Batman Part VII

A new volume of my favourite DC Archives series is out - Batman Archives Volume 8. The comics collected here are the Batman and Robin stories from Detective Comics 150 - 175 (January 1950 - April 1951) - right in the middle of the first (and best) 25 years of Batman and Robin.

Eleven of the stories are seen for the first time since they were published. The five stories that have been reprinted are:

*The Batmobile of 1950! issue 156
The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman! issue 158
Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! issue 164
The Strange Costumes of Batman! issue 165
*The Man Behind the Red Hood! issue 168

The two with an * were published in Batman in the Fifties (New York: DC Comics, 2002). The Man Behind the Red Hood is the origin on the Joker and is one of the most reprinted Batman stories, the first time in Batman 213 (July-August 1969).

Batman Archives Volume 8

Batman Archives Volume 8 back

Batman in the Fifties 

Batman in the Fifties back

Batman 213