American Update: Batmania: Watching the Detectives! A Trio of Triumphs, including the first appearance of Talia Al Ghul
*DC: Three classic issues from the resurgence of the Dark Knight persona after the camp 1960s: Detective Comics #397 and #408 both feature lead stories by the iconic artist Neal Adams, who refined the Gotham Guardian’s visual persona into the ‘look’ we all know today, with our hero facing supernatural and psychological warfare respectively. Issue #411, sadly, does not feature Adams, Bob Brown doing the artistic honours instead, but does bring us the debut of the lady who, after Catwoman, is probably the Batman’s most enduring love – Talia, daughter of Ra’s Al Ghul and doyenne of the League of Assassins! #397 is VF £60, #408 is VF £60 and #411 is FN+ £125.