Detective Comics 1937 322

“BATMAN: THE BIZARRE BATMAN GENIE!” Batman is converted by a magic powder into a genie that obeys a crook’s commands, leaving Robin and Bat-Girl to find a way of stopping him.

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Beginning the new era of the Dark Knight: "Knightsquest!" There's a new Batman in Gotham City and the criminal underworld had better beware, because this Batman plays for keeps.

The Batman tracks down an unusual safe that holds the loot taken years before by the SlasherÕs mob. With the Slasher supposedly dead, the villain has left behind a note leading the Caped Crusaders to the safe, which has seven switches, only one of which opens the door...the rest are connected to a bomb! Disclaimer: May contain offensive imagery that does not reflect the views and or policies of DC Comics.

“PIGMIES IN GIANTLAND.” A crazed scientist called Dr. Agar tries to convince wealthy people that he has created a shrinking gas capable of reducing anything to one-fifth of its normal size. How will Batman and Robin defeat this new foe when they themselves are captured and shrunk?! Plus, “MODERN PAUL REVERE” and “ROGUES AND RED HOTS.”

This is a seminal study of the evolution and development of the American comic from the 1930s to the present day. The book is divided into three sections covering the history, an overview of the distribution and consumption of American comic books, and an account of the popularisation and legitimisation of the comic book form.