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DC Finest Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories
The Killing Joke and Other Stories follows straight on from the previous volume in the DC Finest Batman line. Here’s a quick look at it!
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DC Finest: Batman Year One & Two in Hand Look
After all of my banging on about the new DC Finest line of books, I was actually quite slow in getting one of the first ones!
As the title suggests, I went for the first volume of Batman that has been released – Year One & Two. So let’s take a quick look at it:
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Comparing DC Finest to What’s on the Shelf!
The news of DC’s new line of chunky paperback collected editions – DC Finest – has certainly got me excited. There has definitely been a bit of a dry spell for classic material from DC, particularly in paperback format. So the new line is really welcome news.
However, I’m sure I’m not the only one who is comparing the released details of the new books against what I’ve already got on my shelves.
I’m going to take a look at Batman and Superman below as there have been recent volumes from DC covering similar time periods.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Updates 2023
It’s been (ulp!) over a year ago since I last posted anything about the twin lines of The Caped Crusader and The Dark Knight Detective books! There’s not been much movement in the months since, but there is some news. It looks like the sister line, the Caped Crusader is Read more
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Batman: Caped Crusader & Dark Detective Updates
DC has continued with both of these lines of chunky paperbacks, collecting Post-Crisis, late 1980s and early 1990s Batman and Detective Comics. I’ve updated the main post on this here – Holy Collecting Crisis! – but some of the highlights are: Caped Crusader Volume 6 has now been published. Issue Read more
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Escape to the Past 5: Superman Vs Batman Golden Age Rogues Galleries
While reading the earliest Golden Age adventures of Superman and Batman, it really struck me the different approaches to their early Golden Age rogues galleries the stories took.
Let’s take (Yes! Let’s!) take a quick overview:
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Collecting Post-Crisis Batman
Over the last couple of years, DC has been putting out two companion lines collecting Post-Crisis Batman comics from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Let’s take a quick look at their contents and how they fit with previous collections.
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Escape to the Past #2: Batman & Detective Comics #27
Yeah, that’s right. That’s Batman (or the Bat-Man as he’s called in the story here), the creature of the night. The Dark Knight Detective. The Caped Crusader with his jaunty purple gloves and really awkward looking wings/cape. And… ears. Those weird ears…