Posted By Dan Greenfield on Mar 24, 2024 | 1 comment

An 85th anniversary celebration of the Caped Crusader, with columns, features — even cartoons…

It’s been a bat’s age since we’ve done a theme week, but nothing was going to stop us from doing BATMAN WEEK to celebrate the Caped Crusader’s 85th birthday. (Detective Comics #27 was released March 30, 1939.)

Over seven days,  you can look forward to all sorts of groovy and offbeat columns, features and cartoons that pay tribute to the greatest comics character in the history of mankind.

Oh, and how about that nifty banner by Wallopin’ Walt Grogan? Dig it!

So, bookmark this post because we’ll be updating it with links as we go along.

To the Batcave!

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LINKS

MARCH 24

— The TOP 13 FIRST APPEARANCE BATMAN Action Figures — RANKED. Click here.

— KERRY CALLEN: What Would REALLY Happen if BATMAN Wore a Ridiculously Long Cape. Click here.

— JERRY ROBINSON: How a Tennis Match Led Me to the World of BATMAN. Click here.

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MARCH 25

— BATMAN STRIKES AGAIN: What if JACK KIRBY Had Never Left DC Comics in 1958? Click here.

— BATMAN’s 85-Year Journey Into the Heart of Darkness, by JENETTE KAHN. Click here.

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MARCH 26

— BATMAN’s 1964 NEW LOOK: A 60th Anniversary Tribute to a Comics Landmark. Click here.

— BATMAN: OLD AND NEW — Dig RON FRENZ’s Fab Artwork Celebrating the Caped Crusader’s History. Click here.

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MARCH 27

— The Best BATMAN #1 Facsimile Edition You Can Get. Click here.

— REVIEW: Why the Folio Society’s BATMAN 85th Anniversary Collection Is a Solid Buy. Click here.

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MARCH 28

— Why NEAL ADAMS Is Still the Greatest BATMAN Artist of Them All. Click here.

— BATMAN RETURNS: How the Comics Adaptation Improves Upon the Classic 1992 Movie. Click here.

— BATMAN: THE CULT — Bernie Wrightson’s Fan-Fave Miniseries Gets New DELUXE EDITION. Click here.

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MARCH 29

— BEYOND THE CAMP: Dig These 13 Great ‘Serious BATMAN’ Moments in BATMAN ’66. Click here.

— Dig These 13 Celebs Grooving With the 1966 BATMOBILE. Click here.

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MARCH 30

— Dig JERRY ORDWAY’s Magnificent Tribute to BATMAN History. Click here.

— The TOP 13 DETECTIVE COMICS Logos — RANKED. Click here.

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MARCH 31 — EPILOGUE

— DETECTIVE COMICS #27: They Came For BATMAN’s Look, But They Stayed for the Story. Click here.

— KERRY CALLEN: What COULD Have Happened When That Bat Flew Into BRUCE WAYNE’s Window. Click here.

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BONUS

–– The BATMAN WEEK 2019 INDEX! Click here.