2007
Reading the second volume of Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told finishes off that DC series for me. As in volume 1, we get at least one more retelling of the origin story, and one more story about Robin (almost) dying.
This volume is more focused on Batman stories that expand his fictional world though. The origin story is for the Batman of Earth-2. Robin appears to die because a villain puts a bunch of Robin mannequins into death traps just to mess with Batman psychologically.
We get a golden age story where Batman mows down monsters with a gatling gun. In another featuring Kathy Kane Batwoman and Bette Kane Batgirl, the heroes all get teleported to alien planets, and Batwoman kisses Batman and Batgirl kisses Robin. Huntress (Earth-2 Batman's daughter) shows up to help Earth-1 Batman solve a cold case about his dad funding the mob. We get a retelling of a chapter of Barbara Gordon Batgirl's origin story where Batman brings her into the Batcave for training.
And while most of the stories in all these collections tend to be shorter, they found room to include a 56-page double issue where a whole lot of Batman's enemies team up to kill him, and where Jason Todd Robin first dons his mask.
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