Hey Cobras!

This year is Batman’s 85th Anniversary! This week we will be featuring things from our Batman section in celebration, as well as playing the Batman Animated Series cartoon this Saturday!

Today, the comic lines!

Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). Due to his popularity, a self-titled series began in spring 1940, following the introduction of Robin in April 1940. Initially a quarterly, Batman shifted to bimonthly in the late 1950s and then to a monthly schedule.

In the 1960s, the Batman TV series boosted the comic’s popularity, leading to a campy tone in the comics. The 1970s saw a return to darker themes under writers like Dennis O’Neil and artists like Neal Adams. Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke (1988) further solidified this darker tone.

In September 2011, DC’s New 52 reboot ended the original series at issue #713, starting a new volume that ran until issue #52. In 2016, DC Rebirth relaunched Batman once more with a new #1 issue. Throughout these changes, Batman has remained a central and influential figure in the DC Universe.

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