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PUBLISHING DATE: April 1972 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Bob Brown & Dick Giordano (art) Batman investigates the disappearances of big-rig trucks along a west coast highway. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: March 1972 CREDITS Frank Robbins (story & art) A prison riot endangers the life of an inmate due to be released on parole. The Batman breaks in to the prison to diffuse the situation. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com

PUBLISHING DATE: March 1972 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Irv Novick & Dick Giordano (art) A body without a brain is discovered, and the Batman believes that the mysterious Ra’s Al Ghul is somehow involved in the murder. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: February 1972 CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story and art) A diamond merchant is marked for death by his business partner - who’s come back from the dead! Can the Dark Knight stop this mysterious nemesis? Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com

PUBLISHING DATE: January 1972 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Irv Novick & Dick Giordano (art) A body is found at the bottom of the Gotham East River. It was weighted down by several golden statues of the Batman. Is it a frame-up, or a warning? Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: December 1971 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Irv Novick & Dick Giordano (art) Batman investigates why a weird costumed hero known as “The Creeper” has been destroying drug manufacturing factories in Gotham City. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com

PUBLISHING DATE: December 1971 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Neal Adams & Dick Giordano (art) Batman is on the hunt for a Nazi war criminal, but will the Reaper catch up with him first? Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: November 1971 CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story), Bob Brown & Dick Giordano (art) A journalist wishes to experience what it’s like to be Batman, but is he ready to learn the true lesson of what it takes to be an avenger of justice? Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: November 1971 CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story), Irv Novick & Dick Giordano (art) Batman believes he is haunted by the spirit of a murdered bride who urges him to avenge her death. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: October 1971 CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story & art) A combination of ultra-sonic vibrations and the light of the full moon transforms Kirk Langstrom back into Man-Bat. Can the Batman save him before the transformation becomes permanent? Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com    

One last-ditch effort to promote the podcast's Patreon page with a proposal. 

PUBLISHING DATE: September 1971 CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story), Bob Brown and Dick Giordano (art) To save the life of a consumer advocate, the Batman poses as his ghost in order to find his would-be killer. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: September 1971 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Irv Novick and Dick Giordano (art) The enigmatic Ra’s Al Ghul sends the Batman on a mission to track down an associate who possesses a deadly weapon. The Dark Knight must also prevent Talia from killing the man first. Follow the Podcast on Facebook and Twitter Email the Podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: August 1971 CREDITS: Denny O’Neil (story), Irv Novick and Dick Giordano (art) Batman travels to Florida to prevent a shipment of guns from falling into the hands of a would-be South American dictator. Follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com    

A special presentation originally released as a Patreon exclusive. If you would like to hear more of these commentary podcasts, consider becoming a Patreon supporter.  You can find out how at Patreon.com/BAT77. The weekly reviews of the 1970s Batman and Detective Comics will resume next week.  Stay tuned...    

PUBLISHING DATE - August 1971 CREDITS - Denny O’Neil (story), Neal Adams and Dick Giordano (art) After escaping prison, Two Face plots a series of bizarre robberies in order to locate and extract the long lost bounty of a pirate captain. Joining JB to discuss this issue is Sean Rose, co-creator of the improv comedy podcasts The Hornet's Nest  and Batman at Bat and the web comic strips Red Ring of Death and Lil Jabroni. Support the podcast on Patreon.com/BAT77 Follow the podcast on Facebook.com/bat77podcast Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com  

PUBLISHING DATE: July 1971 CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story), Bob Brown & Dick Giordano (art) A series of explosions rock a sleepy village when a church bell rings for the first time in centuries. Is it the result of a witch’s curse? The Batman is called in to investigate. Support the podcast at Patreon.com/BAT77 Follow the podcast on Facebook.com/bat77podcast Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com

PUBLISHING DATE: June 1971 CREDITS: Frank Robbins (story), Bob Brown and Dick Giordano (art) Bruce Wayne travels to England to visit his ancestral home, Waynemoor Castle, where a vengeful spirit plots the extinction of the Wayne family line. Support the podcast at Patreon.com/BAT77 Follow the podcast on Facebook.com/bat77podcast Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com

PUBLISHING DATE: June 1971 CREDITS: Denny O'Neil (story), Neal Adams & Dick Giordano (art) Robin and Talia have been kidnapped by “The Brotherhood of the Demon”. The Batman teams up with Ra’s Al Ghul and his aide, Ubu, on a search and rescue mission. Our returning guest, Gordon Dymowski, is a Chicago-based author of modern pulp fiction and blog writer for Chicago Now. You can find him on the web at gordondymowski.com, and his work is available at bit.ly/gdymauthor Support the podcast at Patreon.com/BAT77 Follow the podcast at Facebook.com/bat77podcast Email the podcast at bat77podcast@gmail.com