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I’m excited to announce that comic historian and site contributor Troy Doliner has launched the latest episode of his stellar project/series/channel on YouTube—The Almanac Comicopia. This brand-new episode focuses on Year One for Golden Age (Earth-2) Batman. Yours truly (me, Collin!) is … Continue reading →

By Jamison W. Weber, Ph.D. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman: The Long Halloween and its coda The Last Halloween together form one of the most intricate meditations on myth, guilt, and recurrence in the modern superhero canon. Across nearly … Continue reading →

by Anthony Falloneedited by Collin Colsher What follows is a mythos timeline of Gotham City’s early history in the Modern Age (i.e. everything before the birth of Bruce Wayne in 1963). Notably, some RPG source books have been used as … Continue reading →

Since I’m back in the habit of showcasing projects being done by Batman Chronology Project site contributors and patrons, I’d love to share the Batman fan comic that writer Milo Nousiainen and artist Phil Buckenham are currently working on. I first shared a few … Continue reading →

Hi everyone! I’m excited to announce that comic historian and site contributor Troy Doliner has launched an amazing new project/series/channel on YouTube—The Almanac Comicopia. Notably, I was able to influence and do a little behind the scenes work toward the … Continue reading →

Hi friends! I am the guest of honor on the latest episode of The Batman Universe Podcast, hosted by the affable Scott Waldyn. Scott and I chat about all things comic book related. It’s a lovely conversation and a bit … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →