Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 1 (Batman: The Golden Age, 1)

American popular culture has produced few heroic figures as famous and enduring as that of the Batman. The dark mysterious hero who debuted in 1939s Detective Comics #27 as the lone Bat-man quickly grew into the legend of the Caped Crusader. After his landmark debut and origin story the Dark Knight was given many seminal elements including his partner in crime-fighting Robin the Boy Wonder and such adversaries as the Joker Hugo Strange and Catwoman. Batman: The Golden Age Volume One collects all of the Dark Knight Detectives first-ever adventures from Detective Comics #27-45 Batman #1-3 and New York Worlds Fair Comics #2.