American Comics Update: The Midas Collection/Batmania: Batman #60 & #61 (with the Penguin)
*DC: Another pair of Golden Age Batmans from the Midas Collection this week, dating from 1950 as follows:
PICTURED: BATMAN BOTH SOLD
#60 GD £150 Three Batman stories: a new museum showcasing the different eras of history becomes a hide-out for criminals; a criminal gang leader forces Bruce Wayne to impersonate Batman to stop crimes being committed by a rival gang; Batman goes undercover as a stunt driver to capture a ring of car thieves. Cover by Jim Mooney. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown; art by Dick Sprang, Bob Kane and Lew Sayre Schwartz. Uneven spine roll (wider at top); ragged right edge, with some chipping, tiny corner off bottom right, colour-breaking diagonal crease, with two more of the same across bottom right corner. Worn spine with a little creasing at bottom spine. Nice unmarked cover image and decent staples. Reasonable off-white to cream pages.
#61 GD/VG £275 A significant issue with a great cover illustrating the origin of Batplane II, a Penguin story The Mystery Of The Winged People and Batman has to fight crime from a wheelchair. Cover by Win Mortimer. Stories by David Vern and Bill Finger, art by Dick Sprang, Bob Kane and Lew Sayre Schwartz. Nice clean cover with strong colours. Just minor edge wear, with tiny colour-breaking crease across bottom right corner. Reading crease at spine breaks colour, and there is a 1.5 cm lower spine split. Decent staples with some wear around them on front cover. Supple off-white pages.



