American Comics Update: The Manhattan Collection/Batmania: The Joker Is Wild: 1970s series from #1

*DC: These are from the Manhattan Collection – see above. Daringly, in 1975, DC awarded the Joker his own title, (in defiance of the Comics Code, which said that villains couldn’t be shown to triumph) and was thus the first mainstream on-going title to headline a villain. Not that it ‘on-went’ for long, stopping at #9. But what was a Bronze Age curio has now become a much sought-after short series with one of the hottest characters in comics. We have six issues now available (including #1), featuring the Joker up against a huge array of heroes and villains: Two-Face, Green Arrow, Sherlock Holmes (!), Luthor, the Scarecrow and more. These Manhattan copies are typical of the collection: bright and glossy with almost all copies VF+ or better.
PICTURED: JOKER
#1 VF+ £125 Great copy, almost as new except for a tiny stress mark at spine, a small dink bottom spine, and a tiny soft crease across the very top right corner; none of these break colour.
#2 VF+ £80
#4 VF+ £40
#6 FN/VF £28
#7 VF/NM £40
#8 VF+ £37





