NIGHT.

PEOPLE TEND TO AVOID THE CITY IN DARKNESS,
FEARING THE UNKNOWN WHICH LURKS MENACINGLY IN EVERY SHADOW.

BUT NOT THE... BATMAN . THE NIGHT IS HIS FRIEND... THE SHADOWS HIS ALLIES.

HE LIVES FOR THE COMING OF THAT COMFORTING BLANKET OF BLACKNESS
TO SHROUD THE STREETS AND ALLEYWAYS OF GOTHAM.

THAT, AFTER ALL, IS WHEN THE LOWER DENIZENS OF THE DARK COME OUT TO PLAY --

-- THAT IS WHEN THE BATMAN COMES ALIVE !
 

 
 
 
 
 

SPOTLIGHT ON

DETECTIVE COMICS #46

(DECEMBER 1940)
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #66

(AUGUST 1942)

MEET "TWO-FACE"

 

 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #311

(JANUARY 1963)

BATMAN & ROBIN FACE THE "CHALLENGE OF THE CAT-MAN!"

 

 
 

A HAZY SHADE OF BATMAN

AN OVERVIEW OF DC's
COLLECTED EDITIONS OF BATMAN MATERIAL
FROM THE BRONZE AGE (1970-1983)
 
 

BATMAN #277

(JULY 1976)

BATMAN GOES ON VACATION
ERNIE CHAN DOES THE JOB
 
 

SPOTLIGHT ON

DETECTIVE COMICS #474

(DECEMBER 1977)

 

 
 

BRAVE AND THE BOLD #146

(JANUARY 1979)

BATMAN BRINGS DOWN A SPY
BOB HANEY THINKS UP A YARN
 
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #508

(NOVEMBER 1981)

BATMAN TRAVELS TO EGYPT
DON NEWTON SETS THE SCENE
 
 

SPOTLIGHT ON ...

DETECTIVE COMICS #509

(DECEMBER 1981)
 

 

SPOTLIGHT ON...

BATMAN IN 1982
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #510

(JANUARY 1982)

MEET THE MAD HATTER
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #511

(FEBRUARY 1982)

BATMAN 'TWIXT REALITY AND ILLUSION
ADRIENNE ROY COLOURS THEM BOTH
 
 

BATMAN #346

(APRIL 1982)

TWO-FACE IS ON THE DOUBLE
BATMAN FACES TROUBLE
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #513

(APRIL 1982)

TWO-FACE SEES HIS FROWN
BATMAN TAKES HIM DOWN
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #514

(MAY 1982)

BATMAN'S LOST IN THE SNOW
LEN WEIN WARMS OUR HEARTS
 
 

BATMAN #348

(JUNE 1982)

BATMAN RETURNS TO THE BATCAVE
GERRY CONWAY HAS THE KEY
 
 

BATMAN #349

(JULY 1982)

BATMAN AND THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (Part I)
 
 

BATMAN #350

(AUGUST 1982)

BATMAN AND THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (Part II)
 
 
 

BATMAN #351

(SEPTEMBER 1982)

BATMAN AND THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (Part IV)
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #518

(SEPTEMBER 1982)

BATMAN AND THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (Epilogue)
 
 

BATMAN #352

(OCTOBER 1982)

BATMAN TAKES TO THE SKY
KUPPERBERG & CONWAY DIP TO THE PAST (Part 1)
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #519

(OCTOBER 1982)

BATMAN TAKES TO THE SKY
KUPPERBERG & CONWAY DIP TO THE PAST (Part 2)
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #521

(DECEMBER 1982)

CATWOMAN'S FEELING MEAN
GREEN ARROW HITS THE SCENE
 
 

BATMAN #355

(JANUARY 1983)

CAT SCRATCH BAT
BAT SCRATCH CAT
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #522

(JANUARY 1983)

BATMAN TRAVELS TO TIBET
IRV NOVICK LETS IT SNOW
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #523

(FEBRUARY 1983)

BATMAN'S OUT ON A MOND'Y
TO LEVEL WITH SOLOMON GRUNDY
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #524

(MARCH 1983)

ENTER THE CROC
EXIT THE SQUID
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #616

(LATE JUNE 1990)
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #644

(MAY 1992)
 
 

DETECTIVE COMICS #836

(NOVEMBER 2007)
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The introductory text is taken from the splashpage of Batman #352


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