*DC: In the Swinging Sixties, two dynamic dames debuted who were to be major players in the Bat-Legend in ensuing decades. Batman #181, dated June 1966, brought us Poison Ivy, a floral femme fatale brainstormed with the intent of joining the TV show as a younger recurring villain. Ivy never made it to the small screen in the 60s, but she did catch on with comics readers, her status in recent years being considerably enhanced by her position as Harley Quinn’s BFF. Half a year later, in Detective Comics #359 (Jan. 1967), a character appeared who did make it onto the Batman TV show: Barbara Gordon, the second Batgirl, has been a librarian, crimefighter, congresswoman, paramour of Robin, paraplegic, hacker and leader of the Birds of Prey – and it all began here! Our copy of Batman #181 is Apparent FA/GD – the ‘Apparent’ being primarily because the centrefold double-page pin-up, as is so often the case, is missing, leaving the ‘Mystery Analysts’ adventure without its splash page. But the Poison Ivy debut is complete, and, with only moderate cover creasing, this serves well as a ‘reader’ until you can get something better. The Detective Comics #359 is an unabashed Poor, the defects mostly centred around the cover, which is detached from the main body of the book, separated front from back, and crumbling all over. The interior pages are lightly tanned but clean, and would themselves grade as GD-/GD, if judged independently. Neither of these ladies is going to hang around our premises for long, so move swiftly! Batman #181 App. FA/GD is £100; Detective Comics #359 is PR at £60. Both are cents copies, with no pence price or overstamp. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD