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5.0 out of 5 stars Batmans first, July 18 2003

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"bab5757" (Davenport, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Batman Archives Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

If you like Batman the movie and my review on Batman the movie and you haven't read the first comic book of Batman this is the book for you. It has the first 24 Batman comics. In the first one you will find out how great an action hero Batman really is. In the second one you will find out how good of a detective Batman really is. In the third one you will meet Batman's first arch villain and so on and so on. Then to top it all off in the middle of the book Robin the boy wonder is introduced as Batman's aid and best friend. This book comes in mighty handy for example your parents tell you to stop watching TV and playing games and go and read, well this will come in handy. If your in a long road trip or going on vacation on a long plane ride this book will come in handy. In school you can put this baby in front of your boring textbook and read it instead. Or your electricity is out, you could read this until your city power plant says "I GIVE YOU LIGHT"! so enjoy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly A Dark Knight!, Mar 7 2005

By Jim Childs - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Batman Archives Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

I strongly suggest you read the other reviews because they give great insight about this volume and how batman is depicted. I will not recount what the other reviewers have already stated, but I will give a synopsis of what to expect from this archive collection:

1. It reprints the Batman stories of Detective Comics #27-50

2. Issue #27 marks the debute of The Bat-Man and Bruce Wayne's friend Comissioner James Gordon; Batman drives a red car.

3. Issue #28 shows Batman gloveless as his costume goes through different incarnations early in the series.

4. In a two-part story, Dr. Death debutes in #29 & 30 as Batman's first recurring Bat-villain.

5. Issue #31 introduces Bruce Wayne's fiance--an actress by the name of Julie Madison; Batman utilizes the Batarang and the Bat-Gyro for the first time.

6. Issue #32 has Batman using a gun for the first time in order to shoot a silver bullet into a vampire---The Monk.

7. Issue #33 introduces the origin of the Batman for the first time and is later reprinted in Batman #1; Bruce Wayne is shown going into a secret laboratory where he stores his Bat-costume inside a trunk; The car Batman uses begins to change but is still red.

8. Issue #34 shows Batman murdering a criminal while he rescues a female hostage.

9. Issue #35 features Batman sporting a blue convertible.

10. Issue #36 marks the debute of Professor Hugo Strange and his perverted interest in torture as he brandishes a whip against the bound and suspended Batman.

11. Issue #37 shows Batman's car changing once again, but maintaining the blue hue; Batman dons night-vision gogggles; a promo for a Professor Hugo Strange story is promised next issue, but is printed in Batman #1 instead.

12. Issue #38 spotlights "The Sensational Character Find of 1940... Robin-The Boy Wonder!"

13. Issue #40: Batman and Robin meet Clayface (Basil Karlo) and try to solve this murder mystery before he kills Julie Madison.

14. In what is considered Robin's first solo adventure, Issue #41 still features Batman aiding the Boy Wonder in wrapping up the case.

15. Issue #44 features the Dynamic Duo's first imaginary story.

16. After first appearing in Batman #1, The Joker makes his return in Detective Comics #45; The Batplane is reintroduced with a new look.

17. Issue #46 brings back Professor Hugo Strange, but ends in his apparent death.

18. Issue #47: For the first time, we see Batman enter a deserted barn that leads into a secret cavern underneath Wayne Manor.

19. Issue #48 houses Batman's car (now red again) inside the deserted barn.

20. Issue #49 After acquiring fame as an actress, Julie Madison changes her name to Portia Storme and breaks off the engagement to playboy Bruce wayne. But Clayface returns and wants revenge on the actress.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Creation of an Icon, Mar 3 2002

By Ricky Hunter - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Batman Archives Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

This is a fascinating volume in that it shows the first couple of years of Batman stories from Detective Comics. It begins with his first appearance as well as containing his origin story in a later issue and the first appearance of Robin the Boy Wonder. Bob Kane's Batman as portrayed in Batman Archives Volume 1 is a very dark creation at first. The violence is quite intense as Batman's foes end up being pierced through, necks broken or falling to their deaths, if not actually shot with the gun Batman sometimes carried at his side. This level of violence was already decreasing when the garishly garded Robin made his appearance and is gone by the end of this Volume. The villains include Dr. Death, Hugo Strange, the Joker and Clayface, along with a vampire and the usual suspects of assorted crime bosses. There is a nice gothic feel to many of the stories and drawings, with the exception of a fantasy story involving giants and tiny people which looks forward to the idiotic mess of stories that will haunt the Batman comics in the 1950's. At any rate, this is a great volume to begin a look at the origin and development of an icon, as well as being entertaining itself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The way it all began..., April 3 2000

By Todd Grotenhuis "tgrotenhuis" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Batman Archives Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

Here it is, Bat-fans: the very first stories ever published of Bat-Man (as his name was originally spelled), back from Detective Comics #27-52. These stories gave birth to the character who, along with Superman, is the most enduring and easily identifiable hero in the comic book genre, and possibly in American pop culture. In this collection (beautifully restored and in a solid binding) you get to see the first appearances of Batman, Robin, Clayface, and an early appearance of the Joker. The quality of comic writing today is, on the whole, much different today than it was 60 years ago. But this collection in Batman Archives represents some of the all-time best and most influential comic stories ever told from the Golden Age of comics. Frank Miller (in "Year One" and "The Dark Knight Returns") did not "redefine" Batman as a dark, gritty antihero; he returned Batman to his roots, and you can see the original Dark Knight in these early stories by Kane and Finger. Excellent storytelling. If you want to see how Batman began, you can't do better than this.

One clarification: unless DC Comics corrected this in later printings, "Batman Archives" refers to the reprints of Detective 27-52. The subsequent "Dark Knight Archives" refers to Batman 1-4 (i.e., if you buy "Batman Archives," you're really buying "Detective Comics" reprints.)

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