![]() ![]() Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader? Deluxe Edition cover by Andy Kubert. From there, Gaiman doesn’t try to ape the 1986 classic but instead tells his own love letter. While the Superman story was told through Superman #423 and Action Comics #583, this was published in Batman #686 and Detective Comics #853. ![]() Titled Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?, the story followed the structure of the Superman tale by being serialised in two parts over the flagship titles. But who do you get to write such a tale? Neil Gaiman, of course, with art by Andy Kubert. However, he eventually received one in 2009 when it was thought the Dark Knight had “died” at the hands of Darkseid in Final Crisis. One of the greatest Superman stories of all time is Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow? Published in 1986, the Alan Moore-penned love letter said “goodbye” to the Golden and Silver Age versions of Superman before John Byrne rebooted the character after Crisis on Infinite Earths.īatman didn’t require the same overhaul as Superman, so a retrospective exploration wasn’t necessary. You can find all the reading recommendations here. Bat-Classics is a regular column in which How To Love Comics recommends Batman stories from yesteryear. ![]()
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