Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} #407 by Frank Robbins Detective Comics comic books issue 407. Cover by . "Marriage: Impossible," script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by ; When learns about the pending marriage between Kirk Langstrom and Francine Lee, he races down to the cathedral to stop the wedding; Interrupting the ceremony, he pulls a mask off Langstrom's head, revealing the face of the Man-Bat. "One of Our Landmarks Is Missing!," script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Vince Colletta; Continuing from last issue. had stumbled upon the fact that the leader of the group Peaceful Protest has begun resorting to bombings to get the groups message across, this revelation however has gotten her trapped in a room where if she to step off a circle of floor in the middle of the room the entire place will explode. Letters to the editor from writers Alan Brennert and Arlen Schumer. 36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15. 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See also Frank for a complete list of references to clarify differences between these closely named or closely related articles. Frank Robbins was a illustrator born on September 9th, 1917. His work has been featured prominently in comic book titles published by and DC Comics, many of which were published during the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of the horror-themed comic titles that Frank worked on include Adventure Into Fear , Dracula Lives! , Ghost Rider , Legion of Monsters , Tomb of Dracula and Werewolf by Night . For Marvel, Frank was best known for his work on the comic strip, which was published from October, 1975 to September, 1979. Frank was the regular series artist beginning with issue #1 up until issue #28. He provided cover art illustrations on issues #28 and #34. The Invaders was a significant title in the realm of horror for it introduced the character of Baron Blood, an aristocratic vampire who debuted in the 7th issue of the series. Baron Blood made several recurring appearances and proved to be one of the Invaders' most enduring adversaries. For DC Comics, Frank was a pivotal creator in the Batman franchise, writing plotlines for over 70 issues of both Batman and the companion title Detective Comics . Frank was responsible for creating the character of Man-Bat - a tortured scientist who accidentally transformed himself into a werebat creature that stalked the skies of Gotham City. Man-Bat was introduced in Detective Comics #400 and proved to be an extremely popular antagonist, eventually spreading out into several eponymous comic book miniseries projects. By the late 1980s, Frank Robbins was largely retired. Frank passed away on November 28th, 1994 at the age of 77. Tag: Frank Robbins. On this episode of Batman Knightcast , Ryan Daly and Chris Franklin wrap up the two continuing story arcs they’ve covered since the beginning of the year. First, Batman’s dizzying confrontation with the Man-Bat reaches new heights of craziness and excitement in DETECTIVE COMICS #407. Then, the Riddler’s deadly game reaches its fiery, diabolical conclusion in the third part of “Dark Knight, Dark City” from BATMAN #454. Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: [email protected] or [email protected]. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK. Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts. Support BATMAN KNIGHTCAST and the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts. Music from the Batman and Batman Returns original motion picture soundtracks by Danny Elfman. Additional music: “Heaven is a Place on Earth” by Belinda Carlisle. Thanks for listening! Batman Knightcast 36 Image Gallery. March 12, 2021. Check out these images from the latest episode of Batman Knightcast ! Cover to Detective Comics #407 by Neal Adams. Batman Knightcast 35: DETECTIVE COMICS #402 and BATMAN #453. February 05, 2021. A new episode of Batman Knightcast : NOW WITH WINGS! Ryan Daly and Chris Franklin continue to chronicle two different trilogies starring the Caped Crusader and some of his deadliest rogues. First, in DETECTIVE COMICS #402, Batman encounters Doctor Langstrom again, whose monstrous transformation into the Man-Bat will bring him right into Batman’s home. In BATMAN #453, The Riddler doubles down on the evil, endangering more babies and now dogs, too. What’s his goal? Why is he so much crazier this time? And what does it have to do the Ceremony of the Bat? So many questions–that won’t be answered until next episode. Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: [email protected] or [email protected]. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK. Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts. Support BATMAN KNIGHTCAST and the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts. Music from the Batman and Batman Returns original motion picture soundtracks by Danny Elfman. Additional music: “Atlantic City” by The Band. Attack of the 50 Year Old Comic Books. A look back at some really old comics by an even older comics fan. Frank Robbins. Detective Comics #411 (May, 1971) As of March, 1971, my thirteen-year-old self was picking up Detective Comics on a fairly consistent basis — but it was a habit I’d acquired only recently (or perhaps I should say re acquired, as I’d been a regular reader of the title before, back in 1965-67). For that reason, I’d missed writer Denny O’Neil’s first two “League of Assassins” stories, which had run in issues #405 and #406, respectively. On the other hand, I had bought and read Detective #408, whose lead Batman story, though not scripted by O’Neil, had featured an attempt by the villainous Dr. Tzin-Tzin to eliminate the Darknight Detective at the League’s behest. So it wasn’t like I was completely unfamiliar with the sinister organization prior to my purchasing issue #411. Rather, I was intrigued by the little I knew — and though I realized I was coming in late, I was eager to catch up. Luckily, this third installment of O’Neil’s League saga didn’t depend very much on knowledge of the previous two at all — and what little I did need to know, I’d manage to pick up easily through the script’s unobtrusive exposition. Read More. Detective Comics #408 (February, 1971) There’s an interesting story behind Detective #408’s lead Batman feature (and cover story), “The House That Haunted Batman!”. Or perhaps we should say, in the interest of total accuracy, that there are four of them. Back in 1998, in the 1st issue of Comic Book Artist , editor Jon B. Cooke published “The Story That Haunted Julie Schwartz”, a collection of interviews with four of the personnel who’d been involved with producing this classic Detective story: editor , writers and Marv Wolfman, and penciller Neal Adams. The funny thing about it, though, was that in spite of the interviews’ brevity (the entire article ran only two pages) the four veteran comics pros’ recollections differed in certain details, lending the whole enterprise a Rashomon -like quality. This much, at least, the quartet could agree on: Quite early on in their professional careers, longtime friends Len Wein and Marv Wolfman wrote a Batman story together which they hoped to sell to Julius Schwartz. Somewhere along the line, Neal Adams took an interest in the as-yet-unbought script and ended up drawing it in his spare time, on spec — a remarkably generous gesture, considering how busy the artist was (not to mention what his time was worth). Ultimately, despite the irregularity of the process, editor Schwartz did indeed buy the completed 15-pager, and scheduled it for the next available issue of Detective Comics . Read More. Detective Comics #407 (January, 1971) Seven months ago, I blogged about a number of comics that I wish I’d bought back in April, 1970, the only month in the last 55 years in which I didn’t acquire a single new comic book. (At least not until April, 2020 , when COVID-19’s temporary shutdown of the comics industry took the matter out of my, and everyone else’s, hands for a while.) Regular readers of this blog with good memories may recall that among those “comics that got away” was the 400th issue of Detective Comics . That, of course, was the issue that featured the first appearance of Man-Bat — an important new adversary (and sometime ally) of Batman — created by artist Neal Adams. Unless, of course it was actually editor Julius Schwartz who came up with the character. In any event, it wasn’t writer Frank Robbins. Probably not, anyway. Read More. It was April, 1970… On July 21, 2015, this blog made its debut with a post entitled “It was the summer of ’65…”. In that first installment, I described my earliest experiences with comic books, leading up to to my very first comics purchase in the, well, summer of ’65. Since then, I’ve been writing about some of the most interesting individual issues I bought in my first few years as an avid comics reader (and nascent collector), while also attempting to chronicle, more generally, the evolution of my own comics tastes and interests, and setting that personal narrative in the broader context of what was going on in the funnybook industry (and, more broadly, in American culture), during those years. But now, almost half a decade after starting this project, I’ve reached the point in the narrative of my comic book buying and reading where that story almost came to an end, fifty years ago. I’ve arrived at the time in my life when, at least for a while, I stopped buying comics. Read More. Batman #219 (February, 1970) If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you might have noticed that it’s been a while since I’ve written here about either Detective Comics or Batman . The last issue of the former title to receive the “Attack of the 50 Year Old Comic Books” spotlight was issue #369 (Nov., 1967), while the most recent issue of the latter to rate a post was #197 (Dec., 1967). Not counting the hero’s appearances in issues of Justice League of America , World’s Finest Comics, and (most significantly) The Brave and the Bold that I have posted about, this blog has been a Batman-free zone for more than two years. That’s quite a contrast to the first two years of this enterprise, during which time the blog covered comics published from mid-1965 to mid-1967, and Batman and Detective accounted for nine posts between them. Read More. Avengers #71 (December, 1969) At the conclusion of Avengers #70, published fifty years and one month ago, readers were promised that the next issue would feature “the most shocking surprise guests of all!!” A month later, those fans who picked #71 up off the spinner rack wouldn’t have to look any further than the dynamic -Sam Grainger cover to learn the identity of those guest stars — though it’s likely that a lot of them had already gotten the news courtesy of the Mighty Marvel Checklist entry for the book that ran in that month’s Marvel comics’ Bullpen Bulletins text page: “The battle that time forgot! The Avengers take on Cap, the Torch, and in wartime Paris! Don’t miss “Endgame!” In October, 1969, my twelve-year-old self had yet to read a single Golden Age Marvel (or Timely, if you prefer) comic book story. And while I’d gleaned enough information in my few years of reading current Marvel comics to know that , the original Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner had all been around in the 1940s, I’m not sure if I knew whether or not they’d ever appeared in the same story together before. I certainly didn’t know about the Invaders — and neither did anyone else, including their creator (also the scribe of our current tale), since they wouldn’t actually exist for another six years. So to see these three characters in World War II-era action was a whole new thing for me (and probably for a lot of other readers as well). Read More. #36 (Apr.-May, 1968) What defines a comic book superhero as a unique character? Is it a name, or a costume, or a power set? What about a hero’s “secret identity”? Does it even matter who’s wearing the costume? For what it’s worth, I suspect that the majority of people reading this post have a general conception of “” as a single, unique character, albeit one with multiple versions — “pre-Crisis”, “New 52”, “Golden Age”, and so on. It’s probably the same with Batman, or Wonder Woman — or with Captain America, Iron Man, or the Mighty Thor, for that matter. Even if these heroes undergo occasional costume modifications or power fluctuations — and even if someone else steps into their heroic role for a time in the service of a storyline — there’s still a sense of a core character underneath it all — an “ur-Superman”, an “ur-Batman”, and so forth. Read More. Flash #175 (December, 1967) If you’ve been reading this blog for a few months or more, you’ll recall (I hope) our post back in June about Superman #199, the classic DC comic book that featured the first-ever race between Superman and . That race ended in a tie, but the end of the story promised us readers a “terrific rematch , coming soon in The Flash !” So when the DC house ads for Flash #175 began appearing a few months later, my ten- year-old self was pumped . Surely, when the second race was run in the Fastest Man Alive’s own series , he’d win the victory that he so obviously and logically deserved (in my mind, anyway. See that earlier post for more details of my reasoning). And regardless of the outcome, with Carmine Infantino (the artist who’d pencilled every single Flash solo story I’d ever read) drawing the book, it was bound to look great. Well. Things didn’t quite work out as my ten-year-old self expected. Read More.