*DC: Leading this week’s releases from the Midas Collection come two adjacent issues of Batman from 1947, cover featuring Catwoman (#42) and the Penguin (#43). 
PICTURED: BATMAN 
#42 VG- £750 SOLD Classic trompe l’oeil cover by Jack Burnley with Batman pulling back the corner to reveal Catwoman within. This is the first cover in the Batman title to feature Catwoman, and only the second anywhere. Three long Batman stories written by Bill Finger with art by Charles Paris. Catwoman performs crimes inspired by fictitious felines, Batman is blinded for 72 hours and a scientist provides robot robbers to take the place of aged criminals. This is a very nice copy with rich cover colours. There is a reading crease and other small creases at spine breaking colour, which do not intrude. Slight wear along right edge and some spine roll, visible on the back. Small wear around staples at spine, but they are firmly attached there and at centrefold. Flexible pages are a nice off-white. High resolution images are available on request. 
#43 GD- £200 Nice ‘Pirate Penguin’ cover by Jim Mooney. Three long Batman stories written by Bill Finger with art by Mooney. The Penguin commits crimes inspired by birds in literature, murder stalks the Gotham subway and Batman & Robin come up against The Four Horsemen of Crime (Captain Kidd, Jesse James, John Dillinger and Genghis Khan) or do they? Nice cover colour, spoilt by a rat or insect chew at the right edge (see scan) which carries on into the first few pages, where it only impacts on the margin. Some spine wear with small holes and a small piece of tape below the bottom staple and a further piece around the top of the spine. An extra central staple has been inserted. Small pencilled writing at logo. Lower staple off at front cover only. Pages are okay (except as noted above) and off-white.