With Batman's 300th appearance in Detective Comics #327, editor Julius Schwartz decided to give Batman and Robin a "new look". This paperback is the second collection to reprint the first stories from Detective Comics and Batman with this new editorial approach in black and white, and in chronological order. This second collection reprints stories from September, 1965 to December, 1966.
Issues
This paperback collects stories from the following comic books:
- Detective Comics #343 (The Secret War of the Phantom General!)
- Detective Comics #344 (The Crime-Boss Who Was Always One Step Ahead of Batman!)
- Batman #175 (The Decline and Fall of Batman!)
- Detective Comics #345 (The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City!)
- Batman #177 (Two Batmen Too Many! and The Art Gallery Rogues!)
- Detective Comics #346 (Batman's Inescapable Doom-Trap!)
- Detective Comics #347 (The Strange Death of Batman!)
- Batman #178 (Raid of the Rocketeers and The Loan Shark's Hidden Hoard)
- Detective Comics #348 (Birdmaster of Bedlam!)
- Batman #179 (Clay Pigeon for a Killer! and The Riddle-Less Robberies of the Riddler)
- Detective Comics #349 (The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!)
- Detective Comics #350 (The Monarch of Menace!)
- Batman #180 (Death Knocks Three Times!)
- Detective Comics #351 (The Cluemaster's Topsy-Turvy Crimes!)
- Batman #181 (Beware of - Poison Ivy! and The Perfect Crime - Slightly Imperfect!)
- Detective Comics #352 (Batman's Crime-Hunt a Go-Go!)
- Detective Comics #353 (The Weather Wizard's Triple Treasure Thefts!)
- Batman #183 (A Touch of Poison Ivy! and Batman's Baffling Turnabout!)
- Detective Comics #354 (No Exit for Batman!)
- Batman #184 (Mystery of the Missing Manhunters! and The Boy Wonder's Boo-Boo Patrol!)
- Detective Comics #355 (Hate of the Hooded Hangman!)
- Detective Comics #356 (The Inside Story of the Outsider!)
- Batman #186 (The Joker's Original Robberies! and Commissioner Gordon's Death-Threat!)
- Detective Comics #357 (Bruce Wayne Unmasks Batman!)
- Batman #188 (The Eraser Who Tried to Rub Out Batman! and The Ten Best-Dressed Corpses in Gotham City!)
- Detective Comics #358 (The Circle of Terror!)
Notes
- Batman #176, Batman #182, Batman #185, and Batman #187 are not reprinted in this collection, because these were reprint issues.
Related
 This paperback collection is part of DC Comics' Showcase Presents series. This volume reprints various DC Comics stories in black and white, originally published during the Golden, Silver and Bronze Age publishing eras. This template will categorize articles that include it into Category:Showcase Presents.
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