Batman the caped crusader Volume 1 /
"A new collection featuring the legendary 1980s Batman epics "Ten Nights of the Beast" and "A Death in the Family", never before collected! This new collection of 1980s Batman tales includes the legendary story "A Death in the Family," in which the Joker ends up ki...
| Main Authors: | Starlin, Jim (Author), Baron, Mike, 1949- (Author), Greenberger, Robert (Author), Priest, Christopher J. 1961- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Starlin, Jim., Greenberger, Robert. |
| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Burbank, CA :
DC Comics,
[2018]
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| Summary: |
"A new collection featuring the legendary 1980s Batman epics "Ten Nights of the Beast" and "A Death in the Family", never before collected! This new collection of 1980s Batman tales includes the legendary story "A Death in the Family," in which the Joker ends up killing the second Robin, Jason Todd. It all begins with the story "Ten Nights of the Beast," which introduced the deadly post-Soviet villain known as the KGBeast. Following that, a series of stories concerning organized crime in the streets of Gotham City leads into "A Death in the Family," in which Robin follows a trail to find his birth mother, who is in cahoots with the Joker."-- |
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| Item Description: |
"Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger. KGBeast created by Jim Starlin." "Originally published in single magazine form in BATMAN 417-425, 430-431, BATMAN ANNUAL 12, WHO'S WHO UPDATE '87 2, 5"--Title page verso. Chiefly illustrations. |
| Physical Description: |
316 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781401281366 1401281362 |
| Author Notes: |
A self-taught artist, Jim Aparo first attempted to break into the industry in the early 1950s at the legendary E.C. Comics group. When E.C. rejected his work, Aparo turned to advertising art in his native Connecticut, where he specialized in illustrating newspaper fashion ads while continuing his efforts to work in comics. His dream was finally realized in 1966 when Charlton Comics editor Dick Giordano hired him to draw a humorous character called Miss Bikini Luv in Go-Go Comics . Sharpening his skills on such features as the Phantom, Nightshade, Wander and Thane of Bagarth, Aparo followed Giordano to DC Comics in 1968 where he quickly gained notice for his smooth, realistic style on such titles as Aquaman, The Brave and the Bold, The Phantom Stranger, The Spectre, The House Of Mystery, The House Of Secrets, Batman, Detective Comics, and Batman and the Outsiders . An artist whose work is still considered a high-water mark for the industry, Aparo died on July 19, 2005. |