American Update: Batmania continues: Watching the Detectives
*DC: In this week’s visit to Batmania, we feature Detective Comics from 1950 to 1980 – three decades of Caped Crusading! While Batman’s eponymous series remains popular, his ‘home’ was in Detective Comics, where he made his debut back in 1939, and has starred ever since. We have a range of twenty copies added to our selection, from 1950’s #166 (pictured, GD/VG £100) through to 1980’s #487, with the first appearance of Steve Ditko’s The Odd Man! (Actually, come to think of it, maybe the only appearance of the Odd Man!). Eras touched upon here are the family-friendly Caped Crusader of the 1950s, the early gloamings of the Dark Knight in the early 1970s, (the classic Neal Adams illustrated #395), several of the Englehart/Rogers ‘reboot’ issues with Dr. Phosphorous and Clayface III, and the ‘Dollar Comic’ issues incorporating the Batman Family – several of these giants have beautiful work by Golden, Rogers, Starlin and more! Batman & Robin, plus at various times Pow-Wow-Smith, the Martian Manhunter, Man-Bat, Roy Raymond and more – await the pleasure of your company! SORRY, #166 NOW SOLD