Batman (1940)

Start year: 1940

Issues in volume: 716

Followed by Batman Volume 2.The entire run of Batman still stands upon large controversies over who actually came up with some of the characters. Bob Kane supposedly came up with the idea for the hero, but it has been suggested that he only came up with a "Bird-man" and Bill Finger suggested he be a "Bat-man". Both creators, however, share credit for this character. As for the Joker, the first con...

Publisher: DC Comics

Issues in this volume:

• #208 Important Women in His Life
• #209 Jungle Jeopardy
• #210 The Case of the Purr-Loined Pearl
• #631 Last Stand at Alamo High
• #632 Orpheus in the Underworld
• #633 War Games, Act 3, Part 8: No Going Back
• #634 War Games, Epilogue: Decompression
• #635 Under the Hood, Part 1: New Business
• #636 Under the Hood, Part 2: First Strike
• #637 Under the Hood, Part 3: Overnight Deliveries
• #638 Under the Hood, Part 4: Bidding War
• #639 Family Reunion, Part 1: The Word on the Street
• #211 Batman's Big Blow-Off!
• #212 Baffling Deaths of the Crime-Czar!
• #82 The Flying Batman