The Batcave Companion

The writer/editor of the critically acclaimed The Krypton Companionand the designer of the eye-popping Spies, Vixens, and Masters of Kung Fu:The Art of Paul Gulacy team up to investigate the Silver and Bronze Agesof Batman comic books in The Batcave Companion! Two distinct sections of this book follow the Dark Knight's progression fromhis campy "New Look" of the mid-1960s to his "creature of the night" reinventionof the 1970s, through art-jammed interviews with and examinations of the work ofCarmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Murphy Anderson, Dennis O'Neil, Neal Adams, DickGiordano, Len Wein, Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, Elliot S! Maggin, MikeGrell, Walter Simonson, Jim Aparo, Irv Novick, and other fan favorites. Alsoincluded are explorations of Bat-lore such as the effects of the 1966Batman TV show upon comics, a Batmobile timeline, and Batman's colorfulrogues' gallery.… (more)