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Table Des Matières TABLE DES MATIÈRES PAGE 4 – PREMIÈRE PARTIE - DYNAMIQUE DUO P. 7 – “L’AFFAIRE DU SYNDICAT DE LA CHIMIE”, PAR BILL FINGER ET BOB KANE, DETECTIVE COMICS #27 (1939) P. 14 – “LA LÉGENDE DE BATMAN”, PAR BILL FINGER, BOB KANE ET SHELDON MOLDOFF, DETECTIVE COMICS #33 (1939) P. 17 – “ROBIN, LE GARÇON PRODIGE”, PAR BILL FINGER, BOB KANE ET JERRY ROBINSON, DETECTIVE COMICS #38 (1940) P. 29 – SOUS L’AILE DE LA CHAUVE SOURIS P. 31 – “ACCIDENTS INTENTIONNELS”, PAR DON CAMERON ET JACK BURNLEY, DETECTIVE COMICS #83 (1944) P. 43 – ARRÊTEZ LES ROTATIVES ! P. 45 – “LE SCOOP DU SIÈCLE”, PAR BILL FINGER ET LEW SAYRE SCHWARTZ, BATMAN #49 (1948) P. 57 – LE CÔTÉ OBSCUR PAGE 58 – DEUXIÈME PARTIE - CROISÉ EN CAPE P. 61 – “LE BATMAN DE DEMAIN”, PAR ED HAMILTON ET DICK SPRANG, DETECTIVE COMICS #216 (1955) P. 73 – LA «FAMILLE BATMAN» DE L’ÂGE D’ARGENT P. 75 – “L’ORIGINE DE L’ÉQUIPE SUPERMAN-BATMAN”, PAR ED HAMILTON ET DICK SPRANG, WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #94 (1958) P. 87 – L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE P. 89 – “LA MENACE DU MASQUE MYSTÉRIEUX”, PAR JOHN BROOME ET CARMINE INFANTINO, DETECTIVE COMICS #327 (1964) P. 105 – “LES DÉBUTS FRACASSANTS DE BATGIRL”, PAR GARDNER FOX ET CARMINE INFANTINO, DETECTIVE COMICS #359 (1967) P. 121 – RITE DE PASSAGE PAGE 122 – TROISIÈME PARTIE - CRÉATURE DE LA NUIT P. 125 – “LE SECRET DES SÉPULTURES VACANTES”, PAR DENNIS O’NEIL ET NEAL ADAMS, DETECTIVE COMICS #395 (1970) P. 141 – LA SAGA DU DÉMON P. 143 – “LA MORT RÔDE DANS LES CIEUX”, PAR ARCHIE GOODWIN ET ALEX TOTH, DETECTIVE COMICS #442 (1974) P. 155 – “RICOCHET DE DEADSHOT”, PAR STEVE ENGLEHART ET MARSHALL ROGERS, DETECTIVE COMICS #474 (1977) P. 173 – “ON RECHERCHE : LE PÈRE NOËL… MORT OU VIF !”, PAR DENNIS O’NEIL ET FRANK MILLER, DC SPECIAL SERIES #21 (1980) P. 183 – MILLER DE VÉRITÉ PAGE 184 – QUATRIÈME PARTIE - CHEVALIER NOIR P. 187 – “MON COMMENCEMENT… ET MA PROBABLE FIN”, PAR MIKE W. BARR ET ALAN DAVIS, DETECTIVE COMICS #574 (1987) P. 209 – DEUILS DANS LA FAMILLE P. 211 – “CRISE D’IDENTITÉ”, PAR PETER MILLIGAN ET TOM MANDRAKE, DETECTIVE COMICS #633 (1991) P. 233 – AVENTURES ANIMÉES P. 235 – “PERMISSION DE MINUIT”, PAR CHUCK DIXON ET GRAHAM NOLAN, DETECTIVE COMICS #711 (1997) P. 257 – “PRENDRE L’AIR”, PAR GREG RUCKA ET RICK BURCHETT, DETECTIVE COMICS #757 (2001) P. 279 – DES SAGAS MYTHIQUES P. 281 – “LES BELLES GENS”, PAR PAUL DINI ET J.H. WILLIAMS III, DETECTIVE COMICS #821 (2006) P. 303 – ENTREPRISE FAMILIALE PAGE 304 – CINQUIÈME PARTIE - RENAISSANCE P. 306 – “BATMAN IMPOSSIBLE”, PAR PETER J. TOMASI ET ARDIAN SYAF, BATMAN AND ROBIN ANNUAL #1 (2013) P. 345 – “L’AN ZÉRO : CITÉ SECRÈTE, 1re PARTIE”, PAR SCOTT SNYDER ET GREG CAPULLO, BATMAN V2 #21 (2013) Copyright © 2013,2015 DC COMICS. All Rights reserved. PREMIERE PARTIE DYNAMIQUE DUO Copyright © 2013,2015 DC COMICS. All Rights reserved. PREMIÈRE PARTIE - DE 1939 À 1954 n 1939, Superman n’a qu’une année d’existence, pas à devenir une des marques de la série. Au cours mais son succès est déjà considérable. L’Homme des années 1940, DC Comics soignera particulièrement Ed’Acier apparaît dans deux magazines de comic le Chevalier Noir et son jeune écuyer, Robin. Les res- books, dont un porte son nom (une première !) ponsables, dont Whitney ELLSWORTH et Jack SCHIFF, et un strip de presse vient de débuter. Vin SULLIVAN, embaucheront de nouveaux et talentueux auteurs pour responsable éditorial chez National Publications, ancêtre aider Bob KANE et Bill FINGER face à la multiplication de DC Comics et détenteur des droits du personnage, des titres où apparaissent les héros (Detective, mais aussi cherche alors à renouveler l’expérience et se met en tête de Batman et World’s Finest Comics). On peut citer parmi lancer une deuxième grande « star », basée sur le concept les scénaristes Don CAMERON, Joe SAMACHSON, Joe – si neuf qu’il n’est pas encore défini – du « super-héros ». GREENE ou Alvin SCHWARTZ et pour les dessinateurs Il charge ainsi Bob KANE, qui a déjà réalisé quelques séries Jack BURNLEY, Win MORTIMER, Jim MOONEY et Dick pour la maison d’édition – dont Rusty and Pals, une copie SPRANG, qui va considérablement faire évoluer le person- de Terry et les Pirates – de lui fournir un nouveau per- nage à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en lui don- sonnage pour le mensuel Detective Comics. Bob KANE nant un aspect plus musculeux et carré, mais également songe à ses lectures favorites et, s’inspirant de l’apparence plus bondissant. de Superman ainsi que des hommes-oiseaux de Flash Gordon, aboutit à un premier essai : « Bird-Man », un Enfin, comme toute grande vedette de la bande dessinée, justicier en collants bleu et rouge et aux ailes apparentes. Batman a droit à cette époque à deux serials, adaptations Mais, se souvenant de croquis de la machine volante de cinématographiques en épisodes à suivre. Le premier, en Léonard De VINCI, il redessine les ailes en les calquant 1943, servira la propagande de l’époque, en l’opposant à sur celles des chauve-souris : Bird-Man devient « Bat-Man ». des espions japonais dirigés par le Dr Daka, le second, en C’est alors qu’entre en scène le collaborateur de Bob 1949, intégrera le personnage de Vicki Vale, ainsi qu’un KANE, le scénariste Bill FINGER, grand lecteur et amateur criminel attitré : le Wizard, un scientifique machiavélique. de pulps, ces romans à sensation bon marché où se multi- plient les justiciers masqués, les détectives pugnaces et les criminels hauts en couleur. Les deux hommes font alors évoluer leur prototype et jouent la carte de l’inédit : en réaction à Superman, Bat-Man sera son opposé. Si Super- man agit à visage découvert, Bat-Man porte un masque (auquel FINGER demande qu’on ajoute des oreilles pour le rapprocher encore davantage de son totem, et que les ailes deviennent une cape). Si l’Homme d’Acier est habillé de couleurs primaires, leur justicier sera vêtu de noir et gris. Enfin, là où Superman fait montre de talents extraor- dinaires, Bat-Man reste un humain normal dont l’iden- tité secrète, à l’instar de Zorro, est celle d’un riche jeune homme oisif. Dès la couverture de Detective Comics #27 (mai 1939), Bat-Man devient Batman et les lecteurs ne tardent pas à faire un triomphe à ce nouveau personnage, héritier d’une tradition autant romanesque que cinématographique. L’univers dépeint par Bob KANE et ses assistants – Shel- don MOLDOFF, Jerry ROBINSON et George ROUSSOS – est fait de cadrages expressionnistes, d’ombres mena- çantes et de machineries gigantesques qui ne tardent Extrait de la couverture de BATMAN #10 (avr-mai 1942) par Jerry ROBINSON Copyright © 2013,2015 DC COMICS. All Rights reserved. Le Le %BU0BO une silhouette pleine d’audace et de mystère qui par combat l’inJustice et interpelle les criminels dans son combat solitaire contre ceux qui nuisent à notre société... son L’affaire du syndicat de la chimie identité demeure inconnue. Chez le commissaire Gordon, qui reçoit ce Allô... VRLUOgVRQDPLOH-HXQHKmULWLHU%UXFH:D\QH FRPPHQW"/DPEHUW le roi de la chimie... assassiné à coups SDVJUDQG Alors, commissaire, GHFRXWHDX"/HV chose, si ce TXHVHSDVVHWLO empreintes de son fils n’est ce mystérieux d’intéressant ces VXUO¨DUPH"-¨DUULYH %DW0DQTXLPHUHQG WHPSVFL" de suite ! perplexe ! 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