More bang, less pow: The Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun looks at DC Comics' Batman in the Forties collection, and wonders whatever happened to brute violence on the funny pages:

"With Batman in the Forties, we're able to see how these costumed do-gooders were able to become overnight national icons. The stories had such appeal. They had a unique, if somewhat bizarre, fusion of campy, cartoon humor for the tykes and sheer, realistic violence for the adults, many of whom were slugging it out in World War II."