Batman: Terror on the High Skies

by Joe R. Lansdale, Dick Giordano

Gotham City cowers under Joker's screaming laughter as he takes to the skies in an air borne pirate ship. His booty contains the most valuable belongings of Gotham's citizens. Will Batman stop him soon?

Genres: Batman

66 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1992

About the author

Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over forty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in more than two dozen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror," and he adapted his short story "Christmas with the Dead" to film hisownself. The film adaptation of his novel Cold in July was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and the Sundance Channel has adapted his Hap & Leonard novels for television.

He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.

Reviews

[Lily · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a nice quick read.

2.5/5

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[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Worth reading. It should be noted that the author of this is Joe R. Lansdale.

[D. · Rating 2 out of 5]

A disappointing entry in Lansdale's bibliography. Lacking Lansdale's usual wit and thrills, this is a lackluster Batman story told from the POV of a young boy who gets involved in The Joker's criminal plans. While it might have been better as a an actual comic book, there's not much here to recommend.