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Format:
Book
Title:
Batman archives
ISBN:
9780930289607

9781563890000

9781563890994

9781563894145

9781563897252

9781401204099

9781401214937

9781401233761
Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Archive Editions : DC Comics, 1990-
Physical Description:
volumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Series title(s):
General Note:
Reprints issues originally published in magazine form. Volume one: Detective Comics #27-50 (1939-1941); Volume 2: Detective Comics #51-70 (1941-1942); Volume 3: Detective Comics #71-86 (1943-1944); Volume 4: Detective Comics #87-102 (1944-1945); Volume 5 Detective Comics #103-119 (1945-1947); Volume 6: Detective Comics #120-135 (1947-1948); Volume 7: Detective Comics #136-154 (1948-1949); Volume 8: Detective Comics #155-171 (1950-1951).

Some stories in Volume 1 and Volume 2 originally issued untitled; titles were added to these stories in various reprints by DC, including Batman Chronicles Volume 1, Batman Chronicles Volume 2, Batman Chronicles Volume 3, Batman Chronicles Volume 4, and Batman the Golden Age.
Contents:
Volume 1. Foreword / Rick Marschall -- The case of the chemical syndicate -- Frenchy Blake's jewel gang -- The Batman meets Doctor Death -- The return of Doctor Death -- Batman versus the vampire, part one -- Batman versus the vampire, part two -- The Batman wars against the dirigible of doom -- Peril in Paris -- The case of the ruby idol -- Professor Hugo Strange -- The spies -- Introducing Robin, the Boy Wonder -- The horde of the Green Dragon! -- The murders of Clayface -- The masked menace of the boys school -- The case of the prophetic pictures! -- The case of the city of terror -- The land behind the light -- The case of the laughing death -- Professor Strange's fear dust -- Money can't buy happiness -- The secret cavern -- Clayface walks again -- The case of the three devils -- Volume 2. Foreword / Max Allen Collins -- The case of the mystery carnival -- The secret of the jade box -- Viola Vane -- Hook Morgan and his harbor pirates -- The brain burglar -- The stone idol -- Twenty-four hours to live -- One of the most perfect frame-ups -- The king of the jungle -- Case of the costume-clad killers -- The three racketeers -- Laugh, town, laugh -- A gentleman in Gotham -- The Joker walks the last mile -- The cop who hated The Batman -- The crimes of Two-Face -- Crimes early bird -- The man who led a double life -- The Harlequin's hoax -- The man who could read minds -- Volume 3. Foreword / Jerry Robinson -- Crime a day -- License for larceny -- The Scarecrow returns -- Tweedledum and Tweedledee -- The robber baron -- Slay 'em with flowers -- The crime clinic -- The bond wagon -- Destiny's auction -- The end of Two-Face -- The cavalier of crime -- Quarterback of crime -- Accidentally on purpose -- Artists in villainy -- The Joker's double -- Danger strikes three -- Volume 4. Foreword / Dick Sprang -- The man of a thousand umbrellas -- The merchants misery -- Laboratory loot -- Crime between the acts -- The case of the practical joker -- Crime's manhunt -- One night of crime -- No one must know -- The Blaze -- Alfred, private detective -- The secret of the switch -- The king of the hoboes -- The temporary murders -- The crow's nest mystery -- The tyrannical twins -- The house that was held for ransom.

Volume 5. Foreword / Dennis O'Neil -- Trouble incorporated -- The battle of the billboards -- The Batman goes broke -- The phantom of the library -- The mountain of the moon -- The goat of Gotham city -- The house that jokes built -- Batman and Robin in Scotland Yard -- Coaltown, USA -- The case without a crime -- Crime on the half-shell -- Acrostic of crime -- The man who lived in a glass house -- The rescue of Robin Hood -- Steeplejack's showdown -- The royal flush crimes -- The case of the famous foes -- Volume 6. Foreword / Bill Schelly -- Fowl play -- Commissioner Gordon walks a beat -- The Black Cat crimes -- The dawn patrol crimes -- The crime parade -- The citadel of crime -- Case of the silent songbirds -- Pigmies in giantland -- Crime in reverse -- The isle of yesterday -- The box -- The underworld surgeon -- The human key -- The man who could see the future -- The umbrellas of crime -- The true story of Frankenstein -- Volume 7. Foreword / Jim Amash -- The dead man's chest -- The rebus crimes -- The invisible crimes -- The crimes of jade -- The Riddler -- The gallery of public heroes -- Crime's puzzle contest -- The Pied Piper of peril -- Kay Kyser's mystery broadcast -- Robin, the boy failure -- Three's a crime -- Tiger shark -- The experiment of Professor Zero -- The sound-effect crimes -- The ghost of Gotham city -- I.O.U. my life -- The goblin of Gotham city -- The flying Batman -- Underground railroad of crime -- Volume 8. Foreword / Michael Uslan -- Bruce Wayne, private detective -- The Batmobile of 1950 -- The race of the century -- The 1,001 trophies of Batman -- Bruce Wayne, you are Batman -- The globe-trotter of crime -- The men who died on time -- The law of the Iron Road -- The men who feared metal -- Untold tales of the Bat-Signal -- The strange costumes of Batman -- The man with a million faces -- Bodyguards to Cleopatra -- The man behind the Red Hood -- Batman, boss of the big house -- The Flying Dutchman II -- The menace of the giant birds.
Summary:
His earliest stories reveal Batman as he was initially conceived: a mysterious dark nemesis of crime, a non-nonsense vigilante driven by some inner demon to eliminate society's malefactors. Later, with the introduction of Robin, we are presented with the more human side of our protagonist. Not so fierce perhaps, but every bit as resolute.
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