Fred Ray

The third volume in the series collecting every Batman story in chronological order of publication! This volume, collecting DETECTIVE COMICS #46-50, BATMAN #4-5 and more, features The Joker, Clayface and more.

Two of the first comic book heroes of all time, Batman and Robin have endured and evolved for over 60 years. This extraordinary hardcover edition looks back at seventeen of their original tales to show the foundation of the Dark Knight's legendary mythos. Reprinting stories by Batman's creator Bob Kane, as well as a few adventures that have not been seen in over sixty years, this remarkable collection features the first appearance of the fear-inducing Scarecrow and the last appearance of the original, rotund Alfred.

Batman confronts some of his deadliest foes in a handsome hardcover volume reprinting BATMAN #9-12. These classic stories from 1942 feature the Joker, the Penguin and, in her first appearance in a new costume, Catwoman.

The Man of Steel continues to defend America and explore spectacular locations in the fourth volume of the SUPERMAN ARCHIVES series. Introducing Clark Kent's loyal sidekick, Jimmy Olsen, this book of 1940s classics features tales in which Superman discovers an underground civilization beneath Metropolis, goes on a disastrous rampage while under hypnosis, meets an alluring mermaid and visits the lost city of Atlantis, becomes trapped in the Fourth Dimension, protects American naval weapons from international saboteurs, and battles the deadly costumed villain the Archer.