Add to favoritesSimilar to my Superman book, I developed a Batman book to contain what started out as a bunch of odds and ends. Unlike Superman, I grouped the material thematically instead of chronologically. Because I was using a lot of trades and scanned images, I mapped this book down to the page so I wouldn’t have any unnecessary blank pages.
Page 1 – title page (Detective Comics #27 art)
“The Legend Begins”
Page 2 – intro page for the various retellings of Tec 27 (with covers to Tec 27 and 387)
Pages 3-82 – Detective Comics #627 (reprinting 27 and 387, plus two new stories)
Page 83 – Detective volume 2 #27 cover (scanned, along with first page of story)
Pages 84-100 – Tec 2 #27 (Chemical Syndicate)
Page 101 – Bob Kane “original” sketches
“The Origin of Batman”
Page 102 – Origin title page (featuring a Jim Lee sketch)
Pages 103-106 – Detective #33 origin story (using the Toys R Us reprint that was with #38. Two page story, ads on the back of both)
Page 107 – Jim Lee art from Hush (I think it’s one of the collected editions covers)
Pages 108-120 – Batman #47 origin story*
Pages 121-132 – Detective #457*
Pages 133-149 – The Man Who Falls***
Page 150 – Sienkiewicz pinup***
Pages 151-160 – Gotham Knights #20 B/W backup
Pages 161-178 – Secret Origins #2 (2014, lead story)
Page 179 – origin sequence from War on Crime
“Partners and Allies”
Page 180 – Partners and Allies title page
Pages 181-194 – Detective #38 (Robin – Toys R Us reprint)
Pages 195-232 – LOTDK #100 (lead story)
Pages 233-248 – Secret Origins #1 (2014 – Dick Grayson)
Pages 249-260 – LOTDK #100 (Jason Todd story and Carrie pinup)
Pages 261-278 – Detective #359 (Batgirl – Toys R Us reprint)
Pages 279-300 – Secret Origins #20 (Batgirl)
Pages 301-326 – Turning Points #1 (Gordon)
Pages 327-366 – Detective volume 2 #25 (Gordon)
“The Rogues Gallery Through the Ages”
Page 367 – Rogue Gallery title page featuring a Neal Adams sketch of Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul
Pages 368-380 – Batman #1 (Joker)**
Pages 381-424 – LOTDK #50 (Joker)
Page 425 – Joker card image (Jerry Robinson sketch)
Pages 426-434 – “Case Study” from B/W volume 2**
Pages 435-456 – Batman #614 (Joker in Hush)**
Pages 457-522 – Secret Origins Special (Riddler, Two-Face, Penguin)
Pages 523-534 – Batman #121 (Mr. Freeze/Mr. Zero – Toys R Us reprint)
Pages 535-586- SOTB Annual #3 (Poison Ivy)
Page 587 – Neal Adams pinup (scanned)
“Earth Two”
Page 588 – Earth-Two title page
Pages 589-612 – Secret Origins #6
Page 613 – reprint of letters and partial cover of SO #6
Page 614 – Brave and the Bold #197 cover
Pages 615-637- Brave and the Bold #197*
Page 638 – Lego Batman image
“Retrospective”
Page 639 – Retrospective title sheet (Dustin Nguyen Streets of Gotham image)
Pages 640-645 – Batman #250 (Batman Nobody Knows)*
Pages 646-664 – Detective #500*
Pages 665-730 – Detective #526
Page 731 – John Byrne image
Pages 732-734 – Stephen King intro and cover to Batman #400
Pages 735-798 – Batman #400
Pages 799-856 – Detective #572 (50th Anniversary of Tec)
Pages 857-890 – LOTDK #94 (Stories)
Pages 891-916 – Batman #600 backup features
Pages 917-966 – Detective volume 2 #27 (everything else except for Gothtopia)
Pages 967-968 – “Other Tales of the Dark Knight” and Procopio pinup***
Pages 969-986 – Gotham Knights #1 and 11 B/W backups
Pages 987-1022 – The Batman Gallery
Pages 1023-1040 – LOTDK #50 pinups
Pages 1041-1076 – Batman: The Dark Knight Gallery
Pages 1077-1092 – LOTDK #100 pinups
Pages 1093-1094 – Batman Adventures related covers from a page in the Mad Love and Other Stories trade that was left over after an old project
Page 1095 – scan of postage stamps
Page 1096 – Allred pin up from Detective volume 2 #27 (scanned and printed)
Page 1097 – “originally presented in” page with Jim Lee sketch
Page 1098 – final image — Batman Begins promo
*material comes from Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told TPB (1988)
**material comes from Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told TPB (2008)
***material comes from Batman Begins trade (2005)