What era of Batman comics are your favorite?

[batass4880]

Being a fan of Burton's Batmans, and to some extent BF, my first favorite period of comics in Batman's history are 1939 to the mid-'50s. This is obviously his golden age when the "Batbible" was established by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, until around 1955 when the comics got stupid no thanks to the Comics Code Authority. My second favorite era is the mid-'80s+ when Frank Miller's DKR and Year One truly brought the comics back to it's pulp roots. What era is your favorite?

[Paul (ral)]

Personally, I'm not a massive comic book reader, but I have to say the 80's comics are my favourites.

[shadowbat69]

The Bronze Age, the late 60's to 1979. Thats the era I started reading and feel it all has such a great gritty detective element to it. Neil Adams, Marshall Rogers art among many others, Denny ONeil, great stuff.

[Paul (ral)]

Actually yeah, 70's and 80's comics for me.

[The Dark Knight]

Personally, I'm not a massive comic book reader

Sounds like Burton. Educate yourselves on the character people!

[Paul (ral)]

Personally, I'm not a massive comic book reader

Sounds like Burton. Educate yourselves on the character people!

I don't have time to read comics  I did between the ages of 17 and 22, picking up collections and graphic novels to "educate" myself - but not reading through decades of comics.  I never grew up with comics, I grew up with movies. 

[The Dark Knight]

Personally, I'm not a massive comic book reader

Sounds like Burton. Educate yourselves on the character people!

I don't have time to read comics  I did between the ages of 17 and 22, picking up collections and graphic novels to "educate" myself - but not reading through decades of comics.  I never grew up with comics, I grew up with movies. 

Well, there you go. Not having time to read them is not an excuse. It is still ignorance. Just like how people see nothing wrong with a murdering Batman for example. They simply haven't read the comics to know otherwise.

[Paul (ral)]

Not having time to read them is not an excuse.

I think you will find it is.

[Sandman]

Sounds like Burton. Educate yourselves on the character people!

Your way to hard on Burton Yes he isn't a comic book nut like the Nolan brothers but to say he didn't educate himself on Batman or it's characters is crazy here's what Burton had to say about the killing joke:

"I was never a giant comic book fan, but I've always loved the image of Batman and The Joker. The reason I've never been a comic book fan - and I think it started when I was a child - is because I could never tell which box I was supposed to read. I don't know if it was dyslexia or whatever, but that's why I loved The Killing Joke, because for the first time I could tell which one to read. It's my favorite. It's the first comic I've ever loved. And the success of those graphic novels made our ideas more acceptable"

And here's what he had to say about the character's:

"These are some of the wildest characters in comics and yet, they seem the most real to me"

[The Dark Knight]

Not having time to read them is not an excuse.

I think you will find it is.

Well, it is not really. If somebody asks you a question, and you do not know it, you are still uneducated in the topic. It matters very little why that is the case. If you were a genuine Batman fan, you'd find the time and know the basics.