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BATMAN AND ROBIN. 1943 - 1946 By Bob Kane (and others, see reprint books for details), daily and Sunday, reprinted by DC Comics and Kitchen Sink Press, in one Sunday and three daily volumes. BATMAN AND ROBIN, 1953 By Walter Gibson , Sunday only. This short lived attempt to revive the Batman comic strip ran only in Arrow, The Family Comic Weekly , edited by Gibson. A few of these very rare strips are reprinted in the book ''Batman: the Sunday Classics 1943-46''. BATMAN AND ROBIN, 1966 - 1974 By " Bob Kane ", (actually ghosted, as noted below), Sunday and daily, 1966 - 1974. At first a Camp revival due to the popularity of the Batman Tv Show , with a guest appearance by Jack Benny , it later told more serious Batman stories, and featured guest appearances by Batgirl , Superman , and Aquaman . ::Episode Guide :Daily only stories, written by Whitney Ellsworth :
:Sunday only stories, written by Ellsworth
:Sunday and daily stories, drawn by Giella, written by Ellsworth
:Sunday and daily stories, drawn by Al Plastino , written by Ellsworth
::The Sunday strip ended either on July 13 or on July 20, 1968. :daily only stories were drawn by Plastino through Jan. 1, 1972, with Nick Cardy assisting on the art toward the end. They were written by Ellsworth until July 1970, and then by E. Nelson Bridwell . :A new artist and writer took over the strip on January 3, 1972. The art and writing were not up to professional standards, and Batman disappeared from the strip, though Bruce Wayne continued as a character. The strip featured a hero called Galexo until it ended in 1974. THE WORLD'S GREATEST SUPERHEROES, 1978 - 1986??? From 1978 to the late 1980s, Batman appeared in a strip variously titled " The World's Greatest Superheroes ", "The World's Greatest Superheores Presents Superman", and "The Superman Sunday Special ". For information on writers and artists, see ''Batman: the Sunday Classics 1943-46''. BATMAN, 1989 - 1991 The most recent revival of the strip, titled simply "Batman", ran Sunday and daily from 6 NOV 1989 to 3 AUG 1991. The first story was written by Max Allan Collins and drawn by Marshall Rogers . All of the other stories were written by William Messner Loebs and drawn by Carmine Infantino and John Nyberg . All of these strips were reprinted in Comics Revue . ::Episode Guide
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