“THE BATMAN MEETS DOCTOR DEATH”

YES. We’re gothing out!

God yes, I love this shit. Dr. HELLFERN posts a newspaper ad, Bruce smugly reads said newspaper, Batman goes to the post office, later he deliberates about where to park his car. I live for this.

LOOK. AT. HIS. LITTLE. MITTENS.

Love these. Big thick inks. Big glowing moon. Shadows everywhere. Eerie! Uncanny!

The first issue written by Gardner Fox, ghostwriting for Bob Kane. And for however else Kane sucked, the unique gothic quality of the art did rule. This is Batman in line with Black Mask, German expressionism and Universal Horror.

*sigh*
Batman has a gun and he’s threatening to kill again! No rules on Earth-2!

We pause the action for Bruce to go to the doctor.

Batman issues are at their best when they combine eerie gothic nightside atmospherics with Batman doing errands, reading files, etc. Let us celebrate mundane Batman.

The death count is so high, so fast!

Originally tweeted by Weird Batman of the Golden Age (@GoldenAgeBats) on June 6, 2022.