In this penultimate episode, Shawn and Paul cover the last issue of the Dollar Detective Starring the Batman Family!  But we are not quite done! For our finale next month, we are going to do a retrospective of the entire series.  And for that, we want as much Bat-Cousin participation as possible!  So, we want YOU all to write to us (by November 20, 2024) and tell us your: Favorite All-New Story (other than #13 if that is your favorite) Favorite Reprint Story Favorite Writer Favorite Artist Favorite Cover Favorite Bat-Family History Segment Any other favorite item – food, Gabriel’s Horn item, ad, etc. You can give us your answer to one or all 7 of those categories, and any other general comments you want to make.  Don’t forget to make comments on #495 as you would normally do as well. We will incorporate as many of your comments as we can into our big finale next month!  Please leave your answer here on the website or email us at [email protected].  But please send in your answers and comments no later than WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20. Thanks for your support of the show and we look forward to everyone’s answers! This month's Bat Family History links: For Michael Fleisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fleisher http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=561 https://www.tcj.com/michael-fleisher-comic-book-writer-1942-2018/ For Cary Burkett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Burkett http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=553 https://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-burkett-5024087/ https://www.witf.org/author/cburkett/ https://docs.comics.org/images/0/05/DC_Profiles_30.jpg For Jack C. Harris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_C._Harris http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=524 https://battleramblog.com/interview-with-jack-c-harris-golden-book-writer/ https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1760 https://www.nerdteam30.com/creator-conversations-retro/an-interview-with-jack-c-harris-cartographer-of-rann-editor-of-comics Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts "Cloud Dancer " Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Hold on to your shoes, bat-cousins! This month, we have another first-time podcaster (and our Patreon supporter), Brian Ciufo, join us at the Reunion! Dick and Jennifer go for a moonlight swim, Babs stares down a crime boss, and Bruce deals with a new threat to his secret identity! Black Lightning must deal with a troubled family, but we do get the return of Mr. Kool! (ish.)  Have some day-old snacks and enjoy the Reunion! This month's Bat Family History links for Charles Nicholas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nicholas#:~:text=Charles%20Nicholas%20Cuidera%2C%20also%20known,1942) https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nicholas_charles2.htm https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cuidera_chuck.htm http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=710 http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=36 Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

Noted comic book and movie historian, venerated podcaster, and Mr. Kool himself, Rob Kelly takes a break from his cabin in the Poconos to bring vegetarian hot dogs to the Reunion this month! We get a real super villain, truckers, and our favorite phone booth to go with that noted member of the Batman Family – Red Tornado!  But we have a good time doing it – come get in on the fun! This month's Bat Family History links for Joe Giella: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Giella http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=29 https://www.tcj.com/joe-giella-june-27-1928-march-21-2023/ Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

This month Paul and Shawn welcome Andrew Leyland, host of the Overlooked Dark Knight and The Amazing Spider-Man from the Beginning, to the Reunion.  We get the return of Man-Bat to the pages of Detective, as well as a “real” super villain as the Penguin takes on Robin! We get a tense bridge stand-off in a Tale of Gotham City, but the big headline for this issue is the 2-part Batman/Batgirl team up – will the Dominoed Daredoll ever be the same again?  Stop by and try the grilled corn on the cob and UK chocolates to find out! This month's Bat Family History links for Romeo Tanghal: http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=530 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_Tanghal https://www.instagram.com/romeotanghalsr/?hl=en https://www.comicartfans.com/comic-artists/Romeo_Tanghal.asp?m=commissionex https://web.archive.org/web/20161011200930/http://www.fantasticfourheadquarters.co.uk/blog/romeo-tanghal-interview Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

Let’s all give a big Bat Family welcome to the entertainment at this month’s Reunion – our favorite Bat-DJ Matthew Davis!  In his podcast debut, Matthew talks with Shawn and Paul about Detective Comics #491, where we get a lot of basketball, a dark turn in Batgirl’s story, and Jason Bard!  Oh, and Maxie Zeus – can’t win ‘em all, I guess.  Enjoy some cold cuts and lemonade! This month's Bat Family History links for Marty Pasko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pasko http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=42 https://variety.com/2020/tv/obituaries-people-news/martin-pasko-dead-dies-dc-comics-1234603850/ https://www.tcj.com/martin-pasko-1954-2020/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0664632/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

We’re packed at the Wayne Family Gardens this month, as Siskoid makes his debut on the show along with our first three-time guest, Brett Young! We’ve got plenty to talk about as Batman’s “Vengeance Vow” ends, just as Black Lightning begins his run in the book!  Batgirl infiltrates a dance studio, while Robin solves a campus mystery.  Come on down and join us for some Twinkies! This month's Bat Family History links for Bob Smith: http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=459 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Smith_(comics) https://www.nerdteam30.com/creator-conversations-retro/an-interview-with-bob-smith-longtime-inker-for-dc-archie-comics Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts  

1970s computers have taken over the Reunion this month – get your apple pie before the AI does! At least we get to welcome back podcasting all-star, Chris Franklin, to the Reunion.  Thank goodness he is here to help us get over the terrible treatment of Batgirl by Robin this issue! We also get 2 Batman stories, an Alfred adventure, and see Commissioner Gordon go up against rioting prisoners! Have a seat by the fire pit – you may not like what happens in this issue, but we will have fun talking about it! This month's Bat Family History links for Irv Novick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irv_Novick http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=5 https://intelligentcollector.com/irv-novick-comicdoms-humble-hero/ https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_55&products_id=1689&zenid=u2sv4noeb9c765r6ikoudgetl1 https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=133&products_id=1763&zenid=u2sv4noeb9c765r6ikoudgetl1 Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

Holy Bat-Pod! This month, J. David Weter drops by the Reunion to visit with the Batman Family!  Batman is mistaken for a murderer, Robin solves a mystery, and Batgirl finds herself in the middle of a gang war! But we also get Elongated Man stuffed into a tire at a racetrack, and a Tale of Gotham City (on the subway)!  Hang on to your apple pie! This month's Bat Family History links for Mike W. Barr: http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=104 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_W._Barr https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_54&products_id=420&zenid=4f3l19iv7gtmb5bi65ug5jnof4 https://comicvine.gamespot.com/mike-w-barr/4040-41455/ Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

Bat-Cousin Martin Gray flies over the Atlantic to join Paul and Shawn at this month’s Reunion! He is rewarded with “odd” tales of Batman trapped in a watertight apartment, Robin visiting Germany, and Batgirl forgetting about her re-election campaign! Throw in Roy Raymond and The Odd Man, and you have quite a buffet!  Settle in for some mince pie and enjoy the stories and conversation! This month's Bat Family History links for Don Newton (also check out our Gallery for photos of Don dressed as Captain Marvel): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Newton http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/_main/features/creator.php?creatorid=523 https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Batman-Don-Newton-Various/dp/1401232949 https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/newton_don.htm Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

This month, join Shawn, Paul, and special guest (and first-time podcaster) Dan Dougherty at Wayne Family Gardens!  We discover whether Maxie Zeus really has god-like powers and how the Sea Devils connect to the Human Target!  We get the return of ads to Detective Comics, and see Alfred take on a home invasion at the Wayne penthouse!  The Scarecrow comes by Hudson U to strike fear into Robin, while Batgirl faces Killer Moth!  Stop on by and enjoy the conversation and the apple pie! This month's Bat Family History links for George Tuska: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tuska https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=123_140&products_id=299&zenid=6dpf587beu2f0i61vhts1sdkr1 http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=161 https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tuska_george.htm https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/george_tuska_1916_2009/ Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

Happy New Year! Unfortunately, our reunion hits a somber note, as Ward Hill Terry (Stop Calling Him Frank!) joins Shawn and Paul to mourn the loss of Aunt Kathy.   But we do get some crack detective work by Robin, if not by the HUPD.  Witness an amazing balancing act by Jason Bard in the return of Man-Bat to these pages!  After a dessert of leftover Christmas cookies, we also see a foreign national burglarize Barbara’s apartment! And alas, we get the last chapter of the Demon’s Eternity Book saga! Stock up on those snacks – you’ll need them! This month's Bat Family History sources for Kurt Schaffenberger: Amazing World of DC Comics #2 (1974) – see Gallery for the cover and article, as well as a Schaffenberger Self Portrait from Jimmy Olsen #155 in 1973 and DC Profile #31. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Schaffenberger http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=179 https://web.archive.org/web/20170707215247/http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=901 Hero Gets Girl: The Life and Art of Kurt Schaffenberger – Twomorrows Digital Edition Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it? E-MAIL: [email protected] Follow Batman Family Reunion on Twitter: @batfamreunion This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts