Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Bob Haney (Author), Mike Sekowsky (Author), Carmine Infantino (Author), Ross Andru (Author), Neal Adams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 24, 2007

This value-priced collection features over 500 pages of classic comics.

The Caped Crusader teams up with some of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes in this titanic volume guest-starring Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Atom, Green Arrow and many others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (January 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401212093
• ISBN-13: 978-1401212094
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.3 x 10.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Caped Crusader at his best!, February 2, 2007

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J. Belk - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

What's great about this book is the range of the stories. Some have a light tone reminicent of the "Batman" TV series of the sixties, (The Metamporpho team-up even MENTIONS the show) others are dark, pulpy mysteries, (the Neal Adams drawn Deadman team-ups are particularly good) No matter which interpretation of the Dark Knight you prefer, your bound to dig at least a few of these tales.

Nearly every DC Great of the silver age makes an appearance, from Green Arrow to Green Lantern, from the Metal Men to the Teen Titans,(one of Robin's few appearances in this particular book) Batman even teams with Sgt. Rock in World War II,(!) and does battle with Eclipso, a rare villain who headlined his own series. One conspicuous absince is Superman, I guess we'll just have to wait for a Showcase of "World's Finest"

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Neal Adams to the rescue!, July 25, 2009

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Hwy61Joe (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

The first 300 pages of this collection are absolutely painful to read. Groan-inducing dialog, uninteresting villains and boring stories that drag on for 23 pages each. I almost gave up. Then about 300 pages in, Neal Adams takes over as the artist and everything changes. Comics are a visual medium and this collection proves the importance and influence a great artist can have. The stories drawn by Adams are 100% more enjoyable and completely turned my opinion around about this collection.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great trip down memory lane, December 20, 2007

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M. Pierson (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I'm a big fan of team-ups and Silver Age Batman. The real treat about this collection is the last half contains a lot of stories drawn by one of my favorite Batman artists, Neal Adams. I understand these are printed in black and white to save on the production costs, I still can't help wanting to see these in color.