I received this fun book as a late Xmas present. It's chock full of stories that don't quite fit into the established DC continuity, but who cares about that? You get to see Batman team up with a wide variety of heroes, many of which were not in the Justice League. Which makes them more fun. The first story is a Metal Men adventure in which Batman mentions a web slinging "Peter come lately". It's from 1967, which seems a little late to be using that joke. Batmania is in full swing for the first few stories, though not nearly as bad as it had been in the other books Batman was featured in.
You also got a ton of covers done by that
John Byrne Neal Adams guy. I bet he had a great future! It goes without saying that these covers were amazing, and often made a reader buy the book. Sometimes the stories matched up, but take the second one, with the Specter. He's not quite the Spirit of Judgement he later became, as he and Batman (hmm, what Earth does this adventure take place on?) exchange pleasantries. Jim Corrigan is shown as a completely different personality and the Specter co-inhabits his body.
I sure miss comic books that told their story, without worrying too much about fitting into any continuity.
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