*DC: Another Golden Age Batman from the Bute Collection this week. This time, it’s #36, with three excellent stories pencilled by Paul Cooper and inked by Ray Burnley. Jerry Robinson also contributes an Alfred short story. The opening story is a clash with the Penguin, the second a tale of danger set in the world of movies, focusing on a stunt man, and the third, cover-featured, has Batman and Robin travel back to the time of King Arthur’s court, where they encounter all the famous denizens of those fables. This is a very nice copy, featuring an unmarked cover with rich colour and a vivid yellow background against which the figures of our heroes and the mounted knight really stand out. Staples are tight and firm, page quality a supple off-white. Wear is restricted to a very minor amount at top right edge, a tiny nick at base of spie and a small tear of 1.5 cm at top of spine. The staples are positioned slightly behind the left cover line, which appears to give the comic a very slight spine roll, but this is not really the case. An excellent edition for the vintage Batman collector.
PICTURED: BATMAN #36 VG £350 SOLD