Sunday, June 17, 2007

Since today is father's day, we'll use this week's Sunday Funnies to tell you about "The First Batman." We're not talking about the first person clean up after a commissioned officer, but rather the first person to dress up like a bat and strike terror into the hearts of criminals (though not other guests at a costume party). It was none other than Bruce Wayne's pop, Dr. Thomas Wayne.

Yes, he was attending a costume party dressed in a costume surprisingly similar to the Golden Age Batman suit, when some hoodlums caused some trouble. Well, not standing for that sort of thing, Dr. Wayne (still in costume) punched them out and saved the day. Thus he became "The First Batman." Or so the story goes.



The story appeared in Detective Comics 235, pictured above alongside a coverless issue 150.