She is batmans most enduring love interest and is known for her complex lovehate relationship with him. Beginning batman vol 1 19402011 batman began publication in the spring of 1940 and was published until 2011. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on the issue number to the issue data. The joker is introduced as a psychopathic criminal mastermind with a warped, sadistic sense of humor. Brain boy comic book archives hardcover w dj dark horse nmint still sealed. Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art. One evening, while sitting in his fathers study, a huge bat flies into the window. Batman earned his own selftitled comic book in 1940, while continuing to be featured in detective comics. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. Bruce vows to avenge his parents and spends the following years developing his mind and body. Throughout his comic book appearances, the joker is portrayed as a master criminal whose characterization has varied from that of a violent psychopath to a goofy trickster.
Comics, the batman title remained one of the longest running dc comic book. Batman must contend with jimmy mccoy, a young bully. This photo is printed from a copy negative and is in mint condition, black and white photograph found in the archives of a private collection. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of spring 1940. Batman began as a quarterly, but that wasnt enough for fans. As with most books of the era, it consisted of various stories featuring batman and his recently introduced sidekick, robin. The first story featured the joker at his deadly best. Sixty years of the worlds favorite comic book heroes little. Batman 1940 comic read batman 1940 comic online in.
Batman is captured and injected with the serum, but manages to escape and create an antidote. While many batman spinoffs come and go, the selftitled series and detective comics are the two mainstays that will never fade away. While detective comics focuses on mysteries and the bats detective work. The original press run for the comic in 1940 was thought to be about 500,000 but today fewer than 300 copies are. Sothebys is selling a treasure trove of 40,000 rare dc comic. Bill finger bob kane batman is a comic book series featuring the dc comics hero of the same name. Batman then punches strange out the window into the murky waters below. He shoots thomas and martha and leaves bruce to survive. Please only report missing issues after attempting a thorough search, and do not submit false information. This page contains information about batman volume 1. Batman began publication in the spring of 1940 and was published until 2011.
The plot from the joker is reimagined in the 2005 graphic novel batman. Appearing a year before the attack on pearl harbor, the cover shows. After a successful year of publishing batman stories in detective comics. Batman the birth of comic book superheroes pictures. Within a year of his debut, batman earned his own comic book series. Batman 1940 comic read batman 1940 comic online in high. Created by jerry robinson, bill finger, and bob kane. Believing it to be an omen, bruce decides to drape himself. Index status cover scan status 1198 covers for 715 issues available.
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Presenting over 20 classic full length batman tales from the dc comics vault. The joker, now known as batmans arch nemesis, made his first appearance in issue no. It is available in digital format from dc entertainment at. He also manages to hang one of the monsters with his batrope. Following the adventures of gothams dark knight, batman is one of comics longestrunning monthly comic books. Collectible silver age comics reprints 195669 for sale.
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Batman then pilots the batplane and kills many of stranges henchman and some of the monsters with machinegun fire. The original press run for the comic in 1940 was thought to be. Hugo strange appears in the second story with a very diabolical plot, and the catwoman appears in the third story known as the cat. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. Fifteen years ago, a mugger named joe chill accosts thomas and martha wayne and their young son bruce. History batman was the first comic book series featuring batman as the protagonist. This coal camp offers none of the modern types of amusement and many of the people. Batman searches for the whereabouts of killer croc while croc himself breaks into gotham city jail to take care of the last obstacle in his path toward ruling the gotham underground.
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