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Detective Comics #42
July 4, 1940 "The Case of the Prophetic Pictures" Now here's one with a real mysterious edge to it. An up and coming artist is...
Detective Comics #41
June 4, 1940 (The Masked Menace of the Boys' School) This is a weird mix of a story as it opens with an unnamed inmate in a mental...
World's Fair Comics 2
May 11, 1940 "Batman and Robin Visit the 1940 New York World's Fair" This is the second and final issue of the annual anthology that...
Detective Comics #40
May 7, 1940 (The Murders of Clayface) Before even diving into the story, it should be noted that in recent issues of Detective Comics,...
Batman #1 - Story 4
April 25, 1940 (The Joker Returns) It doesn't take long for the Joker to escape from jail via chemicals he mixes from two false teeth. ...
Batman #1 - Story 3
April 25, 1940 (The Cat) Every one always points out how the first issue of Batman features the premiere of the Joker, but I am surprised...
Batman #1 - Story 2
April 25, 1940 (Professor Hugo Strange and the Monsters) This is it, Citizens - the moment we've been waiting for! Way back in...
Batman #1 - Story 1
April 25, 1940 (The Joker) As with Superman, Batman eventually got his own comic book. Unlike now where we get one complete story that...
Detective Comics #39
April 4, 1940 "The Horde of the Green Dragon" As this story opens, I'm reminded of one characteristic the writers liked to play up in...
Detective Comics #38
March 5, 1940 "Robin the Boy Wonder" In the last issue, we were promised Man-monsters, but instead, we're told the story of Batman's new...
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