Independent publisher The Folio Society, in collaboration with DC Comics, will celebrate the 85th anniversary of the first comic book appearance of the Dark Knight with the release of DC: Batman, a collectible compilation of comics created by iconic writers and artists.According to a press release from The Folio Society, DC: Batman includes twelve seminal comics selected and introduced by former DC President, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of DC, Jennette Kahn, featuring the work of legendary comic creators such as Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Denny O’Neil, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, Frank Miller, Dave Mazzucchelli, Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, and Kelley Jones. DC: Batman also comes with a stand-alone replica copy of Batman #1, scanned in its entirety from an original 1940 copy. The replica copy of the Batman #1 comic book includes the original backup strips and vintage ads and introduces DC’s Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker, and The Cat, who would come to be known as Catwoman.Kahn, the first woman ever to helm DC Comics and who helped shape comics for twenty-seven years, writes in her DC: Batman introduction, “Trauma is a through-line in the Batman mythology. It has made psychopaths of Batman’s foes and brought him to the edge of madness himself. Batman’s battle is not just against criminals and crime. He fears the day he’ll look into a mirror and see not Bruce Wayne’s face, but The Joker’s.”
Independent publisher The Folio Society, in collaboration with DC Comics, will celebrate the 85th anniversary of the first comic book appearance of the Dark Knight with the release of DC: Batman, a collectible compilation of comics created by iconic writers and artists.
According to a press release from The Folio Society, DC: Batman includes twelve seminal comics selected and introduced by former DC President, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of DC, Jennette Kahn, featuring the work of legendary comic creators such as Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Denny O’Neil, Neal Adams, Marshall Rogers, Frank Miller, Dave Mazzucchelli, Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, and Kelley Jones. DC: Batman also comes with a stand-alone replica copy of Batman #1, scanned in its entirety from an original 1940 copy. The replica copy of the Batman #1 comic book includes the original backup strips and vintage ads and introduces DC’s Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker, and The Cat, who would come to be known as Catwoman.
Kahn, the first woman ever to helm DC Comics and who helped shape comics for twenty-seven years, writes in her DC: Batman introduction, “Trauma is a through-line in the Batman mythology. It has made psychopaths of Batman’s foes and brought him to the edge of madness himself. Batman’s battle is not just against criminals and crime. He fears the day he’ll look into a mirror and see not Bruce Wayne’s face, but The Joker’s.”
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