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Batman #320
Batman heads to Spain to investigate the murder of two priests in a small town.
Detective Comics #487
“THE PERILS OF SERGIUS.†The Sensei marks a writer named Sergius for death when he thinks Sergius has stumbled onto his plan, and contracts the work out to one Ma Murder. But Batman takes an interest in the writer, and protects him from Ma’s murder attempts.
Detective Comics #486
“MURDER BY THUNDERBOLT.†Batman tries to stop some old cohorts of Maxie Zeus from dying when they try to take over his mobs, while Zeus himself is in Arkham Asylum.
Detective Comics #485
“THE VENGEANCE VOW!†Ra’s al Ghul manipulates the Sensei and the League of Assassins into killing Kathy Kane, the Batwoman. Batman seeks revenge, and comes up against the Sensei’s aide, the Bronze Tiger.
Detective Comics #484
“ASSAULT ON OLYMPUS!†Batman runs a gauntlet of death traps in an effort to capture gang boss Maxie Zeus.
Englehart should’ve written more Batman
Batman #311
Batman teams with Batgirl to take on Dr. Phosphorus, who threatens to “reign over all†in Gotham City.
Detective Comics #483
“THE CURSE OF CRIME ALLEY.†Batman takes on a new villain by the name of Maxie Zeus!
U know the bad guy is on borrowed time if they find out Batman’s identity
Detective Comics #482
“NIGHT OF THE BODY SNATCHER!†Batman takes on the villainous ape Xavier Simon, whose plan is to place his mind inside Batman’s body!
Marshall Rogers provides tremendous art but O’Neil’s plot is pretty weak
Detective Comics #481
“TICKET TO TRAGEDY.†Batman must race against time to discover the identity of a murderer and capture him in order to convince a disillusioned surgeon not to burn his notes for a new medical technique.
Poor Gork
Detective Comics #480
“THE PERFECT FIGHTING MACHINE.†A criminal employs Dr. Moon to transform a flabby, unloved man into a “perfect fighting machine†called the Gork, and sends him against an ailing Batman.
Detective Comics #479
“IF A MAN BE MADE OF CLAY...†Preston Payne will go to any lengths to regain his humanity. Can the Dark Knight put a stop to this monster’s reign of terror before more innocent lives are lost or will he too become a victim of the new Clayface? Plus, “TRUE HEROES NEVER SAY DIE!†Hawkman and Hawkwoman return from Thanagar only to find that ...
Detective Comics #478
“THE COMING OF…CLAYFACE III!†Preston Payne uses blood from Matt Hagen, the second Clayface, to try to change the effects of hypopituitarism on his appearance…but the "cure" causes Payne's flesh to melt like wax. When Batman interferes with Payne's theft of the components necessary to reverse his condition, he may become Clayface's next vic...
Detective Comics #477
“THE HOUSE THAT HAUNTED BATMAN!†Batman checks up on Rupert Thorne, who now occupies a padded cell at Arkham Asylum. Batman is concerned as to why Thorne gave away all his plans and revealed his information, clearing Batman’s name in the process, and a clearly deranged Thorne explains that he was forced by the ghost of Hugo Strange, a man he ...
Detective Comics #408
Robin goes missing and Batman finds a house that wasn't there yesterday; strange things happen around Batman until he meets the owner of the house.
Worth the hype
Detective Comics #476
The Joker's big fish story concludes! Batman and Commissioner Gordon race across Gotham City, trying to stay one step of the Joker as his insane scheme to copyright his Joker Fish leads to more mayhem! "The Laughing Fish" part 2.
The amount of story they were able to fit into 16 pages is crazy impressive
Detective Comics #475
"The Laughing Fish" part 1; one of the Clown Prince of Crime's most infamous tales begins here! Across Gotham City, fish begin appearing with the Joker's trademark smile--which the madman literally attempts to trademark!
A part of me wants to say that what Englehart and Rogers did here was more impressive than actually creating Deadshot. Love when creators throw back to some decades old story and it turns out great. Huge W for continuityðŸ™. Deadshot’s costume seems so ahead of its time. Ive read a decent amount of comics from the 70s and can’t remember off the top of my head something like this. The scenes b more
Detective Comics #474
Deadshot escapes from prison and goes after the Dark Knight!
Detective Comics #473
Batman and Robin are outlawed by the city council but continue to operate to foil a grand theft by the Penguin.
Detective Comics #472
Robin manages to rescue Alfred and Bruce Wayne from Hugo Strange's clutches.
Shocking last page. Ive probably read at least 100 instances of Batman getting knocked out or captured and never once do the bad guys ever unmask him, intrigued to what Englehart does with this
Detective Comics #471
Bruce Wayne goes to the "sanitarium" of a Dr. Todhunter to seek treatment for his radiation burns.
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