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The Batman Chronicles (Reprints) #8
The Batman Chronicles, Vol. 8
The chronological reprinting of every Batman story from the 1940s forward continues in this new, eighth volume. Batman and his partner in crimefighting, Robin, face some of their most infamous foes, including The Penguin, The Joker, The Scarecrow, Catwoman, as well as German saboteurs
192 pages, Paperback
First published October 20, 2009
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Don Cameron
220 books1 followerDonald Clough Cameron was a Golden Age comic book writer.
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April 6, 2022
more Batman stories in chronological order, one of which involves the Scarecrow
July 6, 2024
To say that these are good reads would be an understatement. Golden Age Batman rocks, plain and simple. The writing begins to take on a campy tone similar to the '60s television series, i.e. Batman and Robin are in a trap and a caption reads 'can they escape?' or something similar. Batman refers to villains as 'fiends'. The villains! The Penguin. The Joker. Catwoman. The Scarecrow. Tweedledee and Tweedledum. These villains are great! I will let my son read these when he gets a bit older, which is something that I can't say about modern Batman comic books. Why did comic books take such a wrong turn? They are intended for children, and should be accessible to them. I prefer this 'wholesome' Batman to Frank Miller's version.
December 5, 2017
Great fun with some grotesque art and film noir aspects. the war hangs heavy over this collection, from Dec 1942-Apr 1943. Big time villains are scarce, only one penguin and one scarecrow. Some japanazis and hardened criminals provide the opposition.
April 12, 2019
This book collects Batman stories from Detective Comics #71-74, Batman #14 and #15 and World's Finest #8 and #9rd the ar
In the book, there are appearances by four major Batman villains and one had another minor one. The Catwoman story is really good and features Batman and Catwoman seeming to get together for a while. The Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum story is great for just how weird and unsettling they look. The Penguin story is pretty good. I thought the it had a clever idea of him selling crime ideas, but he was way more brutal than the Penguin typically is. The Joker story contains the very silly idea of Batman delivering public lectures in auditoriums that include segments where he mocks criminals. The Scarecrow story is very generic and could have been done by any thug.
Add to that, you have a touching Christmas story and another tale that seems to pay tribute to the honorable drugist, and then you have a lot more generic stories and at least one is way too similar to the Penguin story for my liking.
I'd probably rate this one 3.5 stars. It's not bad, particularly when you have Batman's strong rogue's gallery active (very rare for the Golden Age), but there are some problems in those stories and there are some plot lines that are repeated which when the book only covers a few month is kind of a problem. There have been better volumes in this set and hopefully there will be again.
In the book, there are appearances by four major Batman villains and one had another minor one. The Catwoman story is really good and features Batman and Catwoman seeming to get together for a while. The Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum story is great for just how weird and unsettling they look. The Penguin story is pretty good. I thought the it had a clever idea of him selling crime ideas, but he was way more brutal than the Penguin typically is. The Joker story contains the very silly idea of Batman delivering public lectures in auditoriums that include segments where he mocks criminals. The Scarecrow story is very generic and could have been done by any thug.
Add to that, you have a touching Christmas story and another tale that seems to pay tribute to the honorable drugist, and then you have a lot more generic stories and at least one is way too similar to the Penguin story for my liking.
I'd probably rate this one 3.5 stars. It's not bad, particularly when you have Batman's strong rogue's gallery active (very rare for the Golden Age), but there are some problems in those stories and there are some plot lines that are repeated which when the book only covers a few month is kind of a problem. There have been better volumes in this set and hopefully there will be again.
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