DC comics
In early 1970 DC comics successfully stole superstar artist Neil Adams and Jack Kirby away from Fawcett & Atlas respectively. And gave them free rain on their top 2 properties
Neil Adams with Denis O'Neill would bring back a gothic horror to the Dark Knight introducing such villains as
- Nocturna
- Man bat
- Havok (later a Green Lantern/Green Arrow villain)
- And Ras Al Ghul