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3. Death Haunts the Skies

Detective Comics # 442 (1974)

Man, why are stories about Batman fighting World War 1 fighter pilots so good? I dunno but they are!

And this makes me happy, because I can give props to an Archie Goodwin story. Because this one is great!! And it has art by f**king ALEX TOTH!!!!! If you don't recognize that name, go look it up, you won't regret it. In this story, a mysterious assailant in a World War 1 fighter plane begins attacking rich businessmen.

Batman discovers that they all belonged to the same group of rich old plane enthusiasts and this all might tie back to the suicide of their founder, some years before. A good rule of thumb: half of all great Batman stories are just Scooby-Doo episodes with significantly more punching.

One of the Greatest Batman Stories of All Time?: No, but it is very good. I do recommend it pretty highly, it's just not an all time classic.