131 – Bat-Silliness Begins

A panel from the Batman story in Detective Comics #44, September 1940
A panel from the Batman story in Detective Comics #44, September 1940

Robin’s dream story in Detective Comics #44 (September 1940), foreshadows what I consider to be the worst era of Batman story-telling. With the introduction of Robin to the Bat-mythos, the character deviated from his noir, grim and gritty feel towards silly, fantasy stories and stayed that way for the next 25 years.