*DC: Another gem from the Midas Collection this week. If you were thinking of buying a single digit issue of Batman for your collection, I would certainly commend #9 to your attention. An iconic spotlight cover (Overstreet credits Jack Burnley, GCD Fred Ray) and four long and excellent stories written by Bill Finger with pencils by Bob Kane and inks by Jerry Robinson with George Roussos. A superbly atmospheric splash page to the first story of a mystic curse; we’re all at sea with the second story and a giant white whale sinking shipping; the Joker stars in the third story with another nefarious scheme and the final story is the first Batman Christmas tale. The condition on this copy is not at all bad: the cover colours are good, providing a bright contrast between the spotlighted figures of Batman and Robin and the black background. There is some wear breaking colour at the spine, right edge and bottom edge, but this is mostly at the very extremities and doesn’t hurt the image. The cover is detached at the lower staple, but still hanging on at the upper, although there is a 2 cm tear from the upper staple into the ‘B’ of the logo without loss. The centrefold is off both staples. Pages are a very decent quality, clean off-white, with a tiny hole in the background of the splash to the Joker story which is at the centrefold. ‘Classic’ is an often overused term for vintage comics, but here it really is. High resolution images are available on request. 
PICTURED: BATMAN #9 GD/VG £2,300 SOLD