Berni Wrightson’s cover for House of Mystery #195 (October 1971) got me to thinking how DC Comics made that swooping bat figure their own, and not just in Batman comics. The whole Batman/Man-Bat flip-flop in the 1970s was fun. My favorite Batman is that guy who uses a figure of darkness to haunt criminals. The Adam West guy in the Bat Cave from the 1960s has lost all its power for me. Bruce Wayne is a dark guy and he deserves a dark bat-shaped reputation.
