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It is official. According to The Catalog of Copyright Entries For Periodicals (1940), Captain America Comics #1 was released by Timely Comics on December 20, 1940 with a March, 1941 cover date.

Folks, Here is the timeline for the first Batman house ads: The two-line, black text house ad appears in the following comics. (The release date in parentheses for each book comes from The Catalog of Copyright Entries For Periodicals.) Cover date April, 1939: Action Comics #11 (3/2/39) More Fun Comics #42 (3/5/39) Detective Comics #26 (3/8/39) Adventure Comics #37 (3/10/39) Cover date May, 1939: The last-panel house ad featuring an image of The Batman's head appears only in: Action Comics #12 (3/24/39) A one-line text only house ad reading "THE BATMAN appears every month in DETECTIVE COMICS! Don't miss him"" with THE BATMAN, and DETECTIVE COMICS printed in red ink appears in the following comics: More Fun Comics #43 (3/28/39) Adventure Comics #38 (4/3/39) Detective Comics #27 was released (according to The Catalog of Copyright Entries For Periodicals) on 3/30/1939. Therefore, the winners are: First published mention of The Batman character: Action Comics #11 First published image of The Batman character: Action Comics #12 First appearance of The Batman character: Detective #27 National Periodical Publications printed one other comic title which could have contained a Batman house ad printed before the release of Detective #27: Movie Comics #1 (Cover date April 1939) Movie Comics #2 (Cover date May, 1939) I was unable to find a copy of both online to examine. I was also unable to find either book in The Catalog of Copyright Entries For Periodicals. The only other piece of info I could find was that Movie Comics #1 contained an ad for All-American Comics #1. Like both Movie Comics, I could not find an entry in The Catalog of Copyright Entries For Periodicals, so the only time frame is its April, 1939 cover date. Perhaps a boardie owns a copy of Movie Comics #1 and/or #2 and could check to see if an ad for The Batman appears there?

If I consign a book to an auction house, I expect them to "sell" the book for me. That is what their fees are for. The main selling point of a Tec 33 is the origin story. Yes, bidders know the story is there, but stressing the point can help increase the bidding war that occurs each auction. On several occasions today, the auctioneer made comments that extended an auction that was winding down. One example--one of the Avengers pages was about to close when the auctioneer said the page contained the first appearance of Jarvis, and this started a new round of bidding.

The auctioneer did the Tec 33 seller no favors. He mentioned the origin of Batman only once--about 3/4 of the way thru the auction, and when he said the word "origin" his face was so far from the microphone that you could barely hear it. If I were the seller, I'd be demanding some or all of my fees back!

Re: Detective 33 outbidding Detective 35 by a wide margin in this auction Is it possible that new buyers in the marketplace are not dumb rubes throwing money at an investment they don't fully understand (as many boardies have suggested); but instead are savvier comic book afficinados who know better that to merely judge a book's value by its cover art? Tec 35 has a much better cover than Tec 33, but come on! A better cover compared to the Origin of Batman--arguably the second most famous story in the history of comics? There should be no comparison here. The real comparison should be between Tec 33 and Batman #1: the origin of an all-time great hero vs the first appearance of two of his all-time great villains.

Good point, Chillman! And if you can't acquire Detective #27 first story-appearance of Batman, be on the lookout for the next best thing: Detective 33, the origin of Batman! Arguably the second most famous story in the history of comics! Congratulations, pkchu! That is a nice copy you have there!

The comparison between the 7th Superman and 7th Batman is an interesting one. Second Superman cover vs. the origin of Batman.

In keeping with the recent format of this thread, I am thrilled to present my copy of Spidey 17 on this, the 17th day of the month!

I cannot, but I wish I could. Oh, how I wish I could!!!

Because it is the Bedrock variant, if you do find a copy, it will be graded 9.4 or higher!

Picked these up today. As always, Mr. Bedrock rocks! Thank you, Richard!!!

Here is one of mine! The artist and character started in the Golden Age and both returned in the Bronze Age, so that averages out to Silver Age! C.C. Beck was the featured guest at the 1975 HoustonCon. After his talk, Mr. Beck signed autographs and gave out black and white drawings. (I don't recall if there was a charge for the drawing, but I don't think so.) Everyone else wanted either Captain Marvel or his nemesis Dr. Sivana. But not me! I wanted a drawing of Mr. Mind! Mr. Beck was so impressed with my choice that he asked if he could color it in! Absolutely! He then asked me my name and wrote down that it was drawn for me! I'm pretty sure I was the only person who received a color drawing from him that weekend. Needless to say, I will never forget Mr. Beck's kindness and generosity! To this day, Mr. Mind remains one of my all-time favorite comic book villians! Thank you, Mr. Beck!!!

Wow, GK! That is one pretty book!!! Congrats!

I would own a nicer copy if Jon Berk had ever gotten around to upgrading it! But if he was happy with this copy, then so am I!

I believe that you are incorrect on most of the points you are making. First, ebay does not require immediate payment when offers are accepted. When my offers have been accepted, the item goes into My Ebay Purchased Items List as a sold item and I am given a reasonable amount of time to complete the transaction. On several occasions I have paid the day after my offer was accepted. Second, when I purchased a book from Comic Link, the book remained listed on their site, but with a "Sale Pending" notation. While the book was in a Sale Pending state, the boxes for making an offer or buying the book were removed. However, a Wait List button was placed beside the book. This feature allows other potential buyers to express their interest in the book should the pending sale fall through. Finally, whereas this thread is primarily for posting and discussing comic books, this forum is always an excellent place to point out sellers who engage in what are believed to be poor, unethical, or illegal business practices.