REQUIEM FOR A HERO Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Irv Novick Frank McLaughlin Letterer: Shelly Leferman Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: In the Batcave beneath Wayne Manor, Doctor Thirteen finds Man Bat attacking Batman. Thirteen tries to help, allowing Batman to get...

   It was a dark and stormy night. A perfect night for... THE GHOST OF WAYNE MANSION Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Irv Novick Frank McLaughlin Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: On a dark and stormy night, three kids race out of Wayne Manor, screaming...

   A MAN CALLED MOLE Writers: Gerry Conway Roy Thomas Inker: Adrian Gonzales Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano take great pleasure in introducing Gene Colan, Penciler The Plot: At night in Gotham, a stockbroker named William Elder is killed by a creature from...

   A SWEET KISS OF POISON... Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Irv Novick Steve Mitchell Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: An exhausted Batman returns from a night of crime fighting, with only a few hours to sleep before attending a Wayne Foundation board...

   DRESSED TO DIE Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Dan Adkins Colorist: Adrienne Roy Letterer: Ben Oda Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: Manikin prepares to kill Hoston, but Batman emerges from the flames to stop her. Manikin begins choking on the smoke from Hoston’s burning office...

   WHO DIES FOR THE MANIKIN Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Steve Mitchell Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: Ten months ago, Batman arrives at the scene of an auto wreck. He pulls the car’s lone occupant free, but she is horrifically burnt and...

   WEREWOLF MOON Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Dan Adkins Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: Inside a hospital room, a woman pleads for Batman’s help to save the life of her daughter, who is dying of leukemia and who needs bone marrow...

   THIS SPORTING DEATH Script: Gerry Conway Plot Assist: Roy Thomas Artists: Irv Novick Frank McLaughlin Letters: John Costanza Colos: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: Late at night on the field of Gotham Stadium, a man in sports gear kills a sportswriter named Hank Klugmann...

   WHERE WALKS A SNOWMAN Script Gerry Conway Plot Assist: Roy Thomas Pencils: Jose Garcia Lopez Inks: Steve Mitchell Letters: John Costanza Colors: Adrienne Roy Editor: Dick Giordano The Plot: Batman arrives at a sporting good store to help the police apprehend a hoodlum holed up inside...

   THE JOKER’S RUMPUS ROOM REVENGE Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Dan Adkins Letterer: John Costanza Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Paul Levitz The Plot: A shadowy figure arrives in Gotham City and visits the shop of a toymaker named Papetto, who has built some special toys for...

   THE DAYS OF THE SCARECROW Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Dan Adkins Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Paul Levitz The Plot: On Sunday night, while stopping a crook from robbing a pawnshop, Batman is hit by a dart from a nearby rooftop. The next day, Bruce Wayne...

   THE MAN WHO KILLED MLLE. MARIE WHO SHOT MLLE. MARIE Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Dan Adkins Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Paul Levitz The Plot: Issue Batman watches from hiding as Alfred and Lucius Fox board a flight to France, then recalls...

   NIGHT OF THE SAVAGE ALLIES IN THE SHADOWS Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Dan Adkins Letterer: Ben Oda Colorist: Adrienne Roy Editor: Paul Levitz The Plot: Issue The brute called Blockbuster emerges from Gotham Bay and makes his way ashore. Meanwhile, Batman and the...

   BAD NIGHT IN BAJA Writer Gerry Conway Artists: Don Newton Dan Adkins Colorist: Adrienne Roy Letterer: Ben Oda Editor: Paul Levitz The Plot: At a ramshackle hotel bar on a dark and stormy night in Baja California, several men go about their evening’s business, including the establishment’s...

   Back in , for the bulk of the year, I took a curated look at BATMAN IN THE SEVENTIES, by means of several major stories available via DC collected editions or digitally. We looked at material from Frank Robbins, Irv Novick, Dennis O’Neil, Neal Adams, Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart, Marshall...

   And that’s another calendar year in the books, folks It’s hard for me to believe, but I’m still going after ten years of this thing Yes, it’s true I stopped making blog anniversary posts some time back, but if I hadn’t, I would’ve celebrated a full decade of NOT A HOAX back in August. I...

   THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OCTOPUSSY THE HILDEBRAND RARITY THE SPY WHO LOVED ME September th, November th, November th, May th, May th, December th, December th, October rd, Written by Peter Lawrence Illustrated by Yaroslav...

   YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN May th, January th, June th, September th, Written by Henry Gammidge Jim Lawrence Illustrated by John McLusky Yaroslav Horak As Bond’s next adventure begins, eight months have elapsed since the murder of his...

   THUNDERBALL ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE December th, February th, June th, May th, Written by Henry Gammidge Illustrated by John McLusky THUNDERBALL has the peculiar distinction of being the only James Bond story developed by Ian Fleming himself with...

   JAMES BOND IS BACK With all due apologies to the THUNDERBALL movie poster. Back in , I started looking at the James Bond newspaper strips originally syndicated in Britain’s Daily Express in the s and ’ s. I got about halfway through the series, and then was forced to stop due to a...

   Stan Lee Presents: Dane Whitman, Master of the Ebony Blade THE BOND Writer Ben Raab Penciler: Jimmy Cheung Inker: Andy Lanning Lettering: Richard Starkings and Comicraft Colors: Tom Zuiko Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor in Chief: Bob Harras The Plot: In another dimension, Sersi...

   Exciting news I had wanted to cover AVENGERS ANNUAL as part of this project even though it’s not by Harras Epting Palmer Deodato etc. and really has nothing to do with their run, it was published during the Gatherers saga and is written and drawn by the legendary AVENGERS creative team of...

   Stan Lee presents a glimpse into the future of the mighty Avengers... CAMPFIRE TALES Story: Bob Harras amp; Terry Kavanagh Script: Bob Harras Penciler: Mike Deodato Inker: Tom Palmer Colorist: Paul Becton Letterer: Bill Oakley Editor: Ralph Macchio Editor in Chief: Mark...

   Stan Lee presents a tale of the mighty Avengers MESSAGE FROM HOME Story: Bob Harras Terry Kavanagh Script: Bob Harras Guest Penciler: Fabio Laguna Guest Inker: Scott Koblish Colorist: Mike Thomas Letterers: Bill Oakley N.J.Q. Boss: Ralph Macchio Bigger Boss: Mark Gruenwald ...

   INTO THE BREACH Story: Bob Harras Terry Kavanagh Writer: Bob Harras Breakdowns: Mike Deodato Finisher: Tom Palmer Colorist: Mike Thomas Letterer: Bill Oakley Editor: Ralph Macchio Editor in Chief: Mark Gruenwald The Plot: CAPTAIN AMERICA : Through the Perilous Fight by...