Bat to the Beginning

I know, I know. It's been over a year since the last post. And I know I've promised no long breaks between posts before. Guess I s...

An interesting cover here, with the different characters featured drawn by different artists rather than one unified penciller. Superman i...

"Crime of the Month" Writer: Bill Finger Pencils: Jerry Robinson Inks: George Roussos Synopsis:  The top crime bosses in Goth...

"Sink the Japanazis"? Did people really use the word Japanazi? Holy war propaganda, Batman. Yes, it's another gloriously jin...

Robin looks pretty pleased with himself on this cover, which is fair I suppose with a cover that is in-no-way-phallic as this one is. I me...

Another patriotic wartime cover from Fred Ray. Since it's only 1942, it's pretty innocuous. "The Secret of Bruce Wayne...

So yes, we're definitely into wartime DC mode here. This cover is actually fairly innocuous in its patriotism, but just you wait -- it...

"The Ghost Gang Goes West!" Writer: Bill Finger Pencils: Bob Kane Inks: Jerry Robinson Synopsis: We open in medias res with ...

"Riddle of the Human Scarecrow" Writer: Bill Finger Pencils: Bob Kane Inks: Jerry Robinson and George Roussos Synopsis: We s...

The title has been changed from World's Best Comics , after DC received a cease and desist letter from Better Publications, which had ...

So the New York World's Fair comics of the previous two summers had been very successful in promoting DC's characters because they o...

It could be safe to say that the 1939/40 New York World's Fair is probably one of the most continually inspirational cultural events in ...