Popular Post john72tex Posted April 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2021 This is one of the gems in my collection! Tghutcn, JohnH19, Jasonmorris1000000 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jasonmorris1000000 Posted April 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 Some alien encounters hchill25, Tghutcn, steelcity and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 hchill25, Tghutcn and frozentundraguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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innocuous Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, hchill25 said: Classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Yeah! This is a great trio. I really need a copy of the Catwoman one 40 minutes ago, hchill25 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hchill25 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Tghutcn, frozentundraguy, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 The 1980s was when I did most buying from comic book fairs. That decade also saw Batman related titles become more popular. Publishing of "The Dark Knight Returns" in 1986 had an impact. Perhaps more so with 1988's "The Killing Joke" but the 1989 Batman film had the single most massive affect of increasing Batman's popularity. A few of my 1980s buys. JohnH19, hchill25, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steelcity Posted May 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2021 The SA Batman collector who seeks out the Batman and Detective Comics titles can sometimes stray into the Twilight Zone known as... World's Finest! JohnH19, JTLarsen, hchill25 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 The first 80 Page Giant I owned was a coverless Superboy 129. All the giants offered value for money reprinting classic tales. In my comic book fair days I was always looking out for these delicate beauties. frozentundraguy, JohnH19, hchill25 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steelcity Posted May 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2021 Great Scott! The sci-fi era for Batman in his early silver age was bizarre with tales of extreme fantasy. Colorful aliens and a seemingly endless procession of assorted monsters left Batman far from his roots and from the Dark Knight he would eventually become. hchill25, frozentundraguy, Jasonmorris1000000 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Detective Comics #326 is where it all ended. From #327 Batman would again become a grittier character. Though colorful super villains would return to prominence the feverish fantasy era was over. I'm sure this move both gained and lost readers of Batman and Detective Comics, so jarring was the sudden change of style and appearance. I still prefer the old Detective Comics title logo. JohnH19, frozentundraguy, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLR5 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 4/27/2021 at 4:54 PM, john72tex said: This is one of the gems in my collection! Beautiful copy. Great cover. john72tex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Obtaining this book ended a 6 to 8 year search for an acceptable copy. For much of that time I was only checking Ebay. Now I know better. On Ebay I would often see 2 or 3 copies for sale, many of them 2.5's masquerading as 4.0's. It's the first app of the Bat Tank and technically the first Detective Comic issue of the Silver Age. hchill25, Jasonmorris1000000, steelcity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Just found this thread earlier this evening. Batman is my favorite DC character, but I don't have many SA's yet. I'm working on it. Here are a couple I picked up and will have in my hands soon. They'll be cleaned, pressed, graded, and added to my personal collection. JohnH19, hchill25, frozentundraguy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 What a cool comic! I used to think Frank Miller came up with the Bat Tank in the 1980’s. Thanks for schooling me in Bat History this evening. 3 hours ago, frozentundraguy said: Obtaining this book ended a 6 to 8 year search for an acceptable copy. For much of that time I was only checking Ebay. Now I know better. On Ebay I would often see 2 or 3 copies for sale, many of them 2.5's masquerading as 4.0's. It's the first app of the Bat Tank and technically the first Detective Comic issue of the Silver Age. frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuous Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Galen130 said: Just found this thread earlier this evening. Batman is my favorite DC character, but I don't have many SA's yet. I'm working on it. Here are a couple I picked up and will have in my hands soon. They'll be cleaned, pressed, graded, and added to my personal collection. Congrats. Solid copies. Once in hand, they'll then be in your pc. Maybe keep them ungraded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, innocuous said: Congrats. Solid copies. Once in hand, they'll then be in your pc. Maybe keep them ungraded? Probably slabbed. I have visions of a grand comic room in the future where I can display stuff. Nothing is set in stone though, 🤙 Edited May 21, 2021 by Galen130 frozentundraguy, innocuous, JTLarsen and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Here are the only other SA Batman's I have in my collection at present, including a couple titles not directly Batman. Funny thing is, I don't have a single Batman titled book!!! Not sure how that happened. Guess I'll have to work on that... frozentundraguy, Jasonmorris1000000 and hchill25 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JohnH19 Posted May 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2021 These two books include all seven Batman Annuals from the pre-80 Pg. Giant era. Jasonmorris1000000, steelcity, frozentundraguy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
