The Best of DC #2

(November-December 1979)

Best of DC No. 2 -- Batman (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of Contents.

The Forties (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Burnley

Inks:

Jack Burnley

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #9 (February-March 1942)

The People vs. the Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Jerry Robinson

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #7 (October-November 1941)

Armchair Detective (Table of Contents)

The Adventures of Alfred / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Jerry Robinson

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Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Alfred; Bruce Wayne (cameo); Dick Grayson (cameo)

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #31 (October-November 1945)

The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Jerry Robinson

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #48 (August-September 1948)

The Fifties (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin; Two-Face

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #69 (February-March 1952)

Indexer Notes

Top of cover reprint is cut off to accommodate text heading at top of page.

The First Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Joey Chill; Lew Moxon

Synopsis:

Bruce finds out his father was the "first" Batman and later finds the man who paid Joey Chill to shoot his father,

Reprints:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #235 (September 1956)

Indexer Notes

Retelling of the origin of Batman.

Murder at Mystery Castle (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #246 (August 1957)

The Sixties (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin; The Joker; The Penguin

Reprints:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #387 (May 1969)

Indexer Notes

30th anniversary cover.

The Cry of Night Is "Kill!" (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

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Script:

Michael Friedrich

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Joe Giella

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon; Alfred (cameo)

Reprints:

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #387 (May 1969)

Indexer Notes

Original title was "The Cry of Night Is Sudden Death." Re-write of "Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27.

The Seventies (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Neal Adams

Inks:

Dick Giordano

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #241 (May 1972)

The Joker's Five-Way Revenge! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil

Pencils:

Neal Adams

Inks:

Neal Adams

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; The Joker

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #251 (September 1973)

["If you enjoyed this classic collection..."] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Promo for Batman #318 (on sale September 13, 1979), Detective Comics #486 (on sale September 13, 1979), and The Brave and the Bold #157 (on sale September 27, 1979), with small cover reproductions.

The Batman--Forty Years Young (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Mike W. Barr

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Brief overview of Batman's first 40 years in the comics.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

["Together in one volume--the best stories..."] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Characters:

Batman

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for the issue.