*DC: At the height of ‘Batmania’ in the 1960s, with the Batman TV series sweeping the US, it was decided that one thing was missing: girl appeal! A new character was brainstormed to engage female viewers, and she made her first appearance, not in the show, but in Detective Comics #359, dated January 1967! A-list team Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino and Sid Greene brought us Barbara Gordon, mild-mannered librarian, who accidentally gets drawn into the world of crime-fighting through a chance encounter with Killer Moth, and becomes the Batgirl! Both as Batgirl, and for a long time as the inspirational character Oracle, Barbara Gordon has become an integral part of the fabric of the DC Universe, and her first appearance is now seldom seen in any grade, let alone one this appealing. This copy of Detective #359 is FN+, pence-stamped in upper right corner. Firm staples at centrefold and cover, minimal wear at bottom cover edge, excellent interior page quality, and a highly desirable copy of a ‘rising key’, as some of our American chums call it. FN+ p £500. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD