*DC: A special selection from the Bute Collection: from 1960, one of the most important and significant comics of the Silver Age. The Justice League Of America, teaming up all of DC’s then current key heroes, debuted in The Brave & The Bold #28, and thus a legend was born. In these early stories, the roles of Superman & Batman were kept pretty much to cameos (presumably because DC felt they had enough exposure elsewhere), but the JLA kept up the tradition of reviving Golden Age concepts for this new Silver Age (in this case the Justice Society). In a manner of speaking, this comic was also responsible for launching the Marvel Age of Comics, since Stan Lee’s response to the success of the JLA was to create the Fantastic Four.
PICTURED: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28 VG+ £2,800
1st Justice League. 1st Starro the Conqueror. A lovely mid-grade cents copy with good colour and some gloss. Tight and flat, with good staples firm at spine and centrefold. Unspoilt and virtually unmarked cover image. There is the faint suggestion of a horizontal subscription crease down the centre, but this is neither firm nor apparent, just very faintly breaking colour in the logo area and at the very bottom centre. There is a narrow 5 cm crease across the top right corner of the back cover. Nice off-white to cream supple pages. High resolution images are available on request.
(For the budget conscious, we also have two other copies of this classic listed in our catalogue – yes, I know, we’re thrice blessed! – a VG- at £1,700 and a PR at £750)