Today in Comics History, October 13, 1487: Batman misses the days when Ra's would just write in his diary about how he got bullied by the other boys at recess and how much he worshipped Taylor Swift

from Batman: The Audio Adventures (2022 series) #6 (DC, July 2023), script by Dennis McNicholas, pencils by Anthony Marques and J. Bone, inks by J. Bone, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Ferran Delgado

Today in Comics History, February 11: Talia sighs and vows to make her dad finally wear those golf shirts she gets him every Father's Day

from Batman: Killing Time #3 (DC, July 2022), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by David Marquez, colors by Alejandro Sánchez, letters by Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, July 15, 1982, 4:40 AM: You can go out to the lobby and get popcorn now, folks, the next hour is pretty much just Batman and Rā's al Ghūl punchin' each other

from Batman Annual (1961 series) #8 (DC, October 1982), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils and inks by Trevor von Eeden, colors by Lynn Varley, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, July 14, 1982, 2:30 PM: "No. Not plan D. Plan 4. 'Plan D' implies I only have 26."

from Batman Annual (1961 series) #8 (DC, October 1982), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils and inks by Trevor von Eeden, colors by Lynn Varley, letters by John Costanza
What? Could this be...the end? The worst is yet to come!

Tune in tomorrow right here, same Bat-Time, next Bat-Today in Comics History!

Today in Comics History, July 14, 1982, 2:17 PM: Getting Robin and keeping him are not quite the same thing

from Batman Annual (1961 series) #8 (DC, October 1982), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils and inks by Trevor von Eeden, colors by Lynn Varley, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, July 14, 1982, 2:16 PM: Him!

from Batman Annual (1961 series) #8 (DC, October 1982), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils and inks by Trevor von Eeden, colors by Lynn Varley, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, February 28: We now return to The Strange Loves of Batman, already in progress

from Young Justice (2011 series) #12 (DC, March 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Luciano Vecchio, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 14

Splash page from The Batman Adventures v.1 #29 (February 1995), script by Kelley Puckett, pencils by Dev Madan, inks by Rick Burchett, colors by Rick Taylor, letters by Rick Starkings

Today in Comics History: July 19, 2001: It's a nice day for a letter to Batman

from Year One: Batman/Ra's al Ghul #1 (DC, June 2005), script by Devin K. Grayson, pencils by Paul Gulacy, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, colors by Laurie Kronenberg, letters by Phil Balsman

"Leaves of three, let them be. Leaves of four, eat some more."

From an article in today's Yahoo News:

Study: Global Warming Boosts Poison Ivy

WASHINGTON—Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy. The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report Monday.

And a CO2-driven vine also produces more of its rash-causing chemical, urushiol, conclude experiments conducted in a forest at Duke University where scientists increased carbon-dioxide levels to those expected in 2050.

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas — a chemical that traps heat similar to the way a greenhouse does — that's considered a major contributor to global warming. Greenhouse gases have been steadily increasing in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution...

"The fertilization effect of rising CO2 on poison ivy...and the shift toward a more allergenic form of urushiol have important implications for the future health of both humans and forests," the study concludes.

That's funny. All along I thought it was Harley who boosted Poison Ivy:


Still, if global warming makes Ivy stronger, you know that that means:

Ra's Al Ghul versus Poison Ivy smackdown 12-issue crossover series!