Batman: The Silver Age Omnibus 1

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The art is good if you like 50's vintage comic book style, but it's just a great addition to your Batman or Superman collection! The two realities were separated by a vibrational field that could be crossed, should a storyline involve superheroes from different worlds teaming up. There have been suggestions that during the Silver Age, DC would start with a compelling over and then craft a story around it.

Some of these Age Omnibus volumes are also published as two or three (depending on page count) trade paperbacks. The daily Batman newspaper strip began in 1966, on the heels of the Batmania craze created by the hit television series staring Adam West, and ran through the early 1970s. Director Tim Burton brought Batman (1989) to the silver screen, and Michael Keaton, a quirky actor slight of build and best known for comedy roles, was chosen to play the title character. citation needed] When juvenile offenders admitted to reading comics, it was seized on as a common denominator; [5] one notable critic was Fredric Wertham, author of the book Seduction of the Innocent (1954), [5] who attempted to shift the blame for juvenile delinquency from the parents of the children to the comic books they read. On Marvel's side, there was an increased emphasis on characterization and the 'shared universe' concept being cemented - both of which DC gradually adopted.His efforts in the super-hero genre also appeared on TV in the 1960s, including material for the animated New Adventures of Superman plus a two-part Clock King episode of the 1966 Batman series. The mostly black and white wasn’t something I was thrilled about but pretty much all volumes of reprints were in b/w. I heard this story more than a couple of times while sitting in the lunchroom at DC's 909 Third Avenue and 75 Rockefeller Plaza office as Sol Harrison and [production chief] Jack Adler were schmoozing with some of us .

Gold Key did licensed versions of live-action and animated superhero television shows such as Captain Nice, Frankenstein Jr. Batman bubbled with flashy costumes and sets (at a time when colour television was relatively new), Pop art sound-effect graphics, and a rotating roster of scenery-chewing villains. When he starts creating Flying Batcave, wear a rainbow color suit, fighting aliens, and time travel, that should be it. Robert Kahn was born on October 24, 1916 in the Bronx and at age 18 legally changed his name to Kane. As far as Batman is concerned - by the early 1940's he'd pretty much already been cemented as this reasonably light-hearted hero who nonetheless participated mostly in noir-ish crime/detective adventures and fought the iconic villains.Although the casting decision surprised many, the film was a massive success, spawning a wave of Bat-merchandise the likes of which had not been seen since 1966. These 1956-1958 Batman and Detective Comics stories came just a little before I started reading DC comics, but give the real flavour of the Batman and Robin et al. The focus is on Bat-villains, so if the character is from someone else's rogues gallery (like Weather Wizard) they won't make it in but if the character is a general villain (like Solomon Grundy) they will.

Plus a greater amount of science fiction weirdness (although Batman always had sci-fi weirdness--starting with Dr. The entire superhero genre benefited from the show’s success, but declining ratings led to its cancellation after just three seasons. By 1938 he was selling humorous filler stories to DC Comics, including Professor Doolittle and Ginger Snap.

Instead of a team that fought traditional Marvel monsters however, Lee decided that this time he wanted to feature a monster as the hero.

By the end of the 1960s, however, the fad had faded; in 1969, the best-selling comic book in the United States was not a superhero series, but the teen-humor book Archie. Always thought maybe its a term made up to allow more modern readers to validate them into thinking that they experienced a "good old days" heydey of some kind. Love that they now include all the covers on the back, wouldn't make me go and update all my volumes of older DC omnis but I hope this is a format they continue with as they update older volumes. Join the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder as they enter an exciting new era of fun and adventure in the Silver Age. Comic books of the Silver Age explained superhero phenomena and origins through science, inspired by contemporary science fiction, as opposed to the Golden Age, which commonly relied on magic or mysticism.Starting with Batwoman's debut in the mid-1950s, lots of the stories are up to the level of the Golden Age Omnibuses (to which I've given more stars) — decent detective stories, the original Batwoman (what can I say? A number of major superheroes were created during this period, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, and Captain America. The DC artists responsible included Murphy Anderson, Gil Kane, Ramona Fradon, Mike Sekowsky, and Joe Kubert. Surprisingly, this volume features almost none of his classic villains besides a single appearance by The Joker in “Crime of the Month Club”. Generally speaking, "Silver Age" is supposed to mean every comic (no matter the genre or publisher) that came out roughly between the mid-1950s and the late 1960s or early 1970s.