I apologize for this...

...but some things are so painful that they must be shared:

"Bison-tennial."

Sigh...

From Batman Family #6 (1976)

Someone seems awfuly freaked out by the possibility of the supernatural...

That's a Jim Starlin drawn cover, BTW.

And when you combine the "I'm freaked out" posture with the "please don't kill me" face and the "Zoinks, Scooby" font, you come to the inescapable conclusion...

...that Batman is crapping his tights.

This is especially odd as the story this cover purports to represent does have the Caped Crusader fighting dude in the sewer wearing some kind of demon masks, but that's just a disguise--they never claim to be demons, they're obviously human, and Batman never for a second acts freaked out.

Hopefully, this cover found it's way to Earth-1 from Earth-Prime somehow, and Batman's friends regularly tease him about it...

In the letters column of Batman Family #4 (1976), prolific letter writer Bob Rodi has some criticisms of the choices DC was making for the reprints in each issue--too much Batman, not enough Family:

Gee, DC trying to ignore it's rich history...who ever would have thought?

Anyway, Bob Rozakis has a reply:

Ah, yes. We've seen before that in this era, DC was ultra-concerned that stories from their past might not be up to "modern standards." They simply couldn't allow the majesty of 1976 DC to be tainted by stories that aren't "worthy of being reprinted." (Of course, modern DC loves putting out expensive Archives or Omnibi; the fear of reprinting "lower quality" work has been trumped these days by their love of money. Or else DC no longer has standards. Discuss)

Oh, and reprinted, in the very same issue, an example of a story that DID meet those alleged high standards:

Seriously. 

Set that bar high, DC. Set that bar high.

 "Batman Meets Fatman" is originally from Batman #113 (1958)

Do you know what life was like in pre-Crisis DC?

It was pretty damn cool.

Take, for example, this car parked along the Potomac...


Yes, this was when Barbara Gordon was in Congress. Yes, this was when Batgirl started operating in Washington, D.C. at the same time there was a new red-headed Congressperson from Gotham...and no one put 1 and 1 together.

And, this was a time when Congresspersons and Senators went parking along the Potomac, because ROMANCE!!

Also...
...it was a time when secret commando teams snuck into D.C. in front of legislators getting frisky in their cars. So what you gonna do, Barbara?







This was a time when Barbara wears her Batgirl costume under her street clothes WHEN SHE'S PARKING WITH A MALE SUITOR. Think about that, won't you?

Oh, and it was also a time when a 4 person "commando team" could effortlessly defeat the guards and take over the Pentagon. Really.

Well, it helps that one of them was really...

So why the Pentagon??


Goddman, I love comic books.

Batgirl, of course, figures out the perfect way to foil the scheme...



She blows holes  in the walls of the interior of the Pentagon. Boom.


BOK!!!!

But, of course, there's still the most important issue:


How to get back together with your hot Senator boyfriend!!

From Batman Family #18 (1978)