Karen: Howdy folks. Here's your chance -if you ever wanted to propose a "Discuss" topic, go right ahead! Typically "Discuss" topics are pretty narrow ones (in the past we've thrown out things like "Discuss the Sub-Mariner" or "Discuss Animal House"). So get it rolling!
Doug: I wanted to break in today and tell you about a book I pre-ordered back in April and received yesterday. It is the very heavy (3.1 pounds!), 600+ page tome Tales of the Batman: Len Wein. The book collects Detective Comics #408, #444-448, #466, #478-479, #500, #514, Batman #307-310, #312-319, #321-324, #326-327, World's Finest Comics #207, DC Retroactive Batman - The 70s, Untold Legends of the Batman #1-3, and Batman Black and White #5. Amazon's pre-order price was a mere $31. Couldn't pass it up!
But the aspect of the book which our readers might be most interested is the artist credits. Talk about a Hall of Fame! These stories are illustrated by Neal Adams, Dick Dillin, Jim Aparo, Ernie Chua, Marshall Rogers, Irv Novick, Walt Simonson, Don Newton, Dick Giordano, Joe Giella, Vinnie Colletta, and John Byrne (among many others). Wow... A note: there are a few Neal Adams stories that were reprinted previously in the Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams hardcovers. As you may know, Adams recolored all of his work for those books. Those versions are included here, rather than the traditional four-color versions. It's a bit off-putting alongside the many stories reprinted as they originally saw print.
I am in debt to DC for getting all of the Bronze Age Batman goodness compiled in these smart-looking hardcovers. Bravo!
Doug: I wanted to break in today and tell you about a book I pre-ordered back in April and received yesterday. It is the very heavy (3.1 pounds!), 600+ page tome Tales of the Batman: Len Wein. The book collects Detective Comics #408, #444-448, #466, #478-479, #500, #514, Batman #307-310, #312-319, #321-324, #326-327, World's Finest Comics #207, DC Retroactive Batman - The 70s, Untold Legends of the Batman #1-3, and Batman Black and White #5. Amazon's pre-order price was a mere $31. Couldn't pass it up!
But the aspect of the book which our readers might be most interested is the artist credits. Talk about a Hall of Fame! These stories are illustrated by Neal Adams, Dick Dillin, Jim Aparo, Ernie Chua, Marshall Rogers, Irv Novick, Walt Simonson, Don Newton, Dick Giordano, Joe Giella, Vinnie Colletta, and John Byrne (among many others). Wow... A note: there are a few Neal Adams stories that were reprinted previously in the Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams hardcovers. As you may know, Adams recolored all of his work for those books. Those versions are included here, rather than the traditional four-color versions. It's a bit off-putting alongside the many stories reprinted as they originally saw print.
I am in debt to DC for getting all of the Bronze Age Batman goodness compiled in these smart-looking hardcovers. Bravo!
