Batman: The Dynamic Duo - Archives, Volume 2 [Hardcover]

Gardner Fox (Author), Ed Herron (Author), Bill Finger (Author)

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A baker's dozen of early "New Look" Batman stories here get deluxe hardcover reprinting. These mid-1960s creations show DC revitalizing its flagship character by aiming at an older audience and bringing in better writers and artists, including the era's most stylish superhero illustrator, Carmine Infantino. While the more complex plotlines and slicker artwork were a vast improvement over the infantile, mediocre stories that preceded them, the Batman they depict remains a one-dimensional Boy Scout compared with the grim, obsessed figure he would later become. Fans unfamiliar with them will relish these transitional tales. Gordon Flagg
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (June 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401207723
• ISBN-13: 978-1401207724
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.7 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,231,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Silver Age Magic, May 21, 2008

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This review is from: Batman: The Dynamic Duo - Archives, Volume 2 (Hardcover)

Batman and Robin come flying off the pages in this magnificent tribute to Silver Age comics. Not yet the brooding vigilante of the Dark Knight series, this classic Batman from the 60's swings from his Batrope with exhilarated abandon. He is fearless, remorseless, and utterly without self-irony. When you're in your prime as a super hero, you don't resort to self-pity or self-doubt. This Batman doesn't have self-esteem issues. He just is. Beware evil-doers. In volume two of the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin are feeling tough and groovy. These stories evoke the best memories of childhood--all the flash, glamor, and fun without any of the stumbling hesitations of adulthood. Beautiful.

Donald Gallinger is the author of The Master Planets

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5.0 out of 5 stars DC, Get It Together, July 4, 2007

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This review is from: Batman: The Dynamic Duo - Archives, Volume 2 (Hardcover)

Some of the greatest comics ever made. These stories bring back such great memories. I wish DC wouldn't stagger these volumes so much-they're in such a hurry to put out the cheap black and white Showcase Presents series, but why bother? These comics were meant to be seen in full color the way they were originally presented. Put out Volume 3 already.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goofy, kid-friendly, vintage Silver Age adventures, May 5, 2009

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This review is from: Batman: The Dynamic Duo - Archives, Volume 2 (Hardcover)

DC's Batman archive series skips ahead from the tedium of the 1940s into the giddy, goofy '60s, when Batman got a facelift that included both a new yellow chest emblem, and a more mature, fine-art look. As noted in this volume's preface, these are the very adventures that inspired some TV executives to commission a live-action Batman series and -- holy syndication, Batman! -- the rest is history. While these issues, taken from both the "Batman" and "Detective" comics circa 1964, aren't as outlandishly goofy or camp as the TV show, they are still pretty silly. Batman and Robin fight a witch, a flying caveman who is covered in ice, a gorilla with a brain transplant, and stuff like that. There are also a couple of issues with old foes such as the Riddler and the Penguin, but a lot of the stories are pretty lighthearted and fun. Definitely worth checking out if you want a modern view of the Dark Knight, but also one that's a little more kid-friendly than all the dark, foreboding stuff that came later. (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)