BAT 77 - The 70's Batman Podcast

PUBLISHING DATE: January 1971 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Neal Adams (art)

While on a much needed vacation, the Batman finds himself at a haunted Irish castle where he must rescue a young boy from certain death. 

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PUBLISHING DATE: January 1976 CREDITS: Elliot S! Maggin (story), Mike Grell (art)

At an abandoned mansion, the Batman and Alfred fight for their lives against a living vampire.

PUBLISHING DATE: April 1977 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Irv Novick & Bob Wiacek (art)

The Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum and infiltrates a charity carnival in order to get revenge on both his defense attorney from his last trial and the Caped Crusader.

PUBLISHING DATE: June 1979 CREDITS: Bob Haney (story), Jim Aparo (art)

Batman and The Flash investigate a series of bizarre deaths tied to a discotheque.  But are the deaths caused by the mob or by an avenging phantom dancer?  

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PUBLISHING DATE: February 1979 CREDITS: Len Wein (story), John Calnan & Dick Giordano (art)

Mr. Freeze conducts his freezing experiments on wealthy Gothamites in order to perfect the process and grant his female assistant the gift of immortality.  Meanwhile, a reformed Selena Kyle wishes to form a business partnership with Bruce Wayne. 

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PUBLISHING DATE: August 1972

CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story & art)

Batman investigates a series of apparent suicides of affluent men in Gotham’s society, however he soon puts his own life at stake in order to bring the real killer to justice.

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PUBLISHING DATE: January 1973 CREDITS: Bob Haney (story) Dick Dillon & Henry Scarpelli (art)

In this “imaginary story”, the teenage sons of Batman and Superman take on an extortion racket at a nearby city, however their adventure is secretly a test of their skills and abilities that has been set up by their fathers. 

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PUBLISHING DATE: August 1975 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story) Irv Novick & Dick Giordano (art)

Catwoman escapes from a prison transport and returns to Gotham in her classic attire to commit a heist of valuable jewels.  

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PUBLISHING DATE: May 1974 CREDITS: Bob Haney (story), Jim Aparo (art)

After an attack at the Gotham Museum, Batman travels to Egypt to investigate the secret of a hidden tomb, where the secret of immortality is to be found.  Meanwhile, the escape artist known as Mr. Miracle accompanies a German doctor on an expedition to find the hidden tomb.  

Joining JB is returning guest Jim Beard, author and editor of “Gotham City 14 Miles: 14 Essays on Why the 1960s Batman TV Series Matters” and the three volume collection, “The Subterranean Blue Grotto Essays on Batman ’66”.  He currently co-hosts “The Doctor’s Beard” Podcast where he watches all of Classic Doctor Who from the beginning with co-host John S. Drew (“The Batcave Podcast”)

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PUBLISHING DATE: September 1976 CREDITS: David V Reed (story), Ernie Chan and Tex Blaisdell (art)

The Riddler escapes from prison and attempts to out-riddle Batman and Robin once again.  Also in this episode, JB shares his recent adventures in viral video-making and Adam West Batman cosplaying.  

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