Detective Comics #35

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Detective Comics #35

From the second I saw the cover I knew I had to have it! A new adventure of the Batman!
 
 The Story:
Let's just focus on this one story that opens with Commissioner Gordon ranting to Bruce Wayne about catching the Batman. They get interrupted by a Sgnt. and Batman soon leaps into action! In fact He goes on a gun-wielding Villain killing rampage.
Here have a taste....

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 See what I mean? You don't want to mess with Golden age Batman.
 
 
The Good:  
Golden Age pre-Robin Batman Tales and Bat-Attitude.. Shelly Moldoff art.
 
 The Bad:  
The non-Batman stuff, and the fact Batman didn't stay so mean for a longer time.
 
 The Verdict: 5/5  
No doubt about it, this is an awesome classic of a comic. Read 'em if you got 'em.

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Detective Comics #35 - The Case Of The Ruby Idol by gc8 on March 25, 2011
This Batman story had as many downs as it had ups for me.   Batman, who has only appeared in a handful of stories at this time, has gone from being seen as a myth by the police, to an outright antagonist in their eyes by this issue. It's not surprising, he's also at his most vigilante-ish here. He's shown in the splash image holding a smoking pistol, and while he doesn't actually use a gun during the course of the story, he does end up killing one attacker, and punching a cop. Given that I'm a f...
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