Episode 11: Batman #311 and The Brave and The Bold #147
Welcome to the eleventh episode of The Overlooked Dark Knight. The is a non-index index show where the hosts, Andrew Leyland and Michael Bailey, look at Batman comics that rarely, if ever, get talked about. They mostly stick to the later part of the Bronze Age but just about any era of Batman is fair game for their discussions.
This time out Andy and Mike tell you what they want, what they really, really want in an episode that is fairly bursting with Girl Power! Batman #311 guest stars Batgirl and features the return of Dr. Phosphorus but in all honesty Batgirl is the real draw of this issue. To be fair the plot of Dr. Phosphorus returning and wanting revenge for what happened to him is good but the meat of this issue comes in the discussions Mike and Andy have about the political themes running through the story. Next up is The Brave and the Bold #147, which features the Dark Knight teaming up with the Maid of Might herself…Supergirl! Sadly there is no Zany Haney in this issue but we do get a fun team-up story with a surprise villain at the end.
The fact that this episode is coming out soon after the premiere of the third season of the Supergirl series on the CW is purely intentional.