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Tales of the Batman

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A third anthology of reprint stories from earlier Martin H. Greenberg Batman anthologies, details below.


Tales of the Batman : 01 Neutral Ground - Mike Resnick
Tales of the Batman : 02 Command Performance - Howard Goldsmith
Tales of the Batman : 03 Subway Jack - Joe R. Lansdale
Tales of the Batman : 04 Northwestward - Isaac Asimov
Tales of the Batman : 05 Museum Piece - Mike Resnick
Tales of the Batman : 06 Wise Men of Gotham - Edward Wellen
Tales of the Batman : 07 Robber's Roost - Max Allan Collins
Tales of the Batman : 08 Brothers in Crime - William F. Nolan
Tales of the Batman : 09 Death of the Dreammaster - Robert Sheckley
Tales of the Batman : 10 On a Beautiful Summer's Day He Was - Robert R. McCammon
Tales of the Batman : 11 The Joker's War - Robert Sheckley
Tales of the Batman : 12 Endangered Species - Greg Cox
Tales of the Batman : 13 Copycat - John Gregory Betancourt
Tales of the Batman : 14 A Harlot's Tears - Ed Gorman
Tales of the Batman : 15 Reformed - John Gregory Betancourt
Tales of the Batman : 16 Vulture: A Tale of the Penguin - Steve Rasnic Tem



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This book is a good collection. There are some good stories, including a subway serial killer, a story about the Joker in World War 2, and a story about the Riddler that is good called "Wise Men of Gotham."

Now the book claims that it features Two-face and the Riddler. There is only one Riddler story and not a SINGLE Two-face story. Not a single story in this book features him. This made me upset because I think that Two-face is one of the best Bat-villains, and I got the book because he was on the cover.

So hopefully you will see this review and make your decision with the knowledge that the cover is misleading. I hope that helps.

Vulture: A Tale of the Penguin by Steve Rasnic Tem is probably one of the best short stories of this nature ever written, yes ever. I cannot recommend this story enough. This story alone is worth the price of the book, although most of the stories are quite good.

this ones a non-bore! all batman fans will enjoy this book. I hardley knew anything about batman and i still enjoyed it. these short story books are better than single story ones. a ttally good book except for the stories without bats in em.(theres like 2 of them in the book)

I bought this book when Batman Forever came out, and I loved it, but when I finished it, I could never find it. The one I recommend is the one when Bruce Retires from being Batman (No, not in the case of Batman Beyond) and a group was making a Batman Biography series and he tells them about the good old days.