Manbat

A Bronze Age curiosity from the Dutch reprint world, Manbat surfaces in the pages of Batman Classics — a Classics/Williams publication from 1980 — sharing those stories with some of comics' most iconic figures: Batman, Bruce Wayne, the Joker, Superman, and Kirk Langstrom. Brought to life in that debut issue by the celebrated creative team of Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers, this is a character whose small catalog footprint makes each of those three appearances a genuine collector's find. If you love the shadowy, atmospheric corner of Bronze Age Batman publishing, Manbat is a fascinating piece of that international reprint mosaic worth tracking down.