*DC: Detective Comics celebrated its groundbreaking 400th issue with a lead tale drawn by the superlative Neal Adams – treat enough – but it also introduced a new arch-nemesis for the Caped Crusader in the shape of Kirk Langstrom, tormented scientist who became a half-human, half-bat hybrid in his quest for knowledge. Langstrom’s Jekyll & Hyde persona made him a sympathetic antagonist, and brought him back for many subsequent appearances in multiple media, making him, ironically, the best-known creation of veteran scripter Frank Robbins. This copy of Detective #400 is a beautiful VF+ p copy, the midnight blue cover background virtually unmarred, cover colours vivid, staples firm, and interior pages off-white and flexible with no tanning. A key issue in high grade, on sale for £375. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD