In the last 20 years, there has been a huge increase in the number of books reprinting Golden Age material. DC’s first concerted effort at reprinting classic Golden Age stories was their Superman Archives in 1989 followed quickly by their Batman Archives in 1990. Before that time, reprints of the Golden Age adventures of DC [...]
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Golden Age Reprints – The Batman Annuals Volume 1
Back in early December, I posted about the upcoming DC Comics Classic Library Series featuring the first three Batman Annuals. Well, the wait is over as DC released The Batman Annuals, Volume 1 hardcover this week. Back in the early 1960′s when DC first published these annuals, it was a great way for fans of the [...]
The Year of the Bat, Part 3 – The Batmobile
In my previous post detailing the first year of Batman’s life in the comics, I mentioned a lot of aspects of the character that not only defined him, but made him an extremely popular superhero in the early Golden Age of comic books. As time went by in Batman’s life, it became clear that his great [...]
Golden Age Reprints – Batman Chronicles, Volume 7
DC continues to churn out their Chronicles series, and this week released Batman Chronicles, Volume 7. As most of you know, I am a big fan of the Golden Age Batman. Part of the reason I enjoy the Golden Age incarnation of this character so much are the stories represented in this volume. This is [...]
The Year of the Bat, Part 2
In my first posting about “The Year of the Bat” I focused on when Batman first appeared on the newsstands in the USA. In response to that post, I was informed that Detective Comics #27 (Batman’s first appearance) had a newsstand date of April 18, 1939 as reported by the DC Indexes Blog. While I don’t [...]