{"id":7881,"date":"2012-01-30T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=7881"},"modified":"2012-01-28T21:41:47","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T21:41:47","slug":"batman-archives-volume-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2012\/01\/30\/batman-archives-volume-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman Archives volume 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Bob Kane<\/strong>, Bill Finger<\/strong>, Don Cameron<\/strong>, Joe Samachson<\/strong>, Joseph Greene<\/strong>, Jerry Robinson<\/strong>, George Roussos, Jack Burnley<\/strong> & various (DC Comics)
\nISBN: 1-56389-099-2<\/p>\n

With the Dynamic Duo fully developed and storming ahead of all competition in these stories (originally published in Detective Comics<\/strong> #71-86 between January 1943 and April 1944), the creative chores finally grew too large for the original team. As the characters’ popularity grew exponentially, new talent was hired to supplement Bob Kane, Bill Finger and their assistants Jerry Robinson & inker, colourist and letterer George Roussos. Batman and Robin had become a small industry, just like Superman.<\/p>\n

During this period more scripters joined the team and another soon to be legendary artist began adding to the inimitable legend of the Dark Knight\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

After a lengthy and thought-provoking Foreword from veteran creator and celebrated cartoonist Jerry Robinson, this third deluxe hardback celebration of the Gotham Guardians’ incredible early exploits begins with ‘A Crime a Day!’<\/em> (by Finger, Kane & Robinson) from premiere crime anthology Detective Comics<\/strong> #71, possibly the most memorable and thrilling Joker escapade of the period, after which issue <\/strong>#72 found our heroes crushing murderous con-men in ‘License for Larceny’<\/em> by Joe Samachson, Kane & Robinson.<\/p>\n

In Detective Comics<\/strong> #73 (March 1943) Don Cameron, Kane & Robinson went back to spooky basics with brutal efficiency when ‘The Scarecrow Returns’<\/em>, after which moody chiller #74 introduced a pair of fantastically grotesque criminal psychopaths in the far from comical corpulent forms of the Deever cousins, alias ‘Tweedledum and Tweedledee!’<\/em> in a stirring yarn by Cameron & Robinson with inks by Kane, Roussos and Charles Paris.<\/p>\n

Detective<\/strong> #75 presented a new aristocrat of crime in the pompous popinjay ‘The Robber Baron!’<\/em> (Cameron, Jack Burnley & Roussos) and the Joker resurfaced in #76 to ‘Slay ’em With Flowers’<\/em> in a graphic chiller by Horace L. Gold, Robinson & Roussos whilst Bill Finger, Kane & Roussos introduced a fascinating new wrinkle to villainy with the conflicted doctor who ran ‘The Crime Clinic’<\/em> in #77. Crime Surgeon Matthew Thorne would return many times over the coming decades\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Issue #78 (August 1943) pushed the patriotic agenda when ‘The Bond Wagon’<\/em> (Joseph Greene, Burnley & Roussos) to raise war funds was targeted by Nazi spies and sympathisers whilst ‘Destiny’s Auction’<\/em> by & Robinson, offered another sterling human interest drama as a fortune teller’s prognostications lead to fame, fortune and deadly danger for a failed actress, has-been actor and superstitious gangster\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Detective<\/strong> #80 saw the fateful fate of Harvey Kent finally resolved in epic manner with ‘The End of Two-Face!’<\/em> by Finger, Kane, Robinson & Roussos after which Cameron, Kane & Roussos introduced another bizarre and baroque costumed crazy with ‘The Cavalier of Crime!’<\/em> in #81 and explored the dark side of American Football with the explosive downfall of the ‘Quarterback of Crime!’<\/em> in #82.<\/p>\n

Portly butler Alfred’s diet regime led the Gotham Guardians to a murderous mesmerising medic and criminal insurance scam in ‘Accidentally on Purpose!’<\/em> (Cameron, Kane & Roussos again) before ‘Artists in Villainy’<\/em> (#84 by Mort Weisinger & Dick Sprang, with layouts by Ed Kressy) pitted the Partners in Peril against an incredible Underworld University.<\/p>\n

Detective<\/strong> #85, by Finger, Kressy & Sprang, was the artist’s first brush with the Clown Prince of Crime and one of the most madcap moments in the canon as Batman and his arch-foe both hunted ‘The Joker’s Double’<\/em> and this compelling chronicle concludes in high style with #86 as Cameron & Sprang recount how a sleuthing contest between Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson and Alfred leads to a spectacular battle against sinister smugglers in ‘Danger Strikes Three!’<\/em><\/p>\n

With glorious covers from Kane, Robinson, Burnley and Sprang this terrific tome is another irresistible box of classic delights that no fan of the medium can afford to miss.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 1942-1944 DC Comics. Renewed 1971-73. Compilation \u00c2\u00a9 1994 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Don Cameron, Joe Samachson, Joseph Greene, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Jack Burnley & various (DC Comics) ISBN: 1-56389-099-2 With the Dynamic Duo fully developed and storming ahead of all competition in these stories (originally published in Detective Comics #71-86 between January 1943 and April 1944), the creative chores finally grew … <\/p>\n

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