Batman - Hardcover

Giordano, Dick; O'Neil, Dennis; Robbins, Frank; Friedrich, Mike; Wein, Len; Wolfman, Marv

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401202691 ISBN 13: 9781401202699

Publisher: Dc Comics, 2004

Synopsis

Presents a collection of Neal Adams' contributions to the "Batman" comic book series from 1967 to 1969.

About this title

About the Author:

Dennis "Denny" O'Neil is a comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s. His best works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams, The Shadow with Mike Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan, all of which were hailed for sophisticated stories that expanded the artistic potential of the mainstream portion of the medium. As an editor, he is principally known for editing Batman. His 1970s run on Batman is perhaps his most well known endeavour, turning Batman from the campiness of the 1960s TV show, to "The Batman", getting back to the character's darker roots and emphasizing his detective skills. This grimer and more sophisticated Dark Knight, as well as new villians such as Ra's Al Ghul, brought back Batman from the verge of pop culture oblivion. His work would influence later incarnations of Batman, from the seminal comic "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller, to the movie Batman Begins in 2005.

From Booklist:

ne of Adams' early triumphs involved revitalizing one of comics' greatest icons. In the waning days of the TV series Batman, which depicted the character as a genial battler against silly, costumed villains, Adams and some sympathetic writers returned to the crime fighter's roots as a dark creature of the night driven to avenge his parents' double murder. Besides conjuring a noirish atmosphere (intensified here by good recoloring), Adams goosed up the thrills with exciting, kinetic fight choreography. The 1970s stories reprinted in this attractive, pricey hardcover range from moody ghost stories set in haunted houses to more traditional superhero scenarios, such as the trilogy in which Batman fights the Man-Bat, a scientist transformed into a giant flying fiend. More than three decades after these comics first appeared, Adams' conception of Batman remains the template for today's renditions of the Caped Crusader. Gordon Flagg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dc Comics
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1401202691
• ISBN 13: 9781401202699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Illustrator: Adams Neal