BATMAN THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD Volume 2

As a celebration of the 50th birthday of Batman this book collects stories from 50 years of the Dark Knight. Reprints stories  written from 1939-1983 from the following issues: Brave and the Bold #197 (The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne! from April, 1983); Batman #1 (The Giants of Hugo Strange, reprinted here as Dr. Hugo Strange and the Mutant Monsters from March, 1940); Detective Comics #31 (Batman Versus the Vampire (Part I) from September, 1939); Detective Comics #32 (Batman Versus the Vampire (Part II) from October, 1939); Batman #61 (The Birth of Batplane II! from October, 1950); Batman #47 (The Origin of the Batman! from June, 1948); Batman #61 (The Birth of Batplane II! from October, 1950); Batman #25 (Knights of Knavery from October, 1944); Detective Comics #211 (The Jungle Cat Queen! from September, 1954); Detective Comics #235 (The First Batman from September, 1956); World's Finest Comics #94 (Origin Of the superman-Batman Team), 1958 Batman #156 (Robin Dies at Dawn from June, 1963); Detective Comics #345 (The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City! from November, 1965); Detective Comics #404 (Ghost of the Killer Skies! from October, 1970); Batman #234 (Half an Evil from August, 1971); Detective Comics #429 (Man-Bat Over Vegas! from November, 1972); Batman #250 (The Batman Nobody Knows! from July, 1973); Detective Comics #437 (Deathmask from November, 1973); Detective Comics #442 (Death Flies the Haunted Sky! from September, 1974); Detective Comics #457 (There is No Hope in Crime Alley! from March, 1976); Detective Comics #474 (The Deadshot Ricochet from December, 1977); Detective Comics #482 (Bat-Mites New York Adventure from March, 1979); Detective Comics #500 (To Kill A Legend from March, 1981); Star-Spangled Comics #124 (Operation 'Escape' from January, 1952); Also collects the story 1001 Umbrellas of The Penguin which was originally presented in the Sunday papers from February until October, 1946. Out of Print. Condition: Fine Plus. Slight edge wear.