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- Great Bat ReadingThis is a thoroughly researched Bat Book focusing on the 1960s and 1970s era, jam-packed with comics and archival photos, and presented in painstaking detail by the authors. There's something here for everyone -- history, artist interviews, and story analysis. The format and visuals make it easy to jump in and read in short bursts. But the narrative thread is strong throughout, which makes this compelling cover-to-cover reading for Bat-amateurs and die-hard fans alike.
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- A Thorough Examination Of Seminal Points In Bat HistoryThis is without a doubt, one of the best Bat-Books out there. Authors Kronenberg and Eury have done an incredibly detailed job of covering two important periods of the Batman mythos. Back in 1963 when the character's books were on the verge of cancellation, Editor Julius Schwartz was given the task of rescuing the Dynamic Duo. Which, he did, with the help of several amazingly talented artists and writers. They were reponsible for giving the Caped Crusaders the identity that ultimately skyrocketed them into multimedia mega-stardom. Then in the next decade when the character was in need of yet another make-over, the talented Mr. Schwartz, with yet another legendary team of creators, returned the hero to his darker crime fighting roots,...from whence the incredibly popular Dark Knight of today was born. This is a profusely illustrated and incredibly researched tome that includes interviews and anecdotes from creators of that era as well as those of today. The indexes and rogues galleries alone are worth the price of admission. The layout and design of the book is clear and catchy. Any Bat fan worth their salt would be proud to display this beautifully created book on their shelf.
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- We Need a Link to Seem Samples of This Book, Like The Links the Publishers Provided for the Other Companion BooksThis Companion book does not have a link provided by the publishers of the book to show samples of the book. They have such links for the other companion books, but not this one.
I can't/won't order this book with out a link that gives samples of pages of this book like the links provided for the other companion books.
I hope that this book provides a complete history of Batman begining in the 930's with the creation of the character by Bob Kane along with Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson.
Then I hope that it will go into the death of the early Batman's then arch foe Dr. Hugo Strange, killed by Batman who had to take out his gun from the holster of his (Batman's) utility belt and shoot Dr. Hugo Strange.
Yes, Batman was given a gun for that one issue whihc he used to kill the bad guy. This brought in a flood of compalints from parents and moralists watchdog groups.
The next issue, the gun was taken away, and to implement further damage control, the character of Robin, the Boy Wonder was introduced into the Batman series. Ironically, later in the 1950's, Dr. Fredrick Wertham attacked the Batman and Robin relationship saying that it could foster homosexual tendencies in young boys.
As tehy say, "A hero is only as good as his foil." So, I am hopingthat the histories of Batman's popular villains are explored.
I would like to see the Batman and Robin of the 1950's looked into as other characters like Batwoman; her teenage sidekick and neice; the original Batgril; Ace the Bathound; and the magical imp from the Fifth Dimension, Bat-Mite are looked into. Also covering how under editor Robert Canniger, the series took a science fiction bent to it.
Then, of course, it should cover the dark days of Batman and Robin as due to dropping sales, DC Comics was considering cancelling Batman, and as a last ditch effort assigned Batman to be revamped b Editor Julius Schwartz who with writers Gardener Fox and John Broome, and artist Carmine Infantino to give Batman a new look and new direction, returning to the mystery andd detective aspects in the stories.
Then enter TV executive producer William Dosier, and in January 1966 premeired the "Batman" TV series on ABC. This plunged the country into "Batmania." Batman was now the Number One superhero in comics.
The TV series was campy, and so DC Comics made the mistake of going campy with not only the Batman comics, but all its superhero comics. This cost them when the populairty of the series died and cap was out. This was the time in the 1960's when fortunes turned and and afer many decades, DC Comics was no longer Number One, with the number one place being taken over by Marvel Comics who had decided to continue on with what they were doing and not go camp.
By the end of the 1960's, the sales of Batman were sagging once again and Julie Schwartz assigned the book to writer Denny O'Neil to do something with it. Denny O'Neil went back to "The Batman's' original roots, having Robin going away to college, and re-establishing Batman as the mysterious avenger of the Knight. This was wen the term "The Dark Knight" was coined.
In the later 1980's came Frank Miller with "Return of the Dark Knight," and the comic book buing public then realy took notice of The Batman (The Dark Knight). And after years of Warner Brothers thining about and procrastinating on a Batman movie, Warner Brothers then decided to move.
Batman, today, is now DC's Number One popular character again.
As you can se Batman does have an interesting history; and if this book is done right, it can be a good book. But, first, the company should provide a link to show us samples of pages from the book along iwth the Table of Contnts and the Index section like with the links it provides for the other companion books.
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