Batman #315: Danger on the Wing (1979)

 

Batman isn’t the only thing in the sky in this Gotham tale. A criminal has found using kites to be an effective way to help him commit crimes. Batman has to figure out how to get ahead of this criminal that even turns on his own men when he finds he no longer needs them.

Not much to really say about this comic. It’s done in the classic Batman style. I did feel like it was really text heavy for not really saying a lot. It could have cut out a lot of the conversation and still would have gotten the main points across, but I feel this way about a lot of older comics. This was one of the many comics given to me by a friend of my mom's and I've been trying to read my way through them before getting rid of them.

3 Stars out of 5 or a C, because it was just your average comic for the time period.

What I did find interesting in this comic was the advertisements for other things in it. The first one was for Star Trek the motion picture.

The next one I found slightly confusing. It was for dressing up with western wear. I don’t normally picture geeks dressing up like cowboys. I feel that this ad was aiming at the wrong population. At the same time it is also a reflection of the times in how it used a sexy female cartoon to try and boost sales.