Greg and the DC3Cast’s very own Vince Ostrowski continue their dive into gem after Caped Crusader gem of the best Batman stories of the Seventies to mid-Eighties!
Come for the Archie Goodwin goodness, stay to find out more about the artistic evolution of Walt Simonson, which of the two hosts is coolest on Marshall Rogers, the correct length of the Bat-Ears, what happens when the Bruces of two different comic book universes collide, the one-stop-comicbooking-shop that is Jim Aparo, Joe Staton and the Justice Society, just how hard Dick Giordano is to pronounce, and much more. All that, and the man who stalks the most dangerous game alive in today’s episode!
[This episode is number 825 in a series.]
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Preamble
03:29 – Part 2 Manifesto
10:51 – Goodwin on DETECTIVE COMICS
13:40 – Jim Aparo and The Ears
23:00 – Using Every Tool in the Toolbox
25:20 – A Batman Story vs A Story With Batman In It
32:41 – MANHUNTER and Walt Simonson
48:06 – Englehart & Rogers’ DARK DETECTIVE
57:28 – I Now Pronounce You Bat-Mite!
01:00:45 – DEATH STRIKES AT MIDNIGHT AND THREE
01:04:37 – Joe Staton and the Earth-2 Batman/Huntress
01:11:14 – Untold Legends of Byrne and Aparo
01:17:22 – Thompkins, Brennert, Simonson, Giordano
01:27:14 – When Bruces Collide (BATMAN VS THE INCREDIBLE HULK)
01:34:39 – Recap and The DC3Cast
01:43:00 – Outro
AVAILABILITY
The specific comics referred to in this episode are:
- Adventure Comics #461-463
- Batman #321
- Detective Comics #437-443, 457, 469-476, 478, 482, 500
- DC Super-Stars #17
- DC Special Series #15
- The Untold Legend of Batman #1-3
- Batman versus The Incredible Hulk
All these are available as individual issues on the DC Universe Infinite service, except for DC Special Series #15 and Batman versus The Incredible Hulk.
The two relevant stories from DC Special Series #15 are available in the Batman Arkham: Ra’s Al Ghul collection (“I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife!”) and Tales of the Dark Knight: Marshall Rogers collection (“Death Strikes at Midnight and Three”),
Batman versus The Incredible Hulk is not available online but was reprinted most recently in the 2025 DC Versus Marvel Omnibus.