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    Default Reccomend a good Pengion collection

    I was disapointed with the pamphlet that was Batman Arkham: Penguin. While the greatest stories ever told vol 2 has some good penguins stories, 50% of the book are not penguin stories.

    After the recent Joker omnibus volume and The Cat and The bat. Are we likely to see a decent Penguin collection anytime soon?

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    Quote Originally Posted by riddler123 View Post
    I was disapointed with the pamphlet that was Batman Arkham: Penguin. While the greatest stories ever told vol 2 has some good penguins stories, 50% of the book are not penguin stories.

    After the recent Joker omnibus volume and The Cat and The bat. Are we likely to see a decent Penguin collection anytime soon?

    Sorry about the type in the title. I tried to edit but there does not seem to be an option. Can anyone change it?
    I agree that this omnibus (Batman Arkham: Penguin) doesn't contain all the best Penguin stories. But it has at least one good one - Joker's Asylum: Penguin.

    If you are in searche of great Penguin stories, you should look into the followings:

    Oct 41 - One Of The Most Perfect Frame-Ups (first appearance) - Detective Comics #58
    Jun 42 - The Joker's Advertising Campaign - Batman #11
    Sep 42 - Crime's Early Bird! - Detective Comics #67
    Oct 44 - Knights Of Knavery - Batman #25
    Aug 74 - Hail Emperor Penguin! - Batman #257
    May 77 - Batman-Ex -- As in Extinct! / The Little Men's Hall of Fame! - Batman #287-288
    Nov 77 - The Malay Penguin! - Detective Comics #473
    Oct 82 - Only Angels Have Wings - The Brave and the Bold #191
    Aug 84 - C-C-Cold! - Detective Comics #541
    Aug 84 - Pieces of Penguin! - Batman #374
    Nov 86 - Eyrie - Detective Comics #568
    Jan 87 - Mortal Clay, Love Bird - Batman Annual #11
    ??? - 88 - Fables - Detective Comics Annual #1 + Green Arrow Annual #1 + The Question Annual #1
    Apr 89 - Featuring Gotham City's Vilest Villains! - Secret Origins Special #1
    Jan 90 - Snow and Ice - Detective Comics #610-611
    Jun 90 - The Penguin Affair - Batman #448-449 + Detective Comics #615
    Mar 92 - Batman: Penguin Triumphant - Batman: Penguin Triumphant #1
    Mar 95 - Odds Against / Darkest Day - Detective Comics #683-684
    Nov 97 - The Penguin Returns - Batman #548-549
    May 99 - Bread and Circuses - Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #117-118
    Jan 00 - Strange Bedfellows - Catwoman #76
    Jan 05 - Fresh Blood - Robin #132-133 + Batgirl #58-59
    Apr 06 - Robin: To Kill A Bird - Robin #134-139
    Dec 06 - Night Of The Penguin - Detective Comics #824
    Sep 08 - He Who Laughs Last...! - Joker's Asylum: Penguin
    Dec 11 - Penguin: Pain & Prejudice - Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #1-5
    Sep 12 - Batman: Earth One - Batman: Earth One #1
    Nov 12 - First Flight - Birds of Prey New52 #0
    Dec 12 - Emperor Penguin - Detective Comics New52 #13-18
    Aug 13 - Emperor Penguin - Batman '66 #2
    Nov 13 - The Tail of the Tiger Topaz - Batman '66 #5
    Nov 13 - The Penguin - Batman New52 #23.3
    Dec 14 - Catwoman: Keeper of the Castle / Inheritance - Catwoman New52 #35-46
    Dec 17 - Batman: White Knight - Batman: White Knight #1-8

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    It's a good list (you should send it to DC) I think pieces of penguin comes before c c cold. That was one issue I had with the Arkham collection. It had the first part of the story but not the second.
    I'd also include more of the silver age strips like The penguins fabulous fouls and return of the penguin.

    There are probably more silver age stories but as they remain unreleased I dont know them.

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