Monday, February 13, 2012

The Batman Encyclopedia

In recent times, superhero universes (DC, Marvel) and the most popular solo characters (Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; even a villain, the Joker) have been the focus of their own encyclopedias.



In our superhero-saturated modern culture, that is not so surprising.

However, in 1954, Bill Finger had the idea first. (That was his thing.
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3 comments:

Bob Buethe said...

I've never read that Batman story, but it sounds like it was inspired by "1,001 Ways to Defeat Green Arrow" from Adventure Comics #174 (March 1952).

Marc Tyler Nobleman said...

You know your stuff, Bob!

Bob Buethe said...

As a former boss of mine used to say, "Mind full of garbage."