At 904 pages, Batman in The Brave & The Bold: The Bronze Age Omnibus Volume 1 is a handful. But I loved reading these classic comic book adventures when I was a kid so it was worth the $46 (that’s the AMAZON price, retail price is $126!). If you’re a fan of Batman comics, you probably have this coffee table-sized book on order. There are hours of entailment between these covers. This volume also includes an informative foreword by Robert Greenberger which gives a nice contextual history of these adventures. This wonderful collection starts with issue #74 and runs straight through to issue #109 (Batman and The Demon). Batman teams up with Wonder Woman, Flash, Deadman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and the Teen Titans. And some of the best Bronze Age talent are here: Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Bob Haney, Dick Giordano and Dennis O’Neil, The quality is high and it’s well worth the money. GRADE: A
I’d like to read it, but won’t!
Bob, this is a beautiful package!
Fascinating sounding but a bit too expensive for me right now!
Sergio, you get a lot for your money with BATMAN IN THE BRAVE & THE BOLD. I can’t wait for Volume 2!
My taste in comics ran more to the archie series. I also subscribed to Brenda Starr. I don’t think it lasted long. I kept them for a while, but like many things, they went away.
Maggie, I read some ARCHIE comics when I was a kid. My local newspaper used to run BRENDA STARR on their comics page.
Right up my alley, but too expensive. The library doesn’t buy things like this, so I’ll be skipping it. Maybe someday I’ll come across a really cheap remaindered copy.
Rick, I’ve had good luck getting my librarian friends to buy stuff like BATMAN IN THE BRAVE & THE BOLD. It’s worth a try.
You have better luck than I do. They only look at probable circulation numbers.
Rick, I give a big bag of HERSEY’S KISSES to the Acquisition Librarian every Christmas. Maybe that has something to do with it.
How about interlibrary loan?
Again I have to confess that I never had any interest in Batman – couldn’t understand the fuss …
Superman was so so at the beginning but I soon lost interest too – only real science fiction books and stories for me!
PS:
I’ve written already that I started reading MAD in 1962 (you could get it at a bookstore near the university – like some of the magazines: F&SF, Analog) and before I bought anything or went to watch an American movie I looked at the MAD parody of it – and from that I could usually tell whether I would enjoy it …
Wolf, strangely Batman has become one of the more complex and cryptic DC heroes. And, on the lighter side, BATMAN: THE LEGO MOVIE opens in a couple of weeks. You’ll be seeing a review of it on this blog soon.
Wolfi: I was more of a fan of National Lampoon
Maggie, I read that too when I was in the USA later (had my first business trip in 1984) but in Germany that was totally unknown/unavailable.
I also remember finding the Onion and was surprised at its “strong” humour! 🙂
I’m sorry to nit-pick but:
“There are hours of entailment between these covers.”
–George Kelley
“I don’t think that word means what you think it means.”
–Inigo Montoya
Ha!
This is historically important cuz the prototypical Dark Knight began in this series, not in Batman’s own book. Art God Neal Adams brought back the mysterioso, exaggerating the costume, drawing Batman at night, ignoring the scripted daytime scenes.
Bill, the artwork in BATMAN IN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD is incredible! I love this massive volume!