Batman in The Brave & the Bold: The Bronze Age Vol. 2

by Bob Haney, Dennis O'Neil, Jim Aparo (Artist)

Batman moves into the 1970s with these team-up tales guest starring Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Teen Titans, the Flash, Metamorpho and more!

 Throughout the 1970s, Batman fought evil side by side with DC Comics' greatest--and, occasionally, strangest--superheroes, including these tales guest-starring such legendary characters as the Teen Titans, the Flash, the Metal Men, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Black Canary and others.

 Collects THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #92-109.

Genres: Comics, Batman, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels

440 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 29, 2019

About the author

Robert G. Haney was an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. He co-created the Teen Titans as well as characters such as Metamorpho, Eclipso, Cain, and the Super-Sons.

Reviews

[Michael Emond · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bob Haney does the writing in this volume and man oh groovy man can he not dig it, buddy. He tries to get political in the early going with youth rising up against the man, daddy'o. And later it is an odd assortment of guest stars usually not used to their full ability (Flash is wasted in a Batman goes crazy story). But the art of Jim Aparo shines and even though he was not my fav artist growing up, these early examples of his art show a nice rawness that helps elevate the bad stories. Don't believe they are bad? Let's see how well this exchange between Robin and Black Canary has aged:
ROBIN to BATMAN "The flippy-female has probably got her wrist-radio jammed with a bobby-pin, I'll take her place."
ROBIN to HIMSELF while searching for Black Canary: "Almost 2:30 and I've covered every spot she might be. I warned Batman she'd be a problem."
Seeing BC sitting in a hair salon ROBIN thinks: "Those legs!!"
BLACK CANARY being pulled from the hair dryer she was sitting under: "The rain ruined my hair...I had to dry out.."
ROBIN: "And the dryer jammed Batman's call, I know! Come on!!"
ROBIN outside a feminist rally: "I told Batman I could handle this"
BLACK CANARY: No Robbin-Bobbin. This is one place even Boy Chauvinists can't go."
A lot of wrong in that page. Sure Robin is being a chauvinist jerk saying he knew Black Canary would screw up because she's a woman..but Black Canary screwed up because she's a woman, drying her hair in a beauty salon in the middle of a mission. Haney - how did you last in the field so long? You suck.
Read only if you want to see how weak stories could be in the 60's and how strong some of the art was.

[Todd Glaeser · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basically Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold: The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 2 in color.
While Neil Adams is the Name in this volume, it's really Jim Aparo who is the Batman Artist that represents the key artist for me. The stories are average and sometimes forced but the art carries most of them.

[Pete · Rating 2 out of 5]

These were fun at first but quickly became a slog. Maybe reading one a month would be a better fit. Not the best writing. Holy following the rules Batman.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bob Haney is not a good writer. He's trying so hard to be hip and with it. If he was writing today, everyone would have riz and mention 6-7 every other page. The dialogue in these is awful. Then there's how he treats women. Black Canary can't be found because she got her hair wet and is hiding out from the rain. Then, of course, the next thing she does is go to a women's lib event. See, Haney gets it. Then there's just the hokey stories. Batman goes to his summer home and his parents' urn is resting on the mantle. Their combined urn because apparently billionaire Bruce Wayne is too cheap to keep their remains separated. There's problems like this throughout the stories. What is good is the art by Jim Aparo and Nick Cardy. The stories look good even if Batman doesn't really act like Batman here.

[Juanluis Díaznoriega · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it! Although some of the stories are reprinted in Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo Vol 1 it’s a enjoyable read. Bring back a lot of memories. Some of the issues included aro so naive, but what can you expect, you’re reading superhero comics.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very good at all. Batman as detective more than hero in most stories and working in the guest stars is often ungainly. Biggest problem is that most of the stories are a slog to get through. Decent art and covers keep it from being all bad.

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

More early 1970s Batman team-up fun with Bob Haney, Jim Aparo, and others.