Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Two-Face (villain); Commissioner Gordon [James Gordon]; Arthur Reeves; Alfred Pennyworth; Billy the Tramp; Robin [Dick Grayson] (flashback); Boss Maroni (flashback)

Reprints

from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #234 (August 1971)

Keywords

Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Batrope; GCPD Headquarters; Gotham City; Nautical Museum; Two-Face's coin; Wayne Foundation

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Frank Robbins
Inks: Frank Robbins
Colors: Tatjana Wood
Letters: ?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #429 (November 1972)

Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Dick Giordano
Inks: Dick Giordano
Colors: Anthony Tollin
Letters: ?

Job Number

S-1473

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #250 (July 1973)
in Batman Special (Juniorpress, 1989 series) #17 (week 7 1993)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Jim Aparo
Inks: Jim Aparo
Colors: Petra Goldberg
Letters: Jim Aparo

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #437 (October-November 1973)

Batman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script: Archie Goodwin
Pencils: Alex Toth
Inks: Alex Toth
Colors: Tom Ziuko
Letters: Alex Toth
Editing: Archie Goodwin (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Earlier, a flash storm had shattered this Spring evening in Gotham!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Eve Dancer; Mason Terrell; Doug Garth; Rick Halstrom; Ben Dancer; Benjy Dancer

Reprints

from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #442 (August-September 1974)
in Batman (Juniorpress, 1984 series) #44 (1991), #45 (week 47 1991), #46 (1991)

Keywords

Batarang; Gotham City; SPAD S.XIII

Indexer Notes

With due homage to Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, and Neal Adams.

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script: Denny O'Neil
Pencils: Dick Giordano
Inks: Dick Giordano
Colors: Julia Lacquement
Letters: ?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #457 (March 1976)

Batman / text story / 15 pages (report information)

Script: Denny O'Neil
Pencils: Marshall Rogers
Inks: Marshall Rogers
Colors: Bill Wray
Letters: typeset
Editing: Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At eight o'clock the special prosecutor died.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Anthony Toombs; Milo Lewes; Gimp Malone; Boilerplate Thomas; Bernie Sorrel; Benjamin

Reprints

from DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #15 - Batman Spectacular (Summer 1978)

Keywords

Batcave; Gotham City; Utility Belt; Wayne Foundation

Indexer Notes

Prose story with illustrations.

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script: Steve Englehart
Pencils: Marshall Rogers
Inks: Terry Austin
Colors: Julianna Ferriter
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #474 (December 1977)

Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Bob Rozakis
Pencils: Michael Golden
Inks: Bob Smith
Colors: Anthony Tollin
Letters: Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #482 (February-March 1979)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script: Len Wein
Pencils: Walter Simonson
Inks: Dick Giordano
Colors: Petra Goldberg
Letters: Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #312 (June 1979)

Batman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Brennert
Pencils: Dick Giordano
Inks: Dick Giordano
Colors: Adrienne Roy
Letters: John Costanza

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #500 (March 1981)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Brennert
Pencils: Joe Staton
Inks: George Freeman
Colors: Lovern Kindzierski
Letters: John Costanza

Genre

superhero

Reprints

from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #197 (April 1983)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Robert Greenberger
Letters: typeset

Indexer Notes

various covers used as illoes

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Mark Waid
Letters: typeset

Genre: biography

Indexer Notes

biographies of stories' creators

Editing

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
Batman
1. Table of Contents
2. Growing Up With the Greatest
3. Our Darkest Knight
4. Batman versus the Vampire, Part One
Batman
5. Batman versus the Vampire, Part Two
Batman
6. Dr. Hugo Strange and the Mutant Monsters
Batman
7. Knights of Knavery
Batman
8. 1001 Umbrellas of the Penguin
Batman
9. The Origin of the Batman!
Batman
10. The Birth of the Batplane II!
Batman
11. Operation "Escape"!
Robin
12. The Jungle Cat-Queen!
Batman
13. The First Batman
Batman
14. The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team
Superman and Batman
15. Robin Dies at Dawn
Batman
16. The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City!
Batman
17. Ghost of the Killer Skies!
Batman
18. Half an Evil
Batman
19. Man-Bat Over Vegas!
Batman
20. The Batman Nobody Knows!
Batman
21. Deathmask!
Batman
22. Death Flies the Haunted Skies
Batman
23. There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!
Batman
24. Death Strikes at Midnight and Three
Batman
25. The Deadshot Ricochet
Batman
26. Bat-Mite's New York Adventure!
Batman
27. A Caper a Day Keeps the Batman at Bay!
Batman
28. To Kill a Legend
Batman
29. The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne!
Batman
30. Endnotes
31. Creating the Greatest

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Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

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Growing Up With the Greatest (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages (report information)

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Our Darkest Knight (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages (report information)

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Batman versus the Vampire, Part One (Table of Contents: 4)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Batman versus the Vampire, Part Two (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Dr. Hugo Strange and the Mutant Monsters (Table of Contents: 6)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Knights of Knavery (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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1001 Umbrellas of the Penguin (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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The Origin of the Batman! (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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The Birth of the Batplane II! (Table of Contents: 10)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Operation "Escape"! (Table of Contents: 11)

Robin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

The Jungle Cat-Queen! (Table of Contents: 12)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

The First Batman (Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman and Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Robin Dies at Dawn (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City! (Table of Contents: 16)

Batman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Ghost of the Killer Skies! (Table of Contents: 17)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Half an Evil (Table of Contents: 18)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Man-Bat Over Vegas! (Table of Contents: 19)

Batman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

The Batman Nobody Knows! (Table of Contents: 20)

Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Deathmask! (Table of Contents: 21)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Death Flies the Haunted Skies (Table of Contents: 22)

Batman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley! (Table of Contents: 23)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Death Strikes at Midnight and Three (Table of Contents: 24)

Batman / text story / 15 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Deadshot Ricochet (Table of Contents: 25)

Batman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Bat-Mite's New York Adventure! (Table of Contents: 26)

Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

A Caper a Day Keeps the Batman at Bay! (Table of Contents: 27)

Batman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

To Kill a Legend (Table of Contents: 28)

Batman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne! (Table of Contents: 29)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Endnotes (Table of Contents: 30)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Creating the Greatest (Table of Contents: 31)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

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The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told

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