Batman: The War Years 1939-1945: Presenting over 20 classic full length Batman tales from the DC comics vault! (1) (DC Comics: The War Years)

Love reading these stories, well worth the price.

It is great to read how the Batman story started in 1939. Roy Thomas shows how in the first six years WW II has an influance on the stories. I like the grim Batman better than the campy Batman.

I got this for Christmas and I have got to say that this helped me while a few hours whilst I waited for the real star of the day (Turkey) to take centre stage, such a treat and a reminder of time that was all too fleeting.

Beautiful book. My son is loving the stories!

The physical presentation is excellent and the story reprints are well chosen. Rather than censor the racist elements of the stories the text pieces put them in their historical contexts. Roy Thomas does an excellent job of setting the historical scene but he does a very poor job regarding who created what. Bill Finger an Jerry Robinson are barely mentioned. Sole credit is given to Bob Kane which even Kane himself distanced himself from in the late 80s. At the time of publishing. DC and the Finger Family were negotiating credit so this may have been a factor. However Thomas is a talented enough writer to have handled this better.

The item was a Birthday gift for a Great Grandson,10 years of age,who likes Batman,and is delighted to get this item. Thank You.

Amazing. Has all of them

Nice book about the war years Batman

It seems strange to me that it should be 1939 to 1946 since the USA wasn't officially in the war until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. In one of the 1939 stories there is the Napoleon complex which I take to be a dig at either Hitler or Mussolini or both There are also spies willing to gather up secret information and sell on to enemies or potential enemies of the USA. They must be stopped. One scientist has the secret to atomic energy no mention though of an atomic bomb. Very few stories have Batman and Robin fighting outside the USA. Roy Thomas claims this is so because The Batman is best as a shadowy figure fighting crime than someone leading a battalion of marines into action in the Pacific. It should be noted, however, that Timely's Captain America did fight overseas but then again he had that shield of his for protection.

A nice mixture of stories and art. First class commentary by Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas the greatest archivist/ ret con writer of the golden age of American superhero comics selected a series of Batman and Robin comics from before and during the second world war. These periods are broken up by brief but interesting asides by Thomas who would have been reading these books as a kid. I found it interesting but the golden age is my grandfather's age of comics rather than mine. People expecting the dark brooding, super competent Batman of the modern era might find it too different for their tastes. I however had a good time with it.

アメリカならではの企画と言えなくもない「バットマン」ファンなら揃えておきたい一冊！最新映画が公開されたが、それとは違った意味でコアなマニアまでも納得させるセレクションだろう！ただ、当時アメリカの敵国であったドイツやイタリア、日本のファンにとっては、かつてのアメリカ人の微妙な意識を発見する機会になるかも知れない・・・。

I'm starting comicbook collection and this is the first one I bought. Being the batfan I'm really loving nt decision to get this book as the first. The product quality is really premium. Pages are glossy and it contains classic strips and debut of major batman characters like robin and joker. If you're batman fan or dc fan just go for it. Its really good book for collection. This is for everyone who loves reading comics and graphic novel.