Batman '66, Volume 2

  A snakebit millionaire, the Joker downsizes his gang, an evil cousin from across the pond, time-travelling hijinx with King Tut, a frozen summer in Gotham, and the Riddler gets away. All this and more; along with covers by the great Mike Allred. It must be another volume of DC's digital first comic homage to the 1960s- Batman '66!

    Jeff Parker and a host of top indy talents continue to give the classic Batman TV show the comic book it long deserved. It's still got that quirky magic, but there are just a few things mission in this collection of comics as opposed to volume 1. The first collection had those clever cliffhangers told by an over enthusiastic narrator. It also contained some crafty cameos when Batman and Robin would scale the wall of a building. Lastly, any little plot curve was eventually solved a few stories later on. But there was a plot in which someone at Barbara Gordon's workplace was zapped by an arcane tome and it's not been resolved- YET! If that plot is explored in volume 3, I fear someone (probably me) will have forgotten this little bit of demon possession.

   I really enjoyed this volume and I look forward to the next. I hope DC continues to publish this dynamic series for quite some time. There is supposed to be a Wonder Woman '77 based on the Linda Carter series, but it's not happened yet. I hope this isn't a bad sign for the future of this awesome book.

  Worth Consuming.

   Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.