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
Animal Man (comic book) following collections: Animal Man (comic book) Animal Man was a comic book ongoing series published by DC Comics starring the superhero Animal Man. The series is best known for the run by writer Grant Morrison from issue #1 to #26 with penciller Chas Truog who stayed on the series until #32. Almost all of the series' writers and artists were part of the British Invasion of comics. "Animal Man" was innovative in its advocacy and for its use of themes including social consciousness (with a focus on animal rights), metaphysics, deconstruction of the superhero genre and comic book form, postmodernism,