*DC: Oh, okay then, we’ll say a little more. We commence a further run of our Batmania events with a classic. While it’s not strictly accurate to say that this game-changing issue was solely responsible for the transition to the ‘Dark Knight’ iteration of Batman – he had been becoming more serious in the preceding few years – this definitely distilled all the elements which would become the template for the Batman as we know him. By Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams, this tense murder mystery draws the reader in from the stunning cover, and keeps the tension mounted high as the Joker, stripped of the lingering miasma of the TV series, becomes once again a first-ranking menace. One of the best comics of the 1970s, by almost everyone’s assessment. This copy is VG+, with a pence price stamp, and minor wear and very light discolouration to the top cover edge, the singular fault which prevents a higher grade on this structurally sound copy of a ferociously sought-after issue. On sale at £65. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD