*DC: For the last 10 months, we’ve been privileged to present one of the best Batman collections ever to pass through our hands, and we conclude this week with the choicest items of them all! For the final instalment of Batmania Max, we offer a very special selection of Golden Age Batman issues, each one featuring his favourite nemesis, the Joker! Ranging from 1944 to 1949, these vintage issues each have a Joker story, and three of the five feature eyecatching Joker covers. In a remarkable state of preservation for their years, these items present the Dynamic Duo’s classic clashes with the Harlequin of Hate, plus early appearances by the Jokermobile, the Jokerplane, and the Joker-Signal! Other highlights of this selection include the first appearance of the Mad Hatter, the debut of Vicki Vale, historic time-travels to the days of the Three Musketeers and the Arabian Nights, and Batman among the mermaids! We open with Batman #23 FN £900; then we have #32 VG £215, #37 VG £375, #49 VG+ £475 (full disclosure: this one isn’t actually the Joker, but his Arabian Nights equivalent, the Crier – but isn’t it a gorgeous cover?) and #53 VG+ £200. All five are illustrated below (left to right), but further details about the condition may be obtained from our catalogue listings. Given their antique status, these are beautiful copies, and the prices reflect not only their rarity but their relatively high grades. And so we wave goodbye to Batmania Max, until the Bat-Signal lights the skies over Putney once more…