Love it-great collection of stories in a very well made book.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
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Themes of duality, of dark and light, of twin identities, of good and evil, of law and lawlessness, and of sanity and madness, thread their way through every decade of Batman comics.
- Jenette Kahn, from her Introduction
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The book is just so amazingly put together. An absolute must for Batman fans!
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
The facsimile comic is absolutely stunning, and the overall collection was well-curated.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Instant Collectible. Superb illustration quality. Great choice of stories.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
super product
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Awesome book
Quality: 5
Value for money: 4
As ever with Folio, the book is beautifully presented and has an insightful introduction.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Excellent anthology. But could have done with a contemporary story ark
Quality: 5
Value for money: 4
Beautiful hard bound book, packaged really well. Book came perfect and displays great
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Terrific book!
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Looking forward to reading this
Quality: 5
Value for money: 4
The 50's are completely skipped over and so is the new look era of the 60's. Also, this collection stops in early 1993. The only reason this collection got more than one star from me is that the Batman#1 replica reprint and the design of the volume were well-done. The story selection could have been more inclusive and better balanced though. Artists that were pivotal to Batman's visual evolution, Dick Sprang and Carmine Infantino were not represented in this collection. I thought Kahn's choice of Golden Age stories for the prior DC Folio collection was not ideal but her selection of stories for this new Batman volume is even more uneven and a disservice to fans, whether they be newer, casual readers or die hard fans of this character. The Batman Folio book is 320 pages but one of the Marvel Folio editions have gone up to 368! That is 48 pages they could have used to include a story from the 50's (A Dick Sprang World's Finest Superman team up perhaps?), new look 60's era (Barbara Gordon's Batgirl debut perhaps?). Kahn has left a gaping hole in this retrospective anthology. The 1988 Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told and Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told volumes also have a better balance of stories and time periods. You can find them in good condition for a good price on eBay. The Joker volume is especially well curated!
Quality: 2
Value for money: 2
A very well designed book
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Awesome collection of some of the best Batman stories that helped shape the first 85 years of The Caped Crusader!
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Very pleased with product
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Awesome! Love it, greatest gift ever
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
extremely expensive for what it is, the Folio Society has become a real rip-off these days compared with how they used to be in the early 2000s. Avoid!
Quality: 2
Value for money: 1
this book was a present for our daughter who is a huge Batman fan and she was delighted with it, in particular the copy of the first edition of the Batman comic. the illustrations are beautiful. All in all a really good choice of present.
a nicely produced hardcover
Quality: 4
Value for money: 4
Lovely book
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5