There are currently fourteen comic books about batman, gotham, and batman s subordinatesfamily members in print today. Batman is a superhero cocreated by artist bob kane and writer bill finger and published by dc comics. Unlike most superheroes, batman does not possess any superpowers. Remember that there is also the original detective comics series, as well as other comic books featuring batman. Batman has been gothams protector for decades, ceo of wayne enterprises, patriarch of the bat family and veteran member of the justice league. And hes brought an allstar roster of artists along with him including andy kubert, tony daniel and frank quitely to celebrate this milestone 700th issue featuring. The comic series is penned by emmy awardnominated writer adam beechen with art by ryan benjamin.
In the name of his murdered parents, bruce wayne wages eternal war on the criminals of gotham city. Justice league action batman in action dc kids youtube. It stars adam west as bruce wayne batman and burt ward as dick grayson robin two crimefighting heroes who defend gotham city from a variety of archvillains. This is a list of dc comics reprint collections including trade paperbacks, hardcovers, and other special format collections. From bruce wayne, to dick grayson, to damian wayne, all of them try to solve a crime that ties into each generation. Following the adventures of gothams dark knight, batman is one of comics longestrunning monthly comic books. The debut of the series followed the events of batman r. While many batman spinoffs come and go, the selftitled series and detective comics are the two mainstays that will never fade away. With zoe kravitz, robert pattinson, andy serkis, colin farrell.
Hobbizine comic book value guides list prices in all conditions from good to mint. Batman 1940 comic read batman 1940 comic online in. After a successful year of publishing batman stories in detective comics volume. Comics which would be found on your local comic bookstores shelf. Since that tragic night, he has trained his body and mind to near physical perfection to be a selfmade super hero. The film stars jack nicholson as the joker and michael keaton as bruce wayne batman, alongside kim basinger. Batman began publication in the spring of 1940 and was published until 2011.
Batman was the first comic book series featuring batman as the protagonist. Now, to celebrate this event, i made 2 special batman 700 wallpaper. Batman comic 681 cover a first print 2008 grant morrison tony daniel florea dc. Batman and robin is an american comic book ongoing series, created by grant morrison and featuring batman and robin.
I all ways love batman even the number 700 series been started over go head and catch up back issues. Batman is a 1960s american live action television series, based on the dc comic book character of the same name. Batman and robin of the 1960s live action series are back in action to take down their fiendish foes united once more against them. His work on series such as the spectre and jonah hex is still highly regarded, as is his work on the encyclopedia of comic book heroes. The first of dcs big anniversary issues this month turns in an outstanding effort by the allstar creative team. Michael lawrence fleishers comic book writing career spanned two decades in which he authored approximately 700 stories for dc, marvel, and other comics publishers. Batman vol 01 original encyclopedia of comic book heroes paperback may 2, 2007 by michael l. The quality of the actual comic presented here is higher than twoandhalf stars. The giant sized 700th issue of batman spans across three generations of batmen. Time and the batman, batman gallery, secrets of the batcave grant morrison returns to batman with this oversized special. Grant morrison returns to batman with this oversized special. While details on the issue are still forthcoming, dc.
The packaging of this book left a poor taste in my mouth, as it will for many others. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. Batman is a 1989 american superhero film directed by tim burton and produced by jon peters and peter guber, based on the dc comics character of the same name. Batman beyond is a 2010 sixissue comic book limited series published by dc comics. It is known for its camp style, upbeat theme music, and its.
Originally named the batman, the character is also referred to by such epithets as the caped crusader, the dark knight, and the. This week we are selling an including amazing spiderman,silver surfer, avengers, xmen, iron man, hulk, fantastic four, defenders, batman, cgc books and many other 1st appearance key issues. The series is an attempt to mesh the dc animated universe television series batman beyond with the mainstream dc continuity. With adam west, burt ward, alan napier, neil hamilton. Before the advent of motorized transport, an officers batman was also in charge of the officers bathorse that carried the pack saddle with his officers kit during a campaign. Original comic art titled batman by david finch, located in daryls batman. And hes brought an allstar roster of artists along with him including andy kubert, tony daniel and frank quitely to celebrate this milestone 700th issue featuring stories spotlighting each of the batmen from different eras bruce wayne, dick.
The dark knight of gotham city begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being jack napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal joker. The uk english term is derived from the obsolete bat, meaning. Brane taylor travels back to recruit robin because his own eras robin is injured. This is a kind of collection of b sides and rarities from grant morrisons epic batman storyline. The whos who of big name artists teams with a terrific grant morrison story that spans three generations of batman stories. Today on variant, we lay out the comic book origin of the antimonitor, one of the mot powerful beings in the dc universe and the central villain in the cws crisis on infinite earths crossover.
Like this video for this insane never before seen video, comment which batman story was your favorite. If you want to read good batman stories that dont require catching up with a year or more of comics, id suggest staying awa. The caped crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in gotham city. A rotating roster of the worlds top comic book creators deliver unique tales starring batman in this acclaimed anthology series.
The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. The first concerns a meshing of batmans, present and future, in a number of futuristic backgrounds this was the best looking part of the book but was confusing to me, even though ive read the others in this batman cycle black glove, rip, return of bruce wayne, etc. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Production quality on the book is, like that on other recent dc hardcovers, fairly bad. We also get a special appearance from terry mcginnis from batman beyond. In this new timeline, the original batman series ended and was relaunched with a new first issue. David finchs batman stepbystep comic art sketch, batman. It stars adam west as bruce wayne batman and burt ward as dick grayson robin two crimefighting heroes who defend gotham city from a variety of arch villains.
Man prefers comic books that dont insert politics into stories about government engineered agents of war. The film stars jack nicholson as the joker and michael keaton as bruce wayne batman, alongside kim basinger, robert wuhl, pat hingle, billy dee williams, michael. With michael keaton, jack nicholson, kim basinger, robert wuhl. Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Originally named the batman, the character is also referred to by such epithets as the caped crusader, the dark knight, and the worlds greatest detective. This is what happens when techland goes to the comic book store. These prices for comic books are provided as a service to hobbizine. While detective comics focuses on mysteries and the bats detective work. And hes brought an allstar roster of artists along with him including andy kubert, tony daniel and frank quitely to celebrate this milestone 700th issue featuring stories spotlighting each of the batmen from different eras bruce wayne, dick grayson and damian wayne. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
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