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The Batman Chronology Video Project on YouTube (by Martín Lel)

I’m super excited to share site contributor Martín Lel’s amazing new video “An Exhaustive Look at the Current Batman Chronology,” which is a two-and-a-half-hour documentary version of Batman’s Rebirth/Infinite Frontier timeline lifted straight from the webpages of my Batman Chronology … Continue reading

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My Favorite Batman Writers of the Golden, Silver, and Bronze Ages

Recently, longtime project supporter and contributor Troy Doliner, as part of a Patreon request, posited the questions: “What are your favorite Earth-1 stories (from the Silver/Bronze Age)? And what are your favorite Earth-2 stories (from the Golden Age and Silver/Bronze … Continue reading

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The Complicated History of Batman Killing People

Part One: The Golden Age (Earth-2 Batman) When Bill Finger and Bob Kane debuted Batman in 1939, the titular character (joined shortly thereafter by his sidekick Robin) killed wantonly—sometimes in self-defense (i.e. indirectly or situationally), but sometimes purposefully and callously … Continue reading

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The Complicated Retcon History of Batman and Catwoman Discovering Each Other’s Secret IDs

The retcon history of Batman and Catwoman discovering each other’s secret identities is rather complicated. Before I dive in, the great Brian Cronin has an excellent series of articles about this very topic, to which I’m incredibly indebted: https://www.cbr.com/batman-catwoman-secret-identity-revealed https://www.cbr.com/batman-catwoman-secret-identity-repeated-retcon … Continue reading

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The Complicated Retcon History of Scarecrow’s Origin in the Modern Age

In September 1995, DC released Batman Annual #19 (“Scarecrow: Masters of Fear”) by Doug Moench, Bret Blevins, Mike Manley, and Stuart Chaifetz. Because this release came out post-Zero Hour, and since there had really been no official post-Crisis origin story … Continue reading

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Non-Comics I Read in 2023

As per my annual tradition, here is my list of non-comics that I read in 2023. It’s a light list, as it was a very busy year. Nevertheless, I really feel that the non-comic books I read each year have … Continue reading

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Zdarsky’s Mindbomb: Three Jokers Replacement or Resurrection?

Chip Zdarsky canonized Geoff John’s Three Jokers in his recent “Bat-Man of Gotham” arc. And then, he made another clearcut reference to Three Jokers in Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Scorched Earth #1. In today’s Batman Vol. 3 #139 (Batman … Continue reading

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Introduction: A Novelization of the Modern Age

Hello! I’m Batman Chronology Project site contributor Anthony Fallone. Over the last few months, I have been working on a personal passion project of mine that involves adapting the entire modern age/post-crisis story of Batman from its comic form into … Continue reading

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History of the DC Universe: Overvoid to Dark Crisis

The following “History of the DC Universe: Overvoid to Dark Crisis” expands upon details from within Collin Colsher’s Batman Chronology Project while focusing on other things—namely, the web of manipulations from The Great Darkness, The Source, Perpetua, and Barbatos. Notably, … Continue reading

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The Brave, the Bold, and the Unknown

In the recent issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold Vol. 2 #2 Part 4, writer/artist Joëlle Jones packed in over forty flashbacks/references in a mere three pages, most of which were generic images that could be linked to … Continue reading

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