203 – Will the Real Dark Knight Please Stand Up?

2019-08-22
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A panel from the Spectre story in All-Star Comics #14, October 1942
A panel from the Spectre story in All-Star Comics #14, October 1942
A panel from the Starman story in Adventure Comics #81, October 1942
A panel from the Starman story in Adventure Comics #81, October 1942

Although Batman was first called “the Dark Knight” in Batman #1 (1940), writers for DC were also using the nickname to describe their own heroes, as seen here for the Spectre and Starman from October 1942.

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