Bat-Timeline – “Batman in 1975”

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JANUARY: An unprecedented, uninterrupted story arc covering five issues begins in DETECTIVE COMICS #444. The plot: Ra’s Al Ghul frames The Batman for murder!

MAY: Lasting only nine issues, The Joker became the first Batman villain to get to get his own ongoing series titled, well, THE JOKER.

OCTOBER: Spotlighting Batman’s great supporting cast — the “Batman Family” — BATMAN FAMILY #1 began a 20 issue run that would end in 1978.

JETT REMEMBERS
I personally had all three of these issues and remember them fondly. Bought each down at my local convenience store right off the ‘ol “comic book rack.” I’m not sure where two of ’em are today, but I still possess DETECTIVE COMICS #444 – the cover of which obviously influenced a young Zack Snyder.

 

As far as THE JOKER, I think issue #1 may be the only one I purchased – even my 10 year old mind couldn’t understand why a bad guy would get his own comic book!

Pre-teen Jett was a fan of the BATMAN FAMILY comics – though “Demonic Benedict Arnold vs. Batgirl & Robin” was a bit of a stretch for me. – Bill “Jett” Ramey

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Bill "Jett" Ramey
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Bill “Jett” Ramey isn’t just a Batman fan — he’s one of the founding fathers of the online Batman community. As the creator and Editor-in-Chief of Batman-On-Film.com, the original and longest-running Batman news and commentary site, Jett helped carve the very bedrock of modern fan internet press. If there is a Mount Rushmore of this stuff, his face is already up there — sunglasses on, arms crossed, probably telling someone to calm down. A lifelong Dark Knight disciple, Jett has spent decades championing filmmaker‑driven Batman stories, cutting through fanboy noise with a Texas‑sized dose of honesty, and keeping the conversation smart, civil, and drama‑free. He’s the BOF Godfather — the guy who was here before the hashtags, before the clickbait, before the algorithms… and he’s still here, still talking Batman, still calling it straight. When he steps out of Gotham, Jett is pure Texas. He bleeds Dallas Cowboys blue, blasts Elvis and rock ’n’ roll, and has a deep appreciation for cold beer, dive bars, and Texas Longhorns football. He works out, he cooks, and he can grill like a man who’s earned the right to say “don’t assume” when he tells you he lives in the great state of Texas. He shares that home with his wife — “Announcer Rachel” — and their dogs: Gracelin the Labradoodle and Presley, a rescue pup named after the King himself.
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