American Update: Batmania: Pick Up A Penguin! Second Silver Age Penguin Appearance, plus other Silver Age Stunners
*DC: Star of this week’s Batmania is Batman #169, the second Silver Age appearance of the Penguin, and his first post the launch of Batman’s ‘New Look’. One of the ‘Big Four’ villains featured regularly in the Batman TV show, embodied by Burgess Meredith, the Penguin clicked with the mainstream audience, and thanks to the updated incarnation portrayed by Robin Taylor in ‘Gotham’, he’s more popular than ever! This key appearance of a major villain is a beautiful FN, pence copy, with vivid purple background unfaded and unbroken by the ravages of time – and also one of Carmine Infantino’s most eye-catching designs of the era! On sale at £65. But the Bumbershoot Bandit brought along friends – appearances by the Joker, Clayface, the Scarecrow, Catwoman, and the Getaway Genius (pardon?) festoon this update of around 20 Silver Age issues new in, from #159 (‘Clayface/Joker Feud!’), to #189 (return of the Scarecrow).