DC COMICS DAN DIDIO CHRIS CARAMALIS BATMAN ILLUSTRATED BY NEAL ADAMS VP-Editorial VP-Finance VOLUME ONE MURRAY BOLTINOFF TERRI CUNNINGHAM Published by DC Comics. JULIUS SCHWARTZ VP-Managing Editor Cover, introduction, and compilation MORT WEISINGER copyright © 2003 DC Comics. Editors-original series ALISON GILL All Rights Reserved. VP-Manufacturing TABLE OF CONTENTS BOB GREENBERGER Originally published in single magazine form as Senior Editor-collected edition LILLIAN LASERSON BATMAN 200, 203, 210; THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 75-76, Senior VP & General Counsel 79-85; DETECTIVE COMICS 370, 372, 385, 389, 391, 5 Introduction by Neal Adams 35 WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #176 ROBBIN BROSTERMAN 392; and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS 174-176, 178-180, Senior Art Director DAVID MCKILLIPS 182-183, 185, 186. Copyright © 1967, 1968, 1969 June 1968 VP-Advertising DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. PAUL LEVITZ 11 DETECTIVE COMICS #370 Cover “The Superman-Batman Split” President & Publisher JOHN NEE All characters, the distinctive likenesses thereof and VP-Business Development related indicia are trademarks of DC Comics. December 1967 Story: Cary Bates GEORG BREWER The stories, characters and incidents featured in this VP-Design & Retail Product Development CHERYL RUBIN publication are entirely fictional. DC Comics does not Pencils: Carmine Infantino Pencils: Neal Adams VP-Licensing & Merchandising read or accept unsolicited submissions of RICHARD BRUNING ideas, stories or artwork. Inks: Neal Adams Inks: Dick Giordano VP-Creative Director BOB WAYNE VP-Sales & Marketing DC Comics PATRICK CALDON 1700 Broadway Senior VP-Finance & Operations New York, NY 10019 12 THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #75 Cover 54 BATMAN #203 Cover A Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. December-January 1968 July-August 1968 Printed in China. First Printing. Pencils and inks: Neal Adams Layout: Carmine Infantino ISBN: 1-4012-0041-9 Inks: Neal Adams Cover illustration by Neal Adams. Interior color reconstruction by 13 DETECTIVE COMICS #372 Cover Continuity Associates, Rob Ro & Alex Bleyaert. February 1968 55 THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #79 Batman created by Bob Kane. Pencils and inks: Neal Adams August-September 1968 “The Track of The Hook” 14 THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #76 Cover Story: Bob Haney February-March 1968 Pencils: Neal Adams Pencils and inks: Neal Adams Inks: Dick Giordano 15 BATMAN #200 Cover 80 WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #178 Cover March 1968 September 1968 Pencils and inks: Neal Adams Pencils and inks: Neal Adams 16 WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #174 Cover 81 WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #179 Cover March 1968 October 1968 Pencils and inks: Neal Adams Pencils and inks: Neal Adams 17 WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #175 82 WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #180 Cover April 1968 November 1968 “The Superman-Batman Revenge Squad” Pencils and inks: Neal Adams Story: Leo Dorfman Pencils: Neal Adams 83 THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #80 Inks: Dick Giordano October-November 1968 “And Hellgrammite Is His Name” Story: Bob Haney Pencils: Neal Adams Inks: Dick Giordano.