Editing Neal Adams (section)

===''Batman''===
Continuing to work for [[DC Comics]] during this sojourn, while also contributing the occasional story to [[Warren Publishing]]'s black-and-white [[horror-comics]] magazines (including the [[Don Glut]]-scripted "Goddess from the Sea" in ''[[Vampirella]]'' #1, Sept. 1969), Adams had his first collaboration on [[Batman]] with writer [[Dennis O'Neil]].<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 143: "Artist Neal Adams and writer Denny O'Neil rescued Batman from the cozy, campy cul-de-sac he had been consigned to in the 1960s and returned the Dark Knight to his roots as a haunted crime fighter. The cover of their first collaboration, "The Secret of the Waiting Graves", was typical of Adams' edgy, spooky style."</ref> The duo, under the direction of editor Julius Schwartz,<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Greenberger|first1 = Robert|author-link = Robert Greenberger|last2 = Manning| first2 = Matthew K.|title = The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave|publisher = [[Running Press]]|year = 2009|location= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|isbn = 978-0-7624-3663-7|page= 26 |quote = Editor Julius Schwartz had decided to darken the character's world to further distance him from the camp environment created by the 1966 ABC show.  Bringing in the talented O'Neil as well as the innovative Frank Robbins and showcasing the art of rising star Neal Adams ... Schwartz pointed Batman in a new and darker direction, a path the character still continues on to this day.}}</ref> would revitalize the character with a series of noteworthy stories reestablishing Batman's dark, brooding nature and taking the books away from the [[camp (style)|campy]] look and feel of the 1966–68 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Batman (TV series)|TV series]].<ref name=goulart297>{{cite book|last= Goulart|first= Ron|title= Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books|publisher= [[Tribune Media|Contemporary Books]]|date= 1986|location= Chicago, Illinois|page= 297|isbn= 978-0-8092-5045-5}}</ref> Their first two stories were "The Secret of the Waiting Graves" in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #395 (Jan. 1970) and "Paint a Picture of Peril" in issue #397 (March 1970), with a short Batman backup story, written by [[Mike Friedrich]], coming in-between, in ''Batman'' #219 (Feb. 1970). Adams introduced new characters to the Batman mythos beginning with [[Man-Bat]] co-created with writer [[Frank Robbins]] in ''Detective Comics'' #400 (June 1970).<ref>Greenberger and Manning, p. 177 "Adams helped darken Gotham City in the 1970s [and] the scene was set for a new host of major villains.  One of the first was Man-Bat, who debuted in the pages of 1970's ''Detective Comics #400.''</ref> O'Neil and Adams' creation [[Ra's al Ghul]] was introduced in the story "Daughter of the Demon" in ''Batman'' #232 (June 1971)<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 145: "Writer Denny O'Neil once stated that he and artist Neal Adams 'set out to consciously and deliberately to create a villain ... so exotic and mysterious that neither we nor Batman were sure what to expect.'  Who they came up with was arguably Batman's most cunning adversary: the global eco-terrorist named Ra's al Ghul."</ref> and the character would later become one of Batman's most common adversaries. The same creative team would revive [[Two-Face]] in ''Batman'' #234 (Aug. 1971)<ref>{{cite book|last1= Manning|first1= Matthew K.|editor-last1=Dougall|editor-first1=Alastair|chapter= 1970s|title= Batman: A Visual History|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year= 2014|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 111|isbn= 978-1465424563|quote= Two-Face was reintroduced for the Bronze Age in this collaboration by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams.}}</ref> and revitalize the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] in "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!" in ''Batman'' #251 (Sept. 1973), a landmark story bringing the character back to his roots as a homicidal maniac who murders people on a whim and delights in his mayhem.<ref>Greenberger and Manning, p. 161 and 163 "In 1973, O'Neil alongside frequent collaborator Neal Adams forged the landmark 'The Joker's Five-Way Revenge' in ''Batman'' #251, in which the Clown Prince of Crime returned to his murderous ways, killing his victims with his trademark Joker venom and taking much delight from their sufferings."</ref><ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 156: "After decades as an irritating prankster, Batman's greatest enemy re-established himself as a homicidal harlequin in this issue ... this classic tale by writer Denny O'Neil and artist Neal Adams introduced a dynamic that remains to this day: the Joker's dependence on Batman as his only worthy opponent."</ref>