Batman Part III

The 22 Annuals DC Comics published from 1960 to 1964 were different in an important way from the 80 Page Giants which followed - they didn't have ads. This allowed for one of their most appealing aspects - special features. Reproductions of covers, lists of superpowers or batgadgets, maps of planets or batcaves - all were indeed special.

Here is one from Batman Annual 2 (1961) - a signed portrait of the Batman Family. The back cover of the 40th anniversary of the Batman's appearance in Detective Comics 483 (May 1979) has a later Batman Family. Gone are Bat-Mite and Bathound, the old Batwoman and Batgirl. A new Batwoman is the only new Family. This was as simple as the Family became. Since then there have been three more Robins, the old Robin became Nightwing then a second Batman, a third Batwoman.