This week, Michael Bradley and Michael Kaiser take a break from their normal monthly coverage format to look back at their first completed year, going over the pros and cons, the ups and downs, the lefts and rights of all the Batman material released in 1940. And at the end of the show, the two give their votes for the bests and worsts of the year!

Legends of the Batman

Episode 28: Year in Review 1940

Michael Bradley and Michael Kaiser tackle part 2 of December 1940, and wrap up another year in the process! This time Batman investigates "The Secret Cavern" when he takes on criminals with an overly convoluted scheme to rob a gold vault in Kentucky in Detective Comics #48.

Episode 27: December 1940, Part 2

The Batman's crusade on crime must be going pretty good because, this time out, he tackles a new problem: Family relations! Michael K. and Michael B. take a look at DETECTIVE COMICS #47 where the Dark Knight tries to teach parents the valuable lesson that money can't buy happiness!

Episode 26: December 1940, Part 1

The two Michaels move forward in their quest to cover all things Batman by taking a look at his adventures in November of 1940, which is back to one book, DETECTIVE COMICS #46, where Batman and Robin face the return of a thought-dead villain, Hugo Strange, who tries to infect their city with a deadly fear toxin in the case of "Professor Strange's Fear Dust."

Episode 25: November 1940

That felonious female fiend, the Cat, returns to vex the Dynamic Duo as Michael K. and Michael B. put the finishing touches on their look at BATMAN #3. A daring jewel heist gets the Batman on the trail of the Cat and a much larger conspiracy in "The Batman vs. the Cat-woman!" Plus, because you demanded it, this episode features a special return of Legends of the Batman Theatre with "The Batman Says!"

Episode 24: October 1940, Part 5

Michael B. and Michael K. continue their coverage of BATMAN #3, as Batman and Robin take on the seedy underbelly of a criminal organization composed of...children? That's right, it's their most juvenile adventure yet as the Dynamic Duo tackle the case of "The Crime School for Boys!

Episode 23: October 1940, Part 4

Michael K. and Michael B. continue their coverage of BATMAN #3, which finds the Batman falling head-first into action and mystery when a strange plague newspapers dub "the Ghastly Change" pours over the city. The Dynamic Duo of the Batman and Robin must them go into action and confront the crafty brain behind the sinister sickness: "The Ugliest Man in the World!"

Episode 22: October 1940, Part 3

Michael B. and Michael K. continue their coverage of Batman material released in October of 1940, this time taking a look at the first story from BATMAN #3, where the Caped Crusader finds his strings being pulled as he is manipulated and mind controlled in "The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master!"

Episode 21: October 1940, Part 2

The show is back and, with this episode, so is the awesome! Michael K. and Michael B. look at the Batman story from DETECTIVE COMICS #45, which features an old school (mostly solo) Batman story that finds the Dark Knight taking on the returning menace of that Harlequin of Hate the Joker as he tries to solve "The Case of the Laughing Death!"

Episode 20: October 1940, Part 1

"Guess who just got back today... them wild-eyed boys that had been away. Haven't changed, haven't much to say. But man, I still think them cats are crazy." That's right, folks! Michael Kaiser and Michael Bradley are back with a brand new episode! After catching up on why they left, where they've been and all the news that's happened in the interim, the guys dive into DETECTIVE COMICS #44, which find the Batman and Robin crossing paths with giants and elves as they enter "The Land Behind the Light!"

Episode 19: September 1940

We can only ignore the Bat-Signal for so long! That's right, folks. You've heard the whispers. You've heard the rumors. And now, the truth can be unveiled! Legends of the Batman is returning!Take a listen to the new promo for the podcast covering everything Batman from the beginning! Hosted by the Dynamic Duo of Michael Kaiser and Michael Bradley. Legends of the Batman returns on March 1.

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This episode Michael Kaiser and Michael Bradley take on all Batman material released in August of 1940, where they find Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson attempting to take a much needed vacation, but instead are forced to rescue a town from corruption in DETECTIVE COMICS #43.

Episode 18: August 1940

This episode Michael Kaiser and Michael Bradley join the Batman and Robin as they encounter a cornucopia of villainy! First up is DETECTIVE COMICS #42 where our heroes unravel a mystery presented when owners of paintings by an upcoming artist wind up dead. Then it's over to BATMAN #2, which sees Batman and Robin squaring off against the Joker, the Cat, unwitting masters of crime, gangsters, neanderthal giants and more!

Episode 17: July 1940

Michael Bradley and Michael Kaiser return to cover all Batman material released in June of 1940, which drops back down to one comic again, , where Robin must go undercover to solve a kidnapping, a murder and the mystery of the Masked Man!

Episode 16: June 1940

Michael Kaiser and Michael Bradley are back with a double-hit of awesomeness starring Batman and Robin! First up is DETECTIVE COMICS #40 where Batman and Robin attempt to stop a vicious killer who's target is Julie Madison (aspiring actress) and learn to beware of Clayface! (Yes, we said actress.) Then it's a bit of a lighter story, but the threat is no less dangerous, in NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR COMICS as "Batman and Robin Visit the 1940 New York World's Fair"! You'll never believe what happens in that one!

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