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Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) comic books 1991, graded by CGC

  • Item #57882434
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    $199.95
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    • Paper: White
    • Label #4028593023
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    80-pg anniversary issue celebrating Batman's 600th appearance in Detective Comics. Includes a reprint of "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27 (Batman's first appearance) by Bob Kane & Bill Finger. The rest of the comic features 3 other versions of the same plot, to demonstrate how the Dark Knight has both changed and remained constant. The first of the 3 is "The Cry of Night is - - 'Kill!'" from Detective Comics #387 by Mike Friedrich, Bob Brown & Joe Giella, commissioned in 1969 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Batman's debut. The remaining 2 tales are brand new: "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" by Marv Wolfman, Jim Aparo & Mike DeCarlo, and "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" by Alan Grant, Norm Breyfogle & Steve Mitchell. Cover by Norm Breyfogle. Cover price $2.95.

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    80-pg anniversary issue celebrating Batman's 600th appearance in Detective Comics. Includes a reprint of "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" from Detective Comics #27 (Batman's first appearance) by Bob Kane & Bill Finger. The rest of the comic features 3 other versions of the same plot, to demonstrate how the Dark Knight has both changed and remained constant. The first of the 3 is "The Cry of Night is - - 'Kill!'" from Detective Comics #387 by Mike Friedrich, Bob Brown & Joe Giella, commissioned in 1969 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Batman's debut. The remaining 2 tales are brand new: "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" by Marv Wolfman, Jim Aparo & Mike DeCarlo, and "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" by Alan Grant, Norm Breyfogle & Steve Mitchell. Cover by Norm Breyfogle. Cover price $2.95.

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  • Item #60620853
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    Published Dec 1991 by DC.
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    • Label #4391096004
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    "The Idiot!" Part 2 of 4. Story by Peter Milligan. Art by Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Norm Breyfogle. Story continued from Batman (1940) #472, and continues in Batman (1940) #473. Batman travels to an abandoned temple in the heart of the Amazon to confront the Idiot, the master of unreality. Plus: 16-page Sonic the Hedgehog insert advertisement comic with story and art by Francis Mao. Cover price $1.00.

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