BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT Archives Volume 1-3

Taken from the Golden Age of comics, these stories feature early appearances by Catwoman, the Joker, and the Penguin. Written by Bob Kane, the man who created Batman, these entertaining tales of heroism and action feature the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder as they take on the colorful figures that try to control and victimize Gotham City. This first collection reprints stories from April to December, 1940. Batman #1: The Legend of the Batman - Who He is, and How he Came to Be, The Joker, The Giants of Hugo Strange, The Cat and The Joker Returns. Batman #2: The Joker Meets the Cat-Woman, Wolf, the Crime Master, The Case of the Clubfoot Murders, The Case of the Missing Link. Batman #3: The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master, The Ugliest Man in the World, The Crime School for Boys, The Batman vs. the Cat-Woman. Batman #4: The Case of the Joker's Crime Circus, Blackbeard's Crew and the Yacht Society, Public Enemy No. 1 Starts Jail Sentence, Touchdown for Justice.   This second collection reprints stories from March to December, 1941. Batman #5: The Riddle of the Missing Card, Book of Enchantment, The Case of the Honest Crook and Crime Does Not Pay. Batman #6: Murder on Parole, The Clock Maker, The Secret of the Iron Jungle, Suicide Beat. Batman #7: Wanted: Practical Jokers, The Trouble Trap, The North Woods Mystery and The People vs. the Batman. Batman #8: Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make, The Strange Case of Professor Radium, The Superstition Murders and The Cross Country Crimes.   This third collection reprints stories from February to August, 1942. Batman #9: The Four Fates, The White Whale, The Case of the Lucky Law-Breakers and Christmas. Batman #10: The Isle That Time Forgot, Report Card Blues, The Princess of Plunder and and The Sheriff of Ghost Town. Batman #11:, The Joker's Advertising Campaign, Payment in Full, Bandits in Toyland and Four Birds of a Feather. Batman #12: Brothers in Crime, The Wizard of Words, They Thrill to Conquer and Around the Clock with the Batman. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine. As New. In Shrink Wrap.