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This text is an introduction by Robert Greenberger to the First Appearance edition of Batman, with which he takes us back to the days when Detective Comics #27 was released. This is an unmissable text for those interested in the history of the Dark Knight.
Detective Comics #27: Batman, the Batman, Arrives in Gotham City
By Robert Greenberger
With the success of Superman in Action Comicsthe editor Vin Sullivan the search for more heroes in disguise began. he asked Bob Kane, a constant contributor to comic strips, if you’d like to create your own costumed character. The teenage artist, hungry for more presence, was determined to ditch his cartoonish drawing style and create a more adventurous one.
In search of ideas, he began to piece together various influences and shape them into a new character. This would be darker and powerless, allowing kane it would be easier to identify with him. The hero would use gadgets instead of powers, including bat-like wings in the manner of a glider.
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By sharing these ideas with the writer Bill Finger, kane quickly gathered the basic elements of the “Bat Man”. fingers made some suggestions that would make the character an icon that could rival Supermanand that would ultimately help make him an immortal figure as well.
Among this was giving a new shape to the wings resembling a cape, as well as the use of gloves and a hood that covered his face. This Batman was indebted to Superman as with the dark pulp heroes of that era. TO Sullivan liked the somber tone, and felt it fit the title better detective comicsand that’s how he bought the first story.
Detective Comics #27: Changing the Heroes Forever
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As Superman, Batman was an immediate success with readers, although – like Superman–, he was not always the one who took the covers in the beginning. All that changed with detective comics #35, and ever since Batman has not stopped appearing on a single cover.
TO Batman he was accompanied by spies and private investigators, as well as a disguised avenger named crimson avengerwho would be the last character to appear on a cover of detective comics apart from Dark Knight.
Over time, the other short stories faded away, though avenger he proved more resilient, trading his cape for one-piece underwear in just two years.
Detective Comics #27 and the immediate success of Batman
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As America emerged from the Depression and entered World War II, the Batman stories needed to change a bit in order to continue.
Gotham City –a printed version of the films of the Warner Bros. of the time, infested with crime – was brightened up a bit and mad scientists joined the grotesque villains, inspired by the popular comic strip Dick Tracyof Chester Gould.
Nevertheless, Batman still without a supporting cast and without a Daily Planet where I could roam It was a problem but kane had a solution less than a year later, in the pages of detective comics #38, when he introduced Robin the Boy Wonderr, a childish companion of Batman that he could second it without compromising his identity.
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Superman and Batman they laid the foundation for countless heroes in DC Comics and for most publishers. As a result, they remain highly popular characters around the world, having been adapted in prose, comic strips, movies, and television, both live action and animated adventures.
He dark detective of today is remarkably close in tone and style to what kane and fingers originally envisioned, proving that they had certainly assembled the right elements for the temperamental adventures of a true dark hero.
Robert Greenberger He was editor of the famous comic scene, which gave an account of the adaptations of comics to other media such as film and television. He has also been editor of star log and Weekly World News. He has held executive positions at marvel comics and DC Comics. He is the author of a series of novels and short stories that take place in the universe of star trek.
SMASH and DC Comics Mexico celebrate Detective Comics: 80 years of Batman
One of the anthologies that have caught locals and strangers is the one that in 2019 DC Comics collected in honor of Gentleman Darkon the 80th anniversary of his debut on the pages of Detective Comics #27.
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SMASH and DC Comics Mexico bring you Detective Comics: 80 years of Batman. In these pages you can witness great moments such as the first story of Batmanthe debut of other legendary characters, such as Robin, Batgirl, batwoman and other surprises.
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