2005 recoloring job look outdated but it is not authentic to the original publications. This is the ultimate lose-lose scenario. The folks who think that recoloring classic material with “modern” coloring is a good idea are the same folks who applaud George Lucas for making the original Star Wars trilogy Special Editions, replacing those “outdated” special effects with “state of the art” CGI...which are now also outdated by modern CGI standards. Folks should leave art alone.

[Dan Hensley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally getting to the good stuff. As my 1970's readings start coming to an end, the writing gets better. I completely understand why Denny O'Neil was so beloved for taking Batman back to his darker roots. Don't get me wrong, there is still plenty of camp and tomfoolery to be found, but I still can't help but feel, as an adult, more connected to Batman here than in earlier stories. This book contains part of the Ra's Al Ghul arc that I had already read in the fantastic collection "Tales of the Demon." I recommend reading that book to get the full context of the character, but what makes this printing of those same issues stand out is the art. The art in this book has been recolored to appear more modern and in my opinion it brings the story to life wonderfully. I've seen other reviewers take issue with that in these collections, but I couldn't disagree more. While the original coloring in "Tales of the Demon," for instance, still looks great, I think a lot of modern readers will prefer the method done here. It really helped to keep me engaged in the stories even when other (not as talented as O'Neil) writers took center stage. I've already spoken some about how I feel about Neal Adams art in general, that it's amazing, so I won't go in to that again here. All I will say is, if comic book art fascinates you, get these Adams collected editions.
Now to look at the stories that were new to me (everything not Ra's Al Ghul related), there were more hits than misses. There were two joker stories: "The Joker's Five Way Revenge" and "Trumping the Joker." Revenge has been hailed as a classic for a while, and while I think I may have been over-hyped, the story is still solid and any Joker story with a high body count is a win for me. Unfortunately, Trumping is quite boring. What? A Joker story boring, he says? I know, I know, but let's look in context of the whole here, because there are some GREAT stories in this book. Writer Frank Robbins brings back Manbat and adds to that mythology, Batman faces Two-Face on a pirate ship, and a Holocaust survivor with a grudge takes matter into his own hands. All of these are good stories.
But my favorite story here is probably quite telling of my personal bat-origins. As anyone who knows me could tell you, I'm a huge lover of Batman: The Animated Series. It is the best animated television show of all time, so who can blame me? One of my favorite episodes of that show is a one-off about a werewolf called "Moon of the Wolf." Even as a kid, I thought werewolves were pretty stupid but somehow BTAS got me engaged in a story about one and it's those unconventional episodes of the show that really prove how perfect it is when it comes to storytelling. Imagine my surprise when I read a story in this book also called "Moon of the Wolf" (written by Len Wein) that is that same story, only written in 1974 instead of playing on my TV in the 90's. The story is about an athlete named Tony who is tricked by an evil man named Dr. Milo and turned into a werewolf against his will. Milo uses this fact (as blackmail), as well as the werewolf's ferocity to attempt the assassination of Batman, using Tony as a pawn. Basically it's a sympathetic werewolf story and it's fantastic. I would tell you the differences between the 1974 comic and the 1992 TV episode, except there really isn't any except for changing the last name of Tony from Lupus to Romulus, I assume because Lupus was a bit too on-the-nose. That's it, that's the only real difference. How did BTAS manage to keep it so true to the original story? Easy, they hired Len Wein who wrote the comic book to also write the episode and ensure that his story was true-to-form. Fun fact: The Ra's Al Ghul stories in this book as well as "Tales of the Demon" were turned into a 2 episodes of BTAS called "The Demon's Quest Part I & II" and the showrunners hired Denny O'Neil (again the original writer of these stories) to write those episodes.
Now enough about my love for BTAS, I just wanted to illustrate how that did shape this review and someone reading this might consider that to be bias. But I don't care, if stories written in the 70's that I've never read before still give me nostalgia for my own childhood, that means something to me. And these stories wouldn't have had an impact on me if they weren't beautifully executed in this book, which they are.

[Alex]

I've read most of the Batman stories from the 40s, 50s and a good chunk of 60s stuff and it's safe to say that the shift to Neal Adams art style is huge and I don't think I appreciated it before sitting down with this volume directly after reading the Infantino one. I don't think that Adams is necessarily the better comicbook artist of the two, but he certainly defines the direction that people would have wanted Batman to go in, big, broad, muscular and dark, and for the first time since the very early days, these comics - even when it's Batman & Superman playing games together - feel like they've walked off the pages of the pulp magazines and come to life. Probably my favourite story in the whole set, Ghost of the Killer Skies, sees Batman face off with an old nazi war legend in an airplane duel and the whole thing just feels tense and mysterious in the best possible way, and Golden/Silver Age comics rarely manage that.

If you're reading these volumes you're probably going to want to read Batman: Tales of the Demon too; since Aldams only illustrated about half of the saga you're getting shortchanged on the storyline here and it's the most famous Batman story from the 70s by a wide margin ... I don't like it much as an artefact, I think O'Neill got carried away and just started throwing mud at the wall and his writing has no restraint, but it's an exercise on long-form comics writing that barely existed at the time, and certainly not in Batman, so it's to be commended and Adams' art is always good. This volume also contains other, better stories though ... Batman pursues the Joker as he kills old goons who he thinks betrayed him, and ends up fighting a shark. Night of the Reaper has some gorgeous full page splashes of a creepy guy in a skull/scythe outfit, and the story really leans into that goth-horror element that's slowly starting to dominate. Len Wein pens a fantastic story about a man forced to turn into a werewolf to hunt down Batman and of course there's the Man-Bat saga which, for me, typifies what makes comicbooks great. It's schlocky and silly, sure, but damn it's fun.

If you like comicbooks this, along with Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams, Vol. 1 and Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams, Vol. 2 is probably an essential set to have. If nothing else it's an important document of a changing industry through the world's most popular superhero. it can't not be interesting to see how his legacy was built.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do you know who is- pound for pound- my favorite Batman writer of all time? Dennis O'Neil. Do you know who is one of my favorite Batman artists of all time? Neal Adams. When it comes to classic DC creative teams do you know who one of the best meshes ever were? O'Neal and Adams. In the late 60s and early 70s they had a track record for fixing broken titles. Green Arrow. Deadman. So when the Bat-books needed to be De-Adam Westified... O'Neal and Adams seemed like the perfect pair to do it.

But you know who else wrote some great Batman stories? Len Wein. And his work with Adams is collect here as well. I can't say there is a real clunker story in the whole collection really. I mean, yeah, there are stories in here that were below O'Neal, Adams and Wein's regular standards but when compared to other DC books of the time... they are light years beyond.

It's been fifty years or more since since some of these stories were written and most of them still fresher, more vibrant and alive, than comics you'd pull off the stands today.

[Jameson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like the last volume, the updated coloring still sucks. Neal Adams’ Batman is all about atmosphere and a lot of that’s completely lost with these new colors. It just makes everything so highly contrasted, so crisp. Gone is the gassy murkiness. It makes Neal’s work uglier than ever.

Compare the opening page with Robin in Batman #232. I get why Neal wanted to add some color to this page but it looks like he was coloring it as if it would be printed on old newspaper and not today’s bright white paper. It looks so goofy now!

I also don’t like the packaging of these books. It’s confusing which volume is which. It’s on the spine and the inside but would it have really hurt the book to slap a 1, 2, or 3 on the cover?

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

My copy says "Batman by Neal Adams" as the title, and contains Batman # 232, 234, 237, 243-245, 251, 255 and Power Record PR-27 and PR-30. As well as a cover and pinup gallery.

Neal Adams' heyday was before my time, but I remember his art standing out in back issues I read from that time. That said, nothing here blew me away, and the writing was middling to poor. At least Dennis O'Neil's issues had an element of Batman solving a mystery. The issues written by Len Wein and Neal Adams himself were almost unreadable.

Here we get the first appearance of Ra's Al Ghul and the Lazarus Pit. We also get a few Joker appearances, Two-Face and Man-Bat. Overall, this was pretty dull.

[Morris Nelms · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the fact that Kindle is making a lot of classic comics available. I'm still not sure about the format for comic books.
Neal Adams invented some stunning, almost Baroque, embellishments of the visual presentation of Batman during the time he drew the character consistently for DC.
This is a good collection, and I enjoyed revisiting this period in the history of Batman comics. This is still my favorite version of the Dark Knight, especially the costume. I was born in 1956, so that should explain a lot.

[Matti Karjalainen · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Batman : tekijänä Neal Adams osa 2" (Egmont, 2006) sisältää Lepakkomies-tarinoita 1970-luvun alusta. Sarjakuvan edellisessä osassa ei juuri superroistoja nähty, mutta nyt mukana ovat niin Jokeri ja Kaksikasvo, ja nähdäänpä albumissa Ra's Al Ghulin ensiesiintyminenkin (Batman #232).

Vaikka kuvitus on ihan hienoa, niin ei näitä tarinoita silti oikein pysty lukemaan, sen verran tyhmiä käsikirjoitukset ovat.

[Riley Pilgrim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Neal Adams is a really important part to Batman history, as he did a lot to make people take the Dark Knight seriously (well before Frank Miller redefined Batman). However, there isn't much substance to these stories, nor are they really that compelling to read. A lot of these comics are of their time, and while it's fun to see the early stages of a darker Batman, I wasn't too interested in most of the stories here. Overall this was fine, and it was cool to see the origin of Ra's Al Ghul.

[Kon Frankowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely stunning. Neal Adams was instrumental for the renaissance of Batman and the sharper, darker edge to the Dark Crusader. His 1960s campy efforts provide a delightful contrast to the gritty, more mature Batman of the 70s and subsequently the Dark Knight we love.

It does deserve a more thoughtful review, but for now I shall re-read Volume 1.

[Seán · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one has the sauce. Some absolute banger stories in here, especially the three part Ra's al Ghul arc and The Joker's Five Way Revenge.

Neal Adams was one of the greats. It's been a fun ride looking through all of his art on Batman. I'd love to look at more runs of both Batman, other Neal Adams stuff, and just more comics in general.

[ShadZane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some real classic Neal Adams 70s Batman stories in here, including "Night of the Reaper", "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" and early Ras al Ghul. It's a shame it ends with the Power Records stories, which are fun to see, but not very good.

[Bryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first appearance of Ra’s al-Ghul, the Rutland Halloween Parade, Joker and Two-Face stories, and lots of Denny O’Neil-penned tales. You can’t ask for a better collection of Batman’s 70’s adventures!

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

More great tales - some of the strongest Batman stories ever.

[Timo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Todella komeaa taidetta, jokainen kuva toimii. Mutta tarinat eivät. Eivät edes hölmöysasteella.
Kyllä mukana oli pari toimivaakin, mutta pääsääntöisest.... ei.

[Christopher Ouellette · Rating 3 out of 5]

70’s Batman
Its a fun book with great art

[Yosef Shapiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the golden eras in Batman history. The team of Neal Adams and Danny O'neil was one of the best ever on Batman. This is a great collection of stories.

[Chris W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun stories. Most of them actually were adapted into Batman the Animated series episodes.

[Nate]

Even now I read this stuff like a fan and I search to find how come this artist and this character fit each other like a glove. – Neal Adams, from introduction

This is the best of the three Neal Adams Batman collections. Through and through, it has the best stories, the best concepts, the best art. I feel like Adams and co. really find their groove here, crafting stories full of emotion and mystery. As a result, this is one of the stronger pre-Modern Age Batman collections I’ve come across.

The first story introduces Ra’s al Ghul, one of Batman’s greatest foes. I’ve always liked Ra’s al Ghul, even if I knew him mainly from TV shows and movies. But after reading his first appearance, I like him even more. He’s confident, commanding, and mysterious; he doesn’t always come across as completely villainous, which is maybe why he poses a unique threat to Batman. Adams drew two other Ra’s issues, both included here, and they tell a complete story.

“Half an Evil”, a fairly standard Two Face issue, has one of my favorite moments in the entire book. Arthur Reeves is complaining to Commissioner Gordon about Batman after Gordon switches on the bat-signal. As Reeves babbles on, Batman silently emerges behind him and says, “Boo.” He and Gordon laugh to themselves as Reeves darts away. This moment is so unexpected, because I’ve rarely seen Batman joke before. But it’s wonderful to see this moment of humanity for him, let alone in the form of humor.

The amazing and humanizing climax to “Night of the Reaper” left me chilled. Like many stories from this era, it has a supernatural element while also being firmly planted in reality. Dick Grayson plays a big role in this story, and it’s great to see him and Batman working together again.

“The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge” has to be one of the best Joker stories ever. Joker really makes things tough for Batman here; he’s supremely menacing, carrying out chaotic murders that keep him one step ahead. In fact, I haven’t seen him this frightening since the Golden Age, when he murdered people left and right (before this story’s publication in 1973, Joker experienced a four-year absence from comics). This story is a perfect showcase for why the Joker is Batman’s number one foe. I can see how The Killing Joke, another iconic Joker story, took inspiration from this one.

There are several moments in “The Bruce Wayne Murder Case” that took me aback. After he rounds up crooks, Batman is angry and acts like a jerk. He’s fed up. I’ve seen him frustrated before, but never in a such a negative and dismissive way like this. Let’s face it: Batman is not always a nice person. Sure, he fights crime and saves the innocent, and trains Robins to do the same. But his rigid sense of justice and obsessiveness don’t necessarily lend to kindness. While I do think these moments are in character, they caught me off guard, because I haven’t really seen Batman act like this yet.

It’s tough to pick, but “Moon of the Wolf” might be my favorite story here. It’s Batman vs. a werewolf, and the conclusion is just perfect. It’s tragic, but the storytelling throughout is absolutely fantastic.

In the end, this is a top notch collection. I look forward to returning to these stories again. If you want to try pre-Modern Age Batman comics, this is about as good as it gets.

Stray observations:

There are many, many standout Batman scenes drawn by Adams: Batman’s silhouette in Gordon’s office in “Moon of the Wolf”; charging in Ra’s al Ghul’s tent at the end of “The Demon Lives Again”; the opening splash page to “Half an Evil”. I could go on and on, because his art is too good.

Adams and Denny O’Neil both pen introductions for the volume. It’s just great to see them reflect on a fruitful and game-changing period for Batman that they themselves helped shape.

I didn’t mention them, but the final two stories are from book and record sets (the idea being that you play the record while reading the story). They’re fine for what they are, but nothing spectacular.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun collection of Batman stories written in the old school style reminiscent of Adam West era of Batman.