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Like all Batman artists of the time, Sprang went uncredited as a ghost artist for Kane. 1943), for which he drew the cover and the first three Batman stories, and penciled the fourth Batman story, inked by Norm Fallon. Sprang's first original published Batman work, and first interior-story work, appeared in Batman #19 (Oct.-Nov. 1943), reproduced from the art for page 13 of the later-published Detective Comics #84 (Feb. Sprang's first published Batman work was the Batman and Robin figures on the cover of Batman #18 (Aug.-Sept. Anticipating that Bob Kane would be drafted to serve in World War II, DC inventoried Sprang's work to safeguard against delays. Įditor Whitney Ellsworth assigned a Batman story to artist Dick Sprang in 1941. Alfred Pennyworth, the Wayne family butler, was introduced in issue #16 (April–May 1943). In the spring of 1940, Batman #1 was published and introduced new characters into Batman's pantheon, most notably those of Catwoman and Batman's eventual nemesis, the Joker. The character of Batman made his first appearance in the pages of Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. See also: List of Batman comics The Golden Age In March 2021, DC Comics initiated another major relaunch called Infinite Frontier, beginning with issue #106 of the flagship Batman title. 3) #1 (August 2016) was the debut twice-monthly relaunch of the comic book series. In 2016, DC Comics began a second relaunch of its entire line of titles called DC Rebirth that continued continuity from The New 52.

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In this new timeline, the original Batman series ended and was relaunched with a new first issue. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Though the Batman comic book was initially launched as a quarterly publication, it later became a bimonthly series through the late 1950s, after which it became a monthly publication and has remained so ever since. Batman comics have proven to be popular since the 1940s. It was first advertised in early April 1940, one month after the first appearance of his new sidekick, Robin the Boy Wonder. Batman proved to be so popular that a self-titled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of spring 1940. The character, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, first appeared in Detective Comics #27 ( cover dated May 1939).

Batman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman as its main protagonist.

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