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arromdee New Member |
posted April 02, 2003 12:39 PM
 
A while back someone had a list of what the correct order of Superman/Action/Superman in WF was if you wanted to read the stories in order. Does anyone have a similar list for the various Batman volumes? (And BTW, what's the link to the Superman one again?) IP: Logged |
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NIKKI SIXX Member |
posted April 02, 2003 04:44 PM
Batman Archives Vol.1 Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol.1 Batman in World's Finest Comics Archives Vol.1 Batman Archives Vol.2 Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol.2 Batman: The Dark Knight Archives Vol.3 Batman Archives Vol.3 Batman Archives Vol.4 Batman Archives Vol.5 I think that's the order... I dunno. ROCK ON!! IP: Logged |
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arromdee New Member |
posted April 02, 2003 04:46 PM
No, I meant for the order of the individual stories within the volumes. You'd be interleaving stories from the Batman/Detective volume with stories from the Dark Knight volume. IP: Logged |
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NIKKI SIXX Member |
posted April 03, 2003 02:25 PM
Too much work... IP: Logged |
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DaveP New Member |
posted April 05, 2003 02:53 PM
I,ve worked out a rough chronological reading order for all my archives (It's sometimes fun to dip into a month and read the Superman/Batman/GL/Flash/JSA that came out togeather) Although I can't say for sure its exact, it's close enough. It's too long a list to post here, so if you (or anyone else) want a copy just e mail me and i'll forward it to you. IP: Logged |
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whoswhoz Member |
posted April 06, 2003 04:28 PM
quote: It's not all that difficult to do. All the archives feature the covers and cover dates of the stories so if you really wanted to cut back and forth you just have to watch the dates. But it's not important. These are not continuity enhanced Bronze Age comic books. Every story stands alone. There was never any intention that the stories be read in any particular order. What's more, the order in which the stories saw print has nothing to do with the order in which they were created. At least an entire year of Dick Sprang Batman stories was backlogged in anticipation of Bob Kane getting drafted for example. And the Superman and Batman books were put together so that all the stories in each issue were drawn by the same ghost. Which means that some stories sat for up to a year before they saw print. Forget about continuity. Just read the books. IP: Logged |
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profh0011 Member |
posted April 06, 2003 09:09 PM
Like Superman, early Batman "continuity" is generally a subtle developmental thing. The art & writing style develops, things like the Batmobile pops up, etc. The main points of continuity tend to be things like the introduction of Robin, and the recurring villains. Most of the Joker stories, for example, end with him appearing to die-- and his next appearance starts out explaining how he got away last time, only to have him appear to get killed again. And so on. Kinda like those Hammer DRACULA films! IP: Logged |
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