American Update: Quirky Corner – Batman Book and Record Set – Original Neal Adams B & R Vs. Joker story, Never Reprinted!
*DC: In the mid-1970s, Power Records launched the Book and Record Set, in which a comic book was reprinted (sometimes with some heavy editing, to remove continuity and references to other issues), along with a 45 RPM record in which the comic’s story was voiced-over with staggering ineptitude! Occasionally, however, the budget was found for an all-new tale, and they pushed the boat out with PR-27, ‘Stacked Cards’, a Neal Adams-illustrated Batman/Robin/Joker adventure story that wasn’t reprinted from anywhere else (and, critically, has never been reprinted since!). We don’t know who wrote the story, but it might well have been Adams himself, since it is BONKERS, with the Boy Wonder frequently recommending prefrontal lobotomies all around – but never mind that, just look at the pretty pictures! Insanely rare, especially in the UK, this artistic oddity is VG/FN, with record, at £30. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD