*DC: From the Bute Collection this week, an early Detective Comic, #46 from 1940. Headlining Batman, of course, with Robin the Boy Wonder, this issue also features Spy, Crimson Avenger, Speed Saunders, Larry Steele, Steve Malone, Cliff Crosby and Slam Bradley. A dynamic Batman cover by Bob Kane is followed by the Batman lead (Professor Strange’s Fear Dust), written by Bill Finger, with art by Kane, Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. This was Hugo Strange’s third Golden Age clash with the Caped Crusader, and although he apparently falls off a cliff to his apparent death, you and I know that he would return time after time as one of Batman’s most enduring foes. This is a miscut copy, presumably a victim of the production line, cut at an angle off-centre as can be seen in the scans below. Nevertheless it has bright colours and nice off-white pages. There are a few internal page tears restricted to the margins. There are small splits to top and bottom spine; the lower staple is off and the upper is reinforced by small pieces of tape on the inside covers. It presents reasonably well despite all that, with a striking cover image (and what a classic logo!). High resolution images are available on request.   
PICTURED: DETECTIVE COMICS #46 GD £900