He was hired to write comic book scripts by his friend, Julius Schwartz, an editor at DC Comics. It was at DC where Levine — who like all Batman writers and artists of this time ghosted under Bob Kane's label — would eventually become best known to Batman fans as "David V. Reed". Reed's first story published by DC, "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride" in Batman #56 (Dec. 1949–Jan. 1950) was the start of his first tenure chronicling Batman's adventures. and He and artist Lew Schwartz created the villain Deadshot in Batman #59 (July 1950). Reed wrote such key stories as "The Birth of Batplane II" in Batman #61 (Nov. 1950),Manning "1950s" in Dougall, p. 47: "Batman unveiled the Batplane II in this issue by writer David V. Reed and artist Dick Sprang." "The Joker's Millions" and "Two-Face Strikes Again", the latter two featuring the return of the original villains introduced by Kane and writer Bill Finger. Another story from this period, "The Joker's Utility Belt", once mistakenly believed to have been written by Finger, was eventually adaptedManning "1950s" in Dougall, p. 51: "The Joker received a utility belt of his very own in this tale that would later inspire an episode of the 1966-68 classic Batman TV show." for Cesar Romero's first appearance as the Joker on the 1960s Batman television series, broadcast as the episodes "The Joker Is Wild""The Joker is Wild" Story Code '8709-Part 1' originally broadcast January 26, 1966 and "Batman Gets Riled"."Batman Gets Riled" Story Code '8709-Part 2' originally broadcast January 27, 1966 Besides Batman, Vern Reed wrote for Superman in Action Comics, World's Finest Comics and several of DC's non-superhero series.
