THE BRAINSTORMS

A very different Bat from the woman we know today. Are you sitting down? Are you comfortable, and ready for a wild ride? Good! You’re already ahead of where Kathy Kane was in Detective Comics #233 in the summer of 1956, when she made her debut as Batwoman. You don’t really need to be seated for anything shocking, but Kathy certainly could’ve used a bit more mental preparation before embarking on her journey! She burst on the scene competent enough, in her very first case bea

Batman: Serial Hero? An in-depth look at the 1943 serials featuring the Caped Crusader In 1943, there were basically no superhero comic adaptations, mostly because the genre of superhero comics was so new. Superman had gotten a radio show (which introduced Kryptonite, Perry White and Jimmy Olsen!), and animated shorts, while Captain Marvel got his own live action movie. Once the US entered the war, a lot of the focus on media like serials and movies was on supporting war effo