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Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Batman (1940-2011) #76-85 and stories from Detective Comics (1937-2011) #192-210 and World's Finest (1941-1986) #63-70.
Written by Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, Ed Herron, David Vern Reed, Alvin Schwartz, Bill Woolfolk, and Leigh Brackett.
Art by Bob Kane, Jim Mooney, Charles Paris, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Dick Sprang, Will Elder, Stan Kaye, Sheldon Moldoff, and Ray Burnley. Cover by Win Mortimer.
Batmans adventures from the mid-1950s are collected for the first time in hardcover, continuing here with Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 9. These stories from the early 1950s feature alternate versions of the Caped Crusader, as well as Batmans foes The Joker, Two-Face, the Penguin, and Catwoman. Along the way, the Dynamic Duo travel back in time to meet The Batman of Yesterday, and encounter another Batman in modern-day Gotham City. Plus, Batman joins the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Catwoman stalks a beauty pageant, The Joker directs his own movie crimes, and more.
Hardcover, 672 pages, full color.
Cover price $125.00.