Batman and Robin (comic strip)

"Batman and Robin" was a newspaper comic strip. It had three separate runs, one in the 1940s, one in the 1960s, and one in the 1980s.

The first incarnation of Batman and Robin has been reprinted in its entirety by DC Comics and Kitchen Sink Press. It was both a Sunday strip and a daily strip which told separate stories. For much of its run it was drawn by Bob Kane and written by Jack Schiff.

The second incarnation of Batman and Robin as a comic strip began in 1966, in an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the camp tv show Batman. It was originally camp but later became more like the comic book. It was written by Jack Schiff, Whitney Elsworth, E. Nelson Bridwell, and others, drawn by Carmine Infantino, Al Plastino and others. At first, the daily strip and Sunday strip told different stories, later the same story. Guest stars included Aquaman and Superman. The Sunday ended July 1969. The daily came to a strange end in January 1970, as DC comics withdrew the rights to the Batman character, and the strip continued for a few weeks crudely drawn and without Batman. The last few months of this incarnation were reprinted in The Menomonee Falls Gazette.

The third incarnation of Batman and Robin as a comic strip (Sunday and daily, telling the same story) began November 6 1989, written by Max Collins and drawn by Marshall Rogers. After one story, featuring Catwoman, on January 22, 1990 William Messner Loebs took over the writing, and the art was by Carmine Infantino and John Nyberg. This team did six stories, "The Penguin", "The Joker", "Two Face", "The Origin of Robin", "The Riddler", and "The Mad Hatter". The strip ended 3 AUG 1991. It was reprinted in its entirety in Comics Revue magazine.