American Update: Batmania: Batman #131, with the Second Batman and Robin Team
*DC: Over in Superman’s titles, the ‘Imaginary Stories’ – tales in which some aspect of the known mythos was tweaked speculatively, enabling readers to see what might happen if the iconic characters were ever allowed to break away from their status quo – had become hugely popular, so the editors of Batman decided to try something similar. A series of near-future tales penned by Bruce Wayne’s butler, imagining a retired Batman, married to the former Batwoman, allowing a grown-up Robin to take over as Batman II! While not achieving the success of the ‘Imaginary Stories’, these chapters of Alfred’s fan-fiction proved popular enough to return several times, and this issue marks the debut of the series, backed up by two ‘real’, not-at-all-imaginary, Batman tales: ‘The Dog That Betrayed Batman’, and ‘The Case of the Deadly Gems’. This is a VG copy, light to moderate spine wear and a small upper cover tear.
PICTURED: BATMAN #131 VG p £65