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A review by dantastic
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, Vol. 1 by Bill Finger
3.0
I owned this as a kid but got rid of it sometime in antiquity. When it popped up as part of a lot on Shopgoodwill, I put in a lowball bid and wound up winning it.
It didn't take me long to remember why I got rid of this. Instead of being a Best of, it's more of a sampler featuring Batman stories of different eras with different creative teams. Sure, Batman's Origin, The Monk, and Robin Dies at Dawn are good. The Alex Toth story is dynamite and there are some good Alan Brennert penned stories. Oh, and a couple Neal Adams and even a Walt Simonson are in here. Most of the rest of the stories feel like filler to me. There are stories by legendary Batman creators but it's not even their best ones for the most part.
I like some of the stories in this book quite a bit but I already have most of them in other books. I don't think the shelf space required is worth the few stories I don't have reprinted in other books. Three stars. I probably would have graded a little easier if it didn't have the word Greatest in the title.
It didn't take me long to remember why I got rid of this. Instead of being a Best of, it's more of a sampler featuring Batman stories of different eras with different creative teams. Sure, Batman's Origin, The Monk, and Robin Dies at Dawn are good. The Alex Toth story is dynamite and there are some good Alan Brennert penned stories. Oh, and a couple Neal Adams and even a Walt Simonson are in here. Most of the rest of the stories feel like filler to me. There are stories by legendary Batman creators but it's not even their best ones for the most part.
I like some of the stories in this book quite a bit but I already have most of them in other books. I don't think the shelf space required is worth the few stories I don't have reprinted in other books. Three stars. I probably would have graded a little easier if it didn't have the word Greatest in the title.