Quarter Bin #57 "Binge-worthy II: Batman"

Detective Comics #225 (DC)
From 1955.

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The cover story is a wacky Silver Age adventure concerning members of the public getting to be Batman for a day, which is one of those stories that made perfect sense at the time but would now require quite a bit more contextual justification.  The more relevant story from the issue is the debut of Martian Manhunter!  Although it might be funny to realize that he was probably intended to spend less time in his familiar green form and more in his human alter ego as, well detective John Jones.  Just imagine if he'd remained that way...!  The Silver Age Classics reprints were some of the first comics I ever owned, notably Showcase #22, the debut of Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

Detective Comics #567 (DC)

From 1986.

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Harlan Ellison wrote this one (you, ah, might have been able to tell from the cover).  For some people, he's best known for the classic Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever."  In his Batman story, Batman keeps finding out he's not actually needed in any of the emergencies he comes across.  It would have made for a wacky Silver Age adventure, no doubt.

Batman: Gotham Knights #5 (DC)

From 2000.

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Devin K. Grayson, who sadly all but disappeared from comics nearly a decade ago, was at one time a leading writer of the Batman line, to the point where a whole series, Gotham Knights, was launched to give her a spotlight.  This issue features the Key, who had last appeared in the pages of Grant Morrison's JLA.  Here the depth of his psychoses are explored, a true villain who would be formidable indeed if only he could get out of his own way.  The art comes from Dale Eaglesham, whom I know better from the pages of Geoff Johns' Justice Society of America.  The idea behind Gotham Knights was to explore Batman in the context of his allies, and as such besides Robin there's Azrael in the story, although unfortunately the Azrael with his most terrible costume design.  I have no idea what they were thinking, the more desperate DC was to keep him relevant, they actually made it easier to dismiss him.  There's also a Batman: Black & White adventure from Paul Levitz featuring Commissioner Gordon.

Batman: Gotham Knights #21 (DC)

From 2001.

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Here's Grayson again handling Dick Grayson, the character who became her true legacy, although much of what she did within the pages of Nightwing ended up being unpopular even though it followed directly in the footsteps of what Chuck Dixon had been doing before her, and both did some of the best work with the character I've read.  The story involves someone trying to convince Dick that he's got a whole secret history, but as it turns out it's just a lot of manipulation (reminding me of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Second Skin").  The idea of Dick having an aspect of his past he hadn't known about was later explored again during the recent "Night of the Owls" event.  The art is from Roger Robinson, whom I usually find to be a far more pleasant presence than his general lack of reputation suggests, but he seems to have been working in a different style for the issue.  The Batman: Black & White feature this time is from Mike Carlin (better known as an editor), although it's done more or less in the Bruce Timm style as featured in Batman: The Animated Series.

Batman #625 (DC)

From 2004.

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The conclusion to the "Broken City" arc from 100 Bullets team Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso reads like a preview of the Scott Snyder era, with a confrontation between Batman and the Joker that makes it clear just how obsessed with Batman the Joker really is.  There's also a tribute to Julius Schwartz, legendary editor, who had just died.

Batman: Streets of Gotham #4 (DC)

From 2009.

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Streets of Gotham was Paul Dini's series, a highly underrated one that was better than the work he'd been doing in Detective Comics previously.  Dini is best known for his collaboration with Bruce Timm in Batman: The Animated Series.  Art for the issue is provided by Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs, who would keep the spirit of this initial collaboration alive within the delightful Li'l Gotham.  The villain is Mr. Zsasz, the psycho best known for cutting himself for every murder he commits.  This is also during Dini's Tommy Elliot arc, the underrated sequel material to "Hush," as he poses as Bruce Wayne.  Marc Andreyko's Manhunter is featured in the back-up.