My very first "Batman" comic (and my fourth overall) was Detective Comics #381. My second Batman comic (and my eighth overall) was #388. Both of these were drawn by the art team of Bob Brown and Joe Giella. #381 was written by Frank Robbins, and #388 by John Broome, names that were meaningless to me at the time, but which would gain far more meaning in the years to come. But it seems, at least as far as DC reprints are concerned, the only names with any significance in regard to late '60s Batman are Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams.
When will DC get around to reprinting Detective Comics #372 through #400 (or so)?
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This really is a forgotten period in Batman history. It is overshadowed not only by the O'Neil/Adams stories that followed but also by the New Look and the TV series that preceded it.
I had been a regular reader of the Bat books from 1964 through early 1967 but Bat fatigue had set in mainly due to the TV show. I didn't read another Batman comic until sometime in 1971 totally missing the Bob Brown run.
When will DC get around to reprinting Detective Comics #372 through #400 (or so)?
ANSWER: In October 2026, some of these stories will be made available in the Bronze Age Batman Omnibus v1.
When Bob Kane's contract was bought out in 1968, Julius Schwartz brought in Bob Brown to be the primary pevciler on Detective Comics.
15 Brown-penciled issues are reprinted in the omnibus...
Now if only DC would step up production of the Silver Age Batman Omnibus series.
Glad to hear that this run is finally being reprinted.