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Batman (1940) comic books 1977-1979, graded by CBCS

  • Item #59722991
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    Tags: Batman, Joker
    Published Apr 1977 by DC.

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. That Dirty Beach Hostess snack cakes ad with Aquaman. "The Joker's Playground of Peril!", script by Denny O'Neil, Julius Schwartz (plot assist), and E. Nelson Bridwell (plot assist), pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Bob Wiacek; The Joker breaks out of Arkham Asylum and shrinks and kills his psychiatrist with a strange liquid; Robin convenes with Batman and Commissioner Gordon beside the doll-sized corpse of Dr. Tugwell, who has written "RIP" in the sand beside him; Batman deduces the letters stand for Revelry In the Park, a costume charity carnival held in Paradise Playground, an amusement park, which he believes will be the site of the Joker's next crime. And Now... Still Another Message Of Untold Importance From Our Prolific Publisher!! article by Jenette Kahn. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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  • Item #59724334
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    Published Sep 1977 by DC.
    • Paper: White
    • Newsstand Edition.
    • Label #22-2033E9F-013
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    Cover art by Jim Aparo. The first installment of the "Who Killed Batman?" storyline: "Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?: The Testimony of the Catwoman!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; When word spreads throughout the underworld that Batman has been killed, several villains take credit for the deed; So the villain community sets up a trial to test the various claims, with Ra's al Ghul acting as judge and Two-Face acting as prosecutor; First up is the Catwoman; But Two-Face finds the technical error in Catwoman's story and she is dismissed. Letter from comics artist Adam Castro. Swamp Thing from the Beginning article by Jenette Kahn. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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  • Item #59724331
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    Published Sep 1977 by DC.
    • Paper: White
    • Newsstand Edition.
    • Label #22-2033E9F-012
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    Cover art by Jim Aparo. The first installment of the "Who Killed Batman?" storyline: "Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?: The Testimony of the Catwoman!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; When word spreads throughout the underworld that Batman has been killed, several villains take credit for the deed; So the villain community sets up a trial to test the various claims, with Ra's al Ghul acting as judge and Two-Face acting as prosecutor; First up is the Catwoman; But Two-Face finds the technical error in Catwoman's story and she is dismissed. Letter from comics artist Adam Castro. Swamp Thing from the Beginning article by Jenette Kahn. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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  • Item #58391083
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    Tags: Batman Who Killed Batman (part 2)
    Published Oct 1977 by DC.

    Cover art by Jim Aparo. The second installment of the "Who Killed Batman?" storyline: "Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed?: The Testimony of the Riddler!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by John Calnan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; It is the Riddler's turn to provide testimony in the murder of the Batman, but the prosecutor Two-Face finds the flaw in the Riddler's testimony, and he is also dismissed. Hostess snack cakes ad with Wonder Woman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Daily Planet Volume 77 Issue 27 Week of July 4, 1977; Information on Teen Titans #50, Sgt. Rock Annual #2, comics on sale the week of July 11th and Lola Barnett's Comicsworld. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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  • Item #59701599
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Jun 1978 by DC.
    $65.00
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    • Paper: White
    • Newsstand Edition.
    • Label #21-32485F5-001
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    Cover art by Dick Giordano. Giant-sized 300th Anniversary with 3-part book-length story, "The Last Batman Story--?", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by Walt Simonson, inks by Dick Giordano; Batman and Robin in Gotham City of the future thwart the attempted attack by a band of blue-costumed men on a mobile surgical capsule being transferred to the Columbia Space Station surgery department; The villains' leader is killed in a strange explosion; Batman and Robin realize that their foes are a crime-cabal called Spectrum, divided into seven sections to correspond with the colors of the light spectrum. Hostess snack cakes ad with Aquaman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

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  • Item #60858353
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Jul 1979 by DC.

    Batman (1940) 313 CBCS 9.2

    Paper: White

    Newsstand Edition.

    Label #21-1C18334-003

    Starts Jun 10

    Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "Two for the Money!", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Its a race against the clock as Batman attempts to recover stolen defense codes before Two-Face, who plans on selling the information to Soviet spies. Hostess snack cakes ad with Superman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Phantom Stranger parody strip with Power Girl by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

  • Item #58716918
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Jul 1979 by DC.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Misc debris in case
    • Newsstand Edition. Witnessed Signature: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez on 4/9/2022.
    • Label #22-1653D6D-025
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    Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "Two for the Money!", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Its a race against the clock as Batman attempts to recover stolen defense codes before Two-Face, who plans on selling the information to Soviet spies. Hostess snack cakes ad with Superman. Letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson. Phantom Stranger parody strip with Power Girl by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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  • Item #58716176
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Aug 1979 by DC.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: White
    • Newsstand Edition. Witnessed Signature: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez on 4/9/2022.
    • Label #22-1653D6D-026
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    Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "Once Beaten, Twice Sly!", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Batman and King Faraday tail Two-Face to Mardi Gras, but can they stop the villain from selling the defense codes before its too late? Catwoman back-up story, "Cat's Paw!" Script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Steve Mitchell. Answer Man DC questions and answers by Bob Rozakis. Batman & Robin parody strip by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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  • Item #55584013
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Nov 1979 by DC.

    Cover art by Dick Giordano. "The 1,001 Clue Caper or Why Did the Riddler Cross the Road?", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Batman and Robin try to piece together the puzzling mystery hidden within a book of 1,001 riddles autographed by the Riddler. Hostess snack cakes ad starring Green Lantern. Answer Man DC questions and answers by Bob Rozakis. Tatjana Wood profile by Michael Catron. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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  • Item #58118874
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    Tags: Batman
    Published Nov 1979 by DC.
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Witnessed Sig: Len Wein on 7/22/2017. Newsstand Edition.
    • Label #18-08C3138-016
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    Cover art by Dick Giordano. "The 1,001 Clue Caper or Why Did the Riddler Cross the Road?", script by Len Wein, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Batman and Robin try to piece together the puzzling mystery hidden within a book of 1,001 riddles autographed by the Riddler. Hostess snack cakes ad starring Green Lantern. Answer Man DC questions and answers by Bob Rozakis. Tatjana Wood profile by Michael Catron. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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