*DC: Four consecutive Batman issues from 1955/56 feature from the Midas Collection this week, including Ace, the Bat-Hound, Vicki Vale, the Joker and the Penguin.
PICTURED: BATMAN
#96 GD+ £100 Nice Batmobile as fire truck cover. Stories by Bill Finger, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Strong, colourful and undamaged cover image. Some spine and edge wear. Firm staples and decent off-white to cream pages. There is a thumbnail size chunk out of the back cover bottom edge which extends into the bottom margins of the last few pages.  SOLD
#97 GD £150 Bat-Cave cover, with Ace the Bat-Hound, in his second ever appearance, displaying the common tendency of DC supporting characters by discovering the Dynamic Duo’s secret identities. Ace is also on the loose within, as well as the Joker. Stories by Bill Finger + ?, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Nice colourful cover image with a couple of small tears at edges (bottom one taped, leading to short colour-breaking creases). 5 cm upper spine split. Firm staples and near white pages.
#98 VG £160 Mystery, adventure and science-fiction, the three panel cover promises. Includes a Vicki Vale story centring on the Batmobile. Stories by Arnold Drake, Bill Finger and Edmond Hamilton, art by Dick Sprang and Sheldon Moldoff. Nice copy with vibrant colour cover. Firm staples and supple white to off-white pages. Back cover tear taped on inside. A couple of small margin stains.
#99 GD+ £100 Great Bat-Cave Phantom cover. Last Golden Age Penguin story. Stories by Bill Finger and Edmond Hamilton, art by Sheldon Moldoff. Unmarked cover with good colours. Moderate spine wear. 4 cm tear at right edge sealed by tape on inside. Staples attached and okay with some wear at centrefold. Small stain on back cover top edge and through top margin of last few pages. 5 cm lower spine split. Nice off-white pages.