Batman (comic book) Batman (comic book) Batman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman as its main protagonist. The character first appeared in "Detective Comics" #27 (cover dated May 1939). Batman proved to be so popular that a self-titled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of Spring 1940. It was first advertised in early April 1940, one month after the first appearance of his new sidekick, Robin, the Boy Wonder. Though the "Batman" comic book was initially launched as a quarterly publication, it later became a bimonthly series through the late 1950s, after
Shaky Kane Shaky Kane Michael Coulthard is a British writer and psychedelic artist who best known for his work as a comic and graphic artist under the pseudonym Shaky Kane, as well as Shaky 2000. After working for independent comics and magazines like "Deadline" in the 1980s, Shaky moved to the mainstream with work on "2000 AD" and its sister title, the "Judge Dredd Megazine" in the 1990s. With editor David Bishop, he created the "Soul Sisters", and he also contributed to the "Judge Dredd" strip, among others. Shaky's style is heavily influenced by Silver Age American comic books (especially the style