As I get older, I’m trying to go back and read some seminal runs that I missed back in the day. I had heard good things about the Steve Englehart run for Batman in Detective in the late 70’s, so I preordered the collection recently released of that run.
Turns out, I already had most of those issues tucked away in some long boxes already. Oh well...
Regarding this much-heralded storyline though, I finished the series and was kind of let down. I really, really wanted to fall in love with it. I’m glad for the many who do love it, but I couldn’t find what was exceptional about the run.
Somebody help me... Mr Englehart says that he wanted to take Batman back to his pulp roots, but I didn’t see that. When I think of pulp, I think of The Shadow, or Doc Savage, or the Aparo Spectre run.
Turns out, I already had most of those issues tucked away in some long boxes already. Oh well...
Regarding this much-heralded storyline though, I finished the series and was kind of let down. I really, really wanted to fall in love with it. I’m glad for the many who do love it, but I couldn’t find what was exceptional about the run.
Somebody help me... Mr Englehart says that he wanted to take Batman back to his pulp roots, but I didn’t see that. When I think of pulp, I think of The Shadow, or Doc Savage, or the Aparo Spectre run.
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