*DC: Two issues of Golden Age Batman from the Midas Collection this week, from 1948/49, both featuring the Clown Prince of Crime.
PICTURED: BATMAN
#46 VG- £400 In the lead story, the Joker escapes from prison and plans a new series of crimes based on greeting cards. The second story centres around a prison chaplain. In the third story, Batman & Robin pop back in time (again!) courtesy of Prof Nichols, to come to the aid of Leonardo Da Vinci. Cover by Win Mortimer, stories by Don C Cameron, art by Dick Sprang. A reasonable copy with black background cover and strong cover image. There is a small indentation of three digits below the logo, a small stain towards the bottom spine which barely shows, very slight chipping and slight grubbiness at right edge and a faint crease across the top right corner which barely breaks colour. There is a slight weakness at the staples areas, but they remain firmly attached at spine and centrefold. Pages are a nice white to off-white, but from the back cover through the rear two thirds of the comic, some pest has chewed through to lessening degrees, causing chips out of margin extremes only. 
#52 FA+ £275 SOLD Classic cover with the Joker at the wheel of his Jokermobile. Batman and Alfred contrive an intricate plot to catch the Thinker, a villain out to discover Batman’s secret identity. Professor Nichols appears once again to send the Dynamic Duo back to the time of the Vikings. The Joker’s latest series of crimes leaves his victims laughing so much that they refuse to press charges against him. Cover by Win Mortimer, stories by Bill Finger, art by Bob Kane & Lew Sayre Schwartz. This copy has been through the wars a bit. The cover image superficially looks okay, but has sustained water damage in several places, resulting in some discolouration and a puckered effect. The spine is split about half way down and is therefore off top staple. Remainder of spine and most edges are worn with colour-breaking small nicks and chips out, including bottom right corner. Pages however are a pretty consistent off-white and both staples are firm at the centrefold.