Most Popular Books by Bob Kane

Alfred is apparently killed while rescuing Batman and Robin.

Witness Batmans historic first encounters with his deadliest foe, The Joker, in this hardcover volume featuring two tales written by Ed Brubaker (GOTHAM CENTRAL, Captain America), winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Writer.A mysterious homicidal maniac is murdering prominent citizens of Gotham City, each time leaving a ghastly grin on the victims'' lifeless faces. Batman soon tracks down the killer: The Joker!This volume gives readers new insight into the early encounters between Batman and The Joker that led the Clown Prince of Crime down the path to insanity.Guest-starring original Green Lantern Alan Scott.

On April Fool''s Day, the Joker manages to let the inmates loose, take the staff hostage, and demand that Batman enter the asylum in exchange. This Freudian interpretation on Batman uses many Alice in wonderland parallels.

The official novelization for Warner Bros. Pictures'' highly anticipated sequel to "Batman Begins," directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger in his final role as The Joker. The film opens in theaters on July 18. Original.

Through these means, the artist merges observation and imagination, effortlessly evoking the aura of faraway places and the people that inhabit them."--BOOK JACKET.

After witnessing the death of his parents as a child, Batman began amission of vengeance and justice. Vowing to defend those who could not protectthemselves, Batman was soon joined by the acrobatic Robin in fulfillment of thisselfless task. Through the years, this dynamic duo has fought side by sideagainst organized crime, alien invaders, world conquerors, mad scientists,super-powered villains and maniacs. BATMAN ARCHIVES VOL. 4 reprints some of thecraziest and most entertaining adventures from the 1940s as Batman and Robinsquare off against such outrageous characters as the Joker and thePenguin.

Some years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns, America has become an even worse place to live. But a hero has come to change everything, bringing an army of other forgotten heroes to bear in the war against crime and corruption. Batman''s time has come again.

"Batman created by Bob Kane."

/John Byrne As World War II rages on, Batman and Captain America, along with their teenaged sidekicks Robin and Bucky, must become allies to combat the villainy of their greatest foes, the Joker and the Red Skull. This fun, fast paced tale is co-published with Marvel Comics and is drawn in a style reminiscent of the 1940s Golden Age of

John Charters becomes ill and takes on the characteristics of a bat, developing cannibalistic and vampiric features, while being eternally parted between his once human nature and his present animal condition. This tale of metamorphosis mixes Kafkaesque elements with the typical pulp fundamentals that would, later on, inspire the atmosphere and the characteristics of one of the most iconic "bat-inspired" comic book character of all time.Also in the book a restored version of "The Case of the Missing Heir" the very first Bob Kane''s dark comic book story in the style that would make Batman a lasting success!

Can the BOY WONDER overcome SCARECROW''S scare tactics, or will he be scared to death?

Written by GRANT MORRISON Art by CHRIS SPROUSE, FRAZER IRVING, RYAN SOOK, YANICK PAQUETTE, LEE GARBETT, GEORGES JEANTY KARL STORY and MICK GRAY Cover by ANDY KUBERT Grant Morrison''s best-selling multipart Batman epic continues with this collection of the six-issue miniseries!Witness Bruce Wayne''s adventures across time as he is swept through the time stream, from the ancient days that predate history itself through epics set in the times of pirates and the Old West, through his triumphant return to present day Gotham City! On sale FEBRUARY 2 - 224 pg, FC, 7.0625" x 10.875"

Collects nine Batman comics from the years 1980-1989, during which Batman battles the same villains, but changes partners, seeing one crippled and another die.