Category: Bat Signal

  • Issue 827 – “Double Talk”

      Hi there everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my eternal quest to read every issue of Detective Comics ever published, in random order, and with basically no context. We’re taking another trip to the mid aughts again this week, into that time when Paul Dini was writing the book, and actually…

  • Issue 301 – “The Condemned Batman”

      Hello everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending quest to read every issue of Detective Comics ever published, in random order, and with essentially no context. And we’ve got a real goofy one on our hands this week, folks. It’s the special brand of Silver Age Batman story…

  • Issue 393 – “The Combo Caper!”

      Hi there everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending mission to read every issue of Detective Comics that’s ever been published, in random order, and with basically no context. And, it looks like we’re getting yet another comic that’s cover features a melodramatic vignette of Batman and Robin breaking up,…

  • Issue 114 – “Acrostic of Crime”

      Hello everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending quest to read every issue of Detective Comics ever published in random order, and with basically no context. And, as you can tell from the cover above, this week we’re tackling another story featuring the Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker. But,…

  • Issue 757 – “Air Time”

      Hello everyone, and welcome back to yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending mission to read every issue of Detective Comics ever published, in random order, and with essentially no context. And we’re getting to talk about a very interesting issue of comics today. It’s from the era right after the epic “No Man’s Land”…

  • Issue 579 – “The Crime Doctor’s Crimson Clinic”

      Hi there everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending mission to read every issue of Detective Comics ever published, in random order, and with essentially no context. We’re taking a trip into the years immediately post-Infinite Crisis this week, and right after Batman: Year One re-contextualized Batman’s standing in the DC Universe. Which,…

  • Issue 70 – “The Man Who Could Read Minds”

      Hi there everyone, and welcome back for another thrilling installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending mission to read every issue of Detective Comics that has ever been published, in random order, and with basically no context. We’re taking a trip back into the Golden Age this week folks, into the earlier days of the Dark Knight,…

  • Issue 280 – “The Menace of the Atomic Man”

      Hello everyone and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending quest to read every issue of Detective Comics that has ever been published, in random order, and with basically no context. And, as you can probably tell from looking at that cover, we’re in for some classic sci-fi goofiness this week. Sadly,…

  • Issue 466 – “Signalman Steals the Spotlight!”

        Hi there everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending quest to read every issue of Detective Comics ever published, in random order, and with no real context. And, we have a very apropos comic to talk about this week, at least in terms of the title of this series,…

  • Issue 753 – “The Janus Double Down”

      Hi there everyone, and welcome back to yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending mission to read every single issue of Detective Comics that’s ever been published, in random order, and without much context. And, we have an extremely strange issue to talk about this week folks. Because this is an issue with Batman. It’s an issue…