PLEASE read the main points on the "How to Order" page if interested in buying anything, before you e-mail or call me, thanks. I'm NOT buying, thanks. Site navigation links are at the bottom of all main pages.

All you people who just want to look at pics of comics, please go to this site for that: Grand Comic Book Database. My Batman and DC character toys, plates and other collectibles are on the Warner Bros page, Statues page, and there's Batman cover art on the Comic Art page.

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Batman titles:
(Includes Detective, mini-series, one-shots, graphic novels, etc.)

Batman: Sale! $1.50-$2 issues reduced to $1:
#430, 440, 441, 442 (440-442 are parts 1, 3, 5 of "A Lonely Place of Dying" story, new Robin debuts in #442), 445, 446, 447, 457 (2, 1st prints, 1st new Robin #3 in costume), 465....$1 ea.
#488, #489 (early Bane app.'s)...$3 ea.

Batman Chronicles #4 - "Contagion" story crossover, Hitman appearance. Precedes Hitman #1, and story continues in Hitman #1-3, listed down in the H's. $10-$12 guide. Remaining copies are VF to VF/NM. Sale!...$3 ea., or two for $5

Detective Comics:
#500, 7 new stories, 80 pages. NM- (printer color fade along top edge)...$8 (View)
#526 (500th Batman app.), 58 pages, usual tarnishing in gold areas...$8 (View)
#572, 50th anniversary of Detective Comics, 53 pgs...$2
#598, 80 pgs., "Blind Justice" story (continues in #599, 600)...$3
#599...$2
#600 (50th anniversary of Batman in Detective Comics)...$4
SET of #598-600 for...$7
Annual #2...$2

Batman Mini-series:

Batman vs. Predator Vol. 1, #1-3 set. Prestige format, with trading cards intact, $4.95 each cover price. #1 has the Predator cover. This was very cool! 20% off cover @...$12

Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4 set. 1st app. and origin of Azrael. Reduced!...$10 ($36 OPG?!)

Batman specials, one-shots, other "Starring" titles, etc.:

(But also see other listings for JLA/Justice League stuff, other related team mini-series, etc.):

Batman Mask of the Phantasm pop-up booklet. A large 13.5"x13.5" rare promotional item given to TV stations to promote the 1993 animated movie's video release. Inside has two double page pop-ups featuring Gotham City. The first one shows a Gotham cityscape with pics of various Batman vehicles, and a swing-out plastic arm with Batman on the end. The second one has a 16" standing Batman pop-up figure atop a building, with various action shots vs. his villains from the animated series. Last page is a double page shot of another Gotham cityscape, but no pop-ups. In nice, but not perfect condition. Someone with greasy fingers left fingerprints on the front cover, most are down the right side, some also in upper left, and they don't wipe off. The pic shows them as the little darker spots, and it's been brightened to show them better, so cover is darker in person. Top right corner has about a 2.5" wrinkle line from a bend, and there's 1/2" stress wrinkle on spine, and slight wear on some corners. Also comes with a 6 page 9"x12" informational advertising flyer that tells about Fox's promotion for the release of the VHS tape, and a digest size copy of the comic book adaptation, with no cover price. I got all this way back then, from a guy who worked at a TV station, and he had sold his best copies for $50-$100 at that time, and this was the last one he had. Larger pics available too. You may never see this again, so get it now, for...$50 (View front) (View pop-up #1) (View pop-up #2) (View flyer) (View digest comic)

Batman the Movie adaptation (1st movie), prestige format comic, $5 cover. Sale!...$3

Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk treasury comic (a.k.a. DC Special Series #27) - ALL NEW STORY, have 2 VF- copies. Original 1981 editions. Full descrip is down near the bottom in the Treasury section, AFTER all the regular comics listings. VF- 'A' for $16 (View), and VF- 'B' for $14 (View)

Black Orchid mini-series #1-3 set. Batman appearance, Neil Gaiman writing, prestige format. 50% off the $10.50 cover price...$5.25

(The) Brave and the Bold #68, 1968. Batman (as Bat-Hulk!) vs. Metamorpho, with Joker, Penguin, Riddler app.'s too! VF/VF+. Has stressing spot in Batman's mask in his right eye area, with light broken vertical stress line about 1" long to the left of that; couple medium spine stress marks, longest near bottom is 1/4"; couple/three white stress line spots near top "Hee" next to the villains. Off-white or so pages, back cover is white with some "dirt" rub-off. Great color cover, overall nice! 2007 OPG VF is $60...$50 (View)

Brave and the Bold #100 Fine-, off-white pages. 1972, Batman & Robin team up with Green Lantern, Black Canary and Green Arrow, also has a Neal Adams Deadman back-up story. Edge stuff and printing creases are the main things. Top edge above Spectacular has a 1" light thumbed wrinkle line; right edge has a 2" vertical stress line at middle, another 2" one from bottom edge up, about 1/4" in, and 1/4" vertical thumbed stress across from MAR. date; bottom right corner has a few stresses in various directions, 1/8" to 1/2", and you can see the bottom edge color dings/flakes in scan; two 1.25" or so horizontal printing creases, one through Comics Code box, other at top right corner of art; spine has a couple very light kinks near GL, otherwise very nice; little printing streaks at Batman circle; very slight bend/wave in Robin's head (standing next to Green Arrow); thin 1/8" indent line next to Black Canary's boot in left margin. Back cover has 2-3 ugly long printing creases, thicker than usual. All in top quarter, top crease is about 5.75"; angled up one below that is about 3", then another one just off of it goes straight across another 2". Scan of back is artificially darkened to show the creases better, but they are easy to see in person. Bottom edge has light sun fade/discoloration along most of it, not as dark as scan shows of course. Have a more natural scan I can email. 2007 OPG Fine is $21, let's go...$15 (View) (View back)

Brave and the Bold #200. Double size last issue, July 1983. Calling it VF due to 4" vertical production wave in cover near spine, also has a 2.25" inward fold line closer to spine due to the production defect. Some tarnishing in the gold titles, as usual. Has original Golden Age art style story, and a Modern Age art story, plus first appearance of Batman and the Outsiders in a 16 page preview story. Since some may consider it less than VF (can email scan), will make it only...$4

DC Special Series #21 "Super Star Holiday Special", 1980. First Frank Miller art on Batman! 2 copies: VF...$14 (View). Or Fine (small tear on top & bottom edge back cover, 1" stress line top front cover, couple minor spine kinks)...$7

DC Super-Stars #17. From 1977, this is the all new "Secret Origins of Super-Heroes" issue, notable for the first appearance/origin of the Huntress. Plus Green Arrow story with Mike Grell art, Legion of Super-Heroes first case, and wedding of Earth II Batman and Catwoman. Looks better at fist glance, but giving it a Fine, due to mostly a very light 4" bend line across lower right corner, but no color break, doesn't stand out until glinted; also has a 1/2" corner crease and tip crease bottom right, and 3mm one in upper right; few light reading kinks on right side. Otherwise nice. Guides range from $25 (online guide) to $55 (Overstreet), so who knows? OPG Fine is $15, see most others asking that for Fines or even lower grade, so let's go...$10 (View)

Secret Origins Special #1, 1989. 64 pages, with new origin stories of the Riddler, Penguin, and Two-Face, by Neil Gaiman and Mark Verheiden. Nice Brian Bolland cover too. Still at cover price...$2

Spider-Man and Batman one-shot, 1995, a joint Marvel/DC production. Fancy embossed cover, 48 page prestige format story titled "Disordered Minds". Spidey & Batman vs. Joker & Carnage! 1st print. Nice! At cover price...$5.95 (View)

Batman graphic novels:
1st prints, NM unless noted. All bagged, no longer shrinkwrapped.
(View all my Batman graphic novels)

Son of the Demon signed/numbered hardcover, #1359/1700, signed by artist Jerry Bingham only. Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul and his daughter Talia, written by Mike Barr. "Historically significant" since this is DC's first hardcover graphic novel. (Says so on inside flap.) This signed edition was done by a comic shop in 1987, and has a DC authorized glued-in signature plate with full figure Batman illustration on it (printed art, not hand drawn original), with Bingham's signature (View). According to the artist, many copies were destroyed in the Whittier CA. earthquake shortly after the signing, so there's far fewer than 1700 in existence. Mine has slight corner ding/mushes on both bottom corners, front and back, shows some on dust jacket, and actual book, so not NM. (View bottom front corners on book) Regular edition guides around $30. Few of these signed ones on the market anymore, get it for...$35 (View larger scan)

Batman: Son of the Demon softcover. 1st print. Still cover price...$9

Digital Justice hardcover. Far future tale, all computer generated art. The grandson of Commissioner Gordon becomes the new Batman, fighting a computer virus left by the Joker. Cover=$25, I'll take...$15

Night Cries hardcover. Heavy story deals with child abuse. Painted art by Bo Hampton. Cover=$25, I'll take...$15

Batman and Dracula: Red Rain hardcover. An Elseworlds tale by Doug Moench, art by Kelley Jones. Batman vs. Dracula. Used to be hot and hard to find, and up to $50 in guides, I'll take cover price...$25

Bloodstorm hardcover. Sequel to Red Rain, again by Moench & Jones, with Batman as a vampire! Cover=$25, I'll take...$18
(I have the colorist's cover art to the Bloodstorm softcover and other Batman softcovers on my Comic Art page.)

Batman supporting cast:

Azrael #1, #2 (Agent of the Bat, 1995 series, Batman guest stars) Clearance!...$1 ea.

Batgirl Special #1 (1988 1st print), Mignola cover, Kitson art. Still guides at $9-10? Get mine for...$3

Catwoman mini-series Vol. 1 (1989, Frank Miller writing), #1-4 set...$10 (Way high in OPG!)

Catwoman (1993/current series): #1...$3. #2, 3, 4...$2 ea., or #1-4 for $7.

Robin I mini-series #1-5 set. #1 w/Neal Adams poster inside. $11.50 guide, but get mine at cover price!...$5

Robin II "Joker's Wild" mini-series Collector Sets. 4 polybagged sets contain all 14 covers to the series, plus separate hologram cards of the holograms on the direct market copies, which was the only way to get these cards. (10 Direct market covers have a hologram on the cover, 4 newsstand covers don't.) All at cover price still. Set #1 (has five #1 comics) = $7. Set #2 (has four #2 comics) = $5.50. Set #3 (has three #3 comics) = $4. Set #4 (has two #4 comics) = $2.50. Or get all four sets (that's 14 comics, plus 10 hologram cards) for $15.

Teen Titans Spotlight #14. 1987. All new Nightwing story, and guest appearance by Batman...$2

Batman magazines:

Batman Returns Official movie magazine (1992, Topps). 72 pages covering the 2nd movie, with cool deep 3-D Batman hologram on the cover. Over 150 photos, cast/character profiles, Batmobile and weapons info, all the behind-the-scenes stuff, etc.. Still at cover price...$5.95 (View)

Comic Book Marketplace #70, Aug. 1999. Celebrates Batman's 60th anniversary, with a Neal Adams Batman & Robin cover. Put out by Overstreet/Gemstone, this is "The magazine for Golden, Silver and Bronze age comics collectors." No price guide, but has market reports from various dealers. 80 pages, this issue is pretty much all Batman. Interviews with Neal Adams (with pencil sketches throughout), Jerry Robinson, Adam West, and a graphic gallery of Batman's history, with comic covers and panels from various decades, plus it has a different text overview of Batman's history. Inside back cover and back cover have color 9-comic galleries too. Lots of nice dealer photo ads too, and regular columns. Near Mint, no mailing label. A nice mag for Bat collectors, and not a big print run, and early issues are going for decent money. $5.95 cover. Yours for...$7 (View)

Comics Scene magazine:

#6, from 1989 (inside says Vol. 4, #17, most call it Vol. 2), NM. Bob Kane Batman cover, and interview with Kane about the movie. Plus Keith Giffen on Justice League Europe, and interviews with Frank Miller, Mike Grell, Carl Barks, Chuck Dixon, Max Allan Collins, Ann Nocenti, and articles on Moon Knight, Frank Thorne's "Ribit" character, actor John Wayne Hames about the Superboy TV series, Ms. Tree and more. 70 pages, lots of pictures, $3.50 cover price, yours for...$3 (View)

#9 (Vol. 4 #20 inside), VF-. Punisher cover. Articles/interviews with Michael Keaton for 1st Batman movie; Batman storyboard artist Michael White; Punisher stuff about the Dolph Lundgren movie and interview with comic writer Carl Potts; preview of the 1st Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie; the Now Comics Green Hornet series; interviews with Clayton Moore the Lone Ranger; a look at Eclipse Comics "Hobbit" adaptation; cartoon voice master Charles Fleischer on Roger Rabbit and more. Cover has a light 2" double bendy line area near Punisher name, and bit of print crease at bottom staple, and some light reading kinks. $3.95 cover, yours for...$1.50 (View)

Premiere magazine, Michael Keaton cover, July 1989. Nice long article/interview with Keaton about his Batman role and career. Also articles on Bill Murray/Ghostbusters, Peter Weir/Dead Poets Society, Terry Jones (of Monty Python) and his Erik the Viking movie, Kate Capshaw, and the usual coverage of Hollywood stuff. 104 pages. No mailing label. VF+ (some spine stress lines, couple bends along the top, nothing major)...$3 (View)

More DC titles:

Babylon 5 #1, VF/NM...$6. #2...$6. #5, 6, 7...$4 ea.
Babylon 5 In Valen's Name #3...$2

I have Babylon 5 Official magazines on the Babylon 5 page too.

See Brave and the Bold #68 & #100 in Batman section above.

Christmas with the Super Heroes Special #2 (1989). All your main DC heroes...$3

Cosmic Odyssey #1-4 set, prestige format. Justice League, Darkseid, $14 cover price total, Sale! 50% off! Only...$7/set

Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 NM-. (Check guide's $16-$17 NM price!) Sale!...$5 (View)

DC Comics Presents #1, 1978. NM, just some very light little kinks at staples. Slight cover mis-wrap too. All new Superman and Flash race, always popular. Garcia-Lopez art. $30 in 2007 OPG, yours for 50% off guide...$15 (View)

See DC Special Series #21 in Batman section.

Flash #350. Last issue of the 1st series, leads to death of Barry Allen in Crisis on Infinite Earth series. Double size, VF...$2

Green Lantern:
#116 (Vol. 2, 1960's series) - First time Guy Gardner becomes a temporary Green Lantern. Features Green Arrow too. F/VF, looks nicer. Mostly has some light V kinks on spine, and a 2mm flake dot near Green Arrow's thumb, and back cover has heavier spine kink bend along with others matching the front. Clean and bright though...$13 (View)

#116 - Fine copy has a 1" corner crease in lower right, 3 light to medium "<" shaped/valley spine kinks, one heavier kink on back near top corner, and some dirt on back...$9 (View)

#195 - Guy Gardner becomes full-time GL. Crisis crossover. $8-$12 guide? I don't think so Tim...$2.50

#48 (Vol. 3, 1990 series) - 1st Kyle Rayner! (cameo)...$3

Hitman (1996, Garth Ennis writing, Batman guest stars in #1-3, continuing from Batman Chronicles #4): #1...$3. #2, #3...$2 ea.

JLA (1997, new Justice League series by Grant Morrison):
#1 NM- (one spine kink, light indent line in upper cover)...$8 (View)
#5, 6, 7, 8, 9...$3 ea.
#11, 12, 14...$2.50 ea.
#10-15 SET of "Rock of Ages" storyline...$15

Justice League International Annual #2 (Joker story)...$2

Justice League Quarterly #13 (Linsner cover, have several) Clearance!...$3 ea. (View)

Justice League America lenticular promo button. Fairly rare. Only handed out at the Diamond Comics Dist. Retailer seminars in 1992, which is when I got it. 2-channel image, with the Justice League America title changing to a pic of the 6 member team, featuring Superman in the middle, and the phrase "The World's Greatest Heroes are Back" around the bottom. Round 2.25" diameter, pinback. Very few made, rarely shows up for sale. Considering what people have paid for the multi-thousand produced Watchmen Bloody Smiley Face promo button that all comic shops got, and for 10,000 made cloisonne emblem pins (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern from early '90s, up to $60!), this should be ridiculously expensive! But for you...$20 (View)

Legends mini-series #6 (1986. Beginning of new JLA)...$2

Omega Men (1983 series, all are first/early Lobo app.'s):
#3 (first Lobo appearance)...$5
#5 (2)...$1.75 ea.
#9...$1.75
#10...$3

Nolan Ryan in "The Winning Pitch" comic. A mail-away comic produced by DC, Kelloggs and Sports Illustrated, from 1992. Part of the "Tony's Sports Comics" series, it's a 16 page comic with Nolan Ryan and Tony the Tiger teaching the proverbial positive life lessons to baseball playing kids. Overstreet comics price guide says it's only $2 though, but I'd think many don't know of it, and it should be higher by now, although a "major" online price guide has it at $7, but they're not reliable. But, I used to get $5 for them at shows back in the '90s, and see prices from some auction and net sellers from $5-10. It doesn't appear to be "rare" tho, judging by the number on auctions, but since this was a cereal mail-in, most shops won't have it. Cheap to mail (about $2 1st class in cardboard), so don't fall for the $4-$6 profiteering shipping/handling charges from auction sellers. (Always check the shipping on auctions!) Have 3 NM copies...$2 ea. (View)

Preacher #6 (1995 regular series by Ennis, adults only), 3 copies...$2.50 ea.

Psycho promo button. Done for the 1991 comic book by Hudnall & Brereton, this is a small round metal 1" diameter pinback button sent to comic shops. A mere...$1 (View)

Rima the Jungle Girl #1, from 1974. Joe Kubert cover, Nestor Redondo art inside. VF. A few little 1-2mm spine stresses, but mostly some production scuffing along bottom, and top and bottom corners on back show some kink from minor bending. Clean and bright cover, good gloss, off-white pages. Yours for...$7.50 (View)

The Shadow #1 NM-, 1973, Mike Kaluta art. $65 in OPG?! Why? NOT rare, so get mine for 50%+ off at...$32 (View)

Showcase #73 - First Creeper (1968). VF, but looks better upon 1st inspection. Mostly has spine kinks/wear at top staple. Nice color, low gloss. Has some very light vertical stress lines from bottom edge up a ways, looks like a brushstroke sorta, but hardly noticeable. Flat, smooth cover, lightly yellowing pages. $225 in NM OPG, $97 in VF, yours for...$75 (View)

Spectre (Vol. 3, 1992) #1, #2...$2.50 ea.

Red alert! Star Trek Next Generation run on sale! Clearing out my Trek comics, so here's the deal: 1988 DC STNG mini-series #1, 3-6 (missing #2), 1989 STNG series, #1-80, (missing #24), Annual #1 (1990 DC), Special #1 (1993 DC), Special #2 (1994 DC), and Marvel's STNG Special #1 (1998). And these mini-series: Shadowheart #1-4, ILL Wind #2-4 (missing #1), DS9/STNG #1-4, STNG Modala Imperative #1-4. 103 comics total, only 2-3 aren't NM. About $300 guide price. Reduced further, now 66% off guide @...$100
Star Trek Next Generation mini-series #5, 6 (1988)...$3 ea.
Star Trek Next Generation #1 (1989 series)...$3

Star Trek comics signed by cover artist Sonia Hillios: (View all)

Old Star Trek comics by Gold Key (1967 series, #5, #7), are on my Independent Comics and Star Trek pages.

STNG #75 (2)...$8.50 ea.
STNG Shadowheart #1 (2 copies), or STNG/Deep Space 9 #1 of 4 (2 copies)...$7 ea.

Star Trek: Debt of Honor hardcover graphic novel. 1992, by Claremont and Adam Hughes, painted cover by Dave Dorman. 96 pgs, excellent story and art, with original crew. 1st print, NM, not shrinkwrapped anymore, but bagged. $24.95 cover price, but for you...$20 (View)

Strange Adventures #153 (1963!) Fine. General reading wear, mostly along spine--20 or so short spine stress marks that don't show in the scan much, along with light vertical stress/wrinkle lines inside of spine from rolling the cover back, but hard to see in the light background color; some light reading kinks; top spine corner tip ding; only slightly yellowing/tanning pages; no tears--pretty nice for 44+ years old!...$20 (View)

Supergirl (1996) #2, #3. Clearance!...$1 ea.

Superman black embossed cover edition of Diamond Comics Dist. Previews catalog. From Feb. 1993, this is the neat all black embossed cover trumpeting Superman's return from the dead ('E's not dead, 'e's just stunned). One of the more collectible issues, and hard to find anymore. Contains multiple trading card sheets and ad slicks/mini-posters too, none have been removed: 4 promo/checklist card sheet of covers to Continuity Comics (Neal Adam's company) "Prelude to Deathwatch 2000"; an 8x11" cardstock ad slick/poster for Valiant's Turok Dinosaur Hunter, w/Bart Sears art; ad/promo card for Star Wars Galaxy Cards series one, with a Jabba the Hutt card; a 6 card promo sheet for 1993 Dungeons & Dragons cards, featuring 6 babes; Two Dark Horse Comics checklist ads, one for Aliens Rogue and Aliens Colonial Marines series, with an Aliens Queen bookmark and 2 cards of comic covers, another for James Bond 007 Serpent's Tooth and A Silent Armageddon series, with a James Bond bookmark and 2 cards of comic covers; interviews with Dave Gibbons of Watchmen fame, DC Editor Mike Carlin, Superman artist Jerry Ordway (who did the cover), and Jack Kirby, legendary Silver Age artist; Part 2 of "Aliens: Earth Angel" short comic story by John Byrne; a 2 page Superman cover gallery, plus many ads with art for all the comics and other stuff coming out back then. I have 2 of these, one has some page corners bent over for stuff I was interested in, and other one is unused. Both are pretty much NM outside, with normal light shipping/shelf stuff, but no scratches, peels, tears, dents, writing or the like. No harm to inside promos either. Neat item for the Superman or trading card collector! Scan shows gray-to-black variation much more than it is, due to glossy Superman figure area...$10 for the unused one, $9 for the other one. (View)

See the treasury section just below for Superman treasuries.

Swamp Thing (Saga of):
#32 (little known Pogo app.! Way undervalued)...$6
#53 (Alan Moore. w/Batman. 'Nuff said.) NM- ...$3

Uncle Sam promo button. Square metal button, 1.5" x 2", with the red and white "U.S." logo for the 1997 comic series by Alex Ross...$1.50 (View)

World's Finest #1-3 mini-series set (1990, Superman/Batman team-up.) #3 has minor corner bump/bend line. Sale! 50% off the $12 cover price...$6/set

X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1 (A.K.A. "Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1"). 1st print, 1982, NM. Claremont writing, Simonson art. Early Deathstroke appearance. 64 pages, no ads. Darkseid is the villain they team up against. Lots of battle scenes, on nice Baxter paper, but this is one of the most overpriced modern comics, has been for decades now. $20 in guides, yet has anyone sold one for that in 10 years? No. Get this NM one for only...$7 (View)

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Treasury size comics:

Produced from 1974 to 1981 (the ones I have anyway), these are large 10"x13.5" or so comics, with 64-92 pages, and heavy cardstock covers. Keep the size in mind when reading defects size, as it's all relative. I've always thought these were very neat comics, undervalued for the all-new story ones, so I collected these back in the late '80's/early '90's at shows and via mail order. Have sold some, and listed all my remaining copies now. From what I've seen on auctions, most people selling these can't grade to save their lives, and are not comic people, and are misrepresenting the condition or not even stating a condition, and have lousy pics (so "see the pic for condition" is meaningless most of the time!), so auctions prices are not reliable, and vary widely. Ask for grade details people, and don't bid if they won't provide them or they "don't know about grading"! The DC & Marvel crossovers are below the regular DC treasuries. Larger pics available.

All New Collectors Edition C-58 Superman vs. Shazam (Capt. Marvel). 1978, 72 pages, one big story, "When Earths Collide!" Written by Gerry Conway, art Rich Buckler & Dick Giordano. VF/NM. NEW original story, not a reprint. Also features Supergirl, Mary Marvel, and Karmang the Evil. Spine has six or seven 1/8"-3/16" stress marks, a couple/3 light reading kinks in front cover, some on back cover midway near open edge, but very light, no wrinkles/color breaks. Pages are off-white/whitish. Cover is very clean and bright, nice copy! This is one of the few issues that sells for at or over guide many times, even in Fine and under grades, so not discounting it much for now. 2007 OPG for VF/NM 9.0 is $33, will ask...$30 (View)

Famous 1st/First Edition (Limited Collectors' Golden/Silver Mint series):

(It's "Famous 1st Edition" on the cover, but many use "First" too.) This series reprints first appearances and #1 issues from the 1930's and '40's of the most famous DC Super Heroes, in their entirety and in large format, unlike most of the modern reprints. Some have second inner covers that are just like the originals, although most or all have some slight art changes so they can't be passed off as originals as easily when the outer cover is removed, which many crooks still try to do. (See my info at the bottom of the page about spotting Action Comics #1 reprints, and a link to a site that shows you the various editions.) 68-72 pages in each. Published in 1974-75, and '79. All have clean and bright covers unless noted. Larger pics available too. If you're going to buy reprints, get the best edition, the Famous 1st Edition!

C-26 - Action Comics #1 - 1st appearance of Superman, in F/VF. From the 1938 issue, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Superman is the lead story, plus Chuck Dawson, Zatara, Sticky-Mitt Stimson, The Adventures of Marco Polo, Pep Morgan, Scoop Scanlon, Tex Thompson, other 1-2 pagers. This is the FIRST reprint, 1974, and the only 1 really worth owning. F/VF copy has a light bump bend in top right corner, with 1/4" corner crease, but there's a 3" white stress line running from tip down the edge, and another light wrinkle line outside of the corner; about 5 spine stress lines, most 3/16", one in black header at top is 1/4", mild kink near top corner too; back cover has a deeper and longer kink spot below top staple, about 1.5" valley and wrinkle line, and a 1" wrinkle line above that; 3 other 1/4" or less stresses below bottom staple; 3/16" corner crease open edge. $60 in 2007 OPG for NM-, F/VF about $22.50, but there's lots of these available apparently, so they don't sell for anywhere near guide. Get mine for 1/2 guide at $11. (View)

C-30 - Sensation #1 - 1st appearance of Wonder Woman. From the 1942 issue, Wonder Woman's debut, and other stories with Black Pirate, Mr. Terrific, The Gay Ghost (no, really!), Little Boy Blue, Wildcat, other 1-2 page features. Has the full size interior front and back covers. Can't give it more than a Fine-, and VG/F seems a little harsh. Spine stresses are the main defect. Front shows about 5 longer than usual stress wrinkle lines. Top one is below the black header, and bit over 1" total, but only a spot of white at the beginning; mid-spine has 1/4" one, bottom staple has 2 light wrinkle lines above it, long one is about 7/8", and slight abrasion spot in front of staple; near bottom is a 3/4" one with kink, and bottom corner bumped a little, so has a thin 1/2" wrinkle across it. Near 'F' in Famous at top, there's a 1" curved wrinkle line from handling, matches on back; back cover spine shows about 6-7 stresses, 1/4" and 3/8" mostly, to a 1/2" one, nothing heavy, just printing crease type stress lines; bottom corner shows bump stress in tip. $15 in 2007 OPG for Fine, let's go...$9 (View)

C-61 - Superman #1 - VF/NM. From the 1939 issue, all Superman stories by 'Jerome' (Jerry) Siegel and Joe Shuster. Has the full size interior front and back covers, beautiful! Nice off-white to white pages. VF/NM one got bumped in top spine corner in shipping, so has a 1" light wrinkle line across it about 1/2" in from tip, with light light kink, nothing serious, and a little upward hump thing in D in DC logo. Slightly affects secondary interior cover. Back cover spine has 3 stress marks, 3/16" or so. $42 in NM-, $33 in VF/NM in 2007 OPG...$22 (View)

F-4 - Whiz Comics #2, 1st Captain Marvel/Shazam. From the 1940 'first' issue, although numbered 2 because the #1 was recalled due to a name change, as told on inside front outer cover. Has the full size interior front and back covers. Introduces Billy Batson/Captain Marvel, Ibis, Golden Arrow, Spy Smasher, Scoop Smith, Lance O'Casey, and Dan Dare. Nice NM- copy, pages are off-white to lightly tanning near edge. Bottom right corner on front has hint of an old light bend, about 1/4" in, shows when glinted, with faintest stress fracture; tiny white abrasion dot above it; bottom spine tip fuzzy/abrasion at edge; nice spine, only 1 very mild kink near little 'whiz' in upper part, and slightest shelfwear rubs along spine. $60 in NM- 2007 OPG NM-...$40 (View)

F-6 - Wonder Woman #1. From the 1942 issue, this has all Wonder Woman stories. No inside covers. Calling it a Fine-. Nice white to off-white pages. Mostly spine and edge bend stuff. Top spine corner area has 3 decent spine stress marks, 2 are 3/8", long one spiders in about 1.25", with mild depression kink to it; about 4 other mild spine stresses down the spine, and some abrasions at bottom staple on down; bottom right edge/corner has bump bends from shipping, affects about 2.25" long and 1/4"-1/2" high, with a 3/8" tip crease line, and a 1" light wrinkle line above it, and light hump bend above that; matches similarly on back cover, not as heavy, but a couple more angled wrinkle stress lines; top edge back cover has a 3/16" tear accompanying a 2" horizontal wrinkle line below it; 1" wrinkle/light crease line across top left corner too, and some mild abrasion/shelfwear stuff down some of the spine. 2007 OPG in Fine is $15, get this for...$10 (View)

F-7 - All-Star Comics #3, 1st Justice Society of America - 2 copies, NM- and VF/VF-. From the original 1940 issue, this is all Justice Society stories, with the Flash, Green Lantern, Spectre, Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Hour-Man, Sandman, Atom, and Johnny Thunder. No inside covers. Usual slight darkening around the interior of blue border, off-white pages in both copies. VF/VF- one has about 8 spine stress lines, from 1/8" to 1/4", with a couple having mild depression kinks to them; maybe 1/2" mild ridge bend above 'O' in Famous; bottom right corner has a 1" horizontal indent line, no color scrap, and very thin 1/8" white stress line across tip; bottom spine corner has mild abrasion spot, as does back cover down the spine, which also shows heavier spine stresses than on front. $60 in NM- in 2007 OPG. NM- copy...$40 (View), VF/VF-...$20 (View)

F-8 - Flash #1 - 2 copies, NM- and VF+. From the 1940 issue, with the Jay Garrick Flash. Other stories with Hawkman, Johnny Thunder, The Whip, and Cliff Cornwall. Usual slight darkening around the interior of blue border, off-white pages in both copies. VF+ one has a very faint corner area "ghost" bend from shipping bump in top right on front and back, almost completely flat though, tip has minor bendy to it, but barely noticeable; also has a thumbed spot above the 'F' in Famous, with light semi-circular bend hump to it, on back cover too; two 1/4" white stress marks above bottom spine corner. $60 in NM- in 2007 OPG. NM- copy...$40 (View), VF+...$26 (View)

DC & Marvel Present Treasuries:

Batman vs. the Incredible Hulk (a.k.a. DC Special Series #27) - ALL NEW STORY, "The Monster and the Madman". 1981, 64 pages, no ads. Have 2 copies, both VF-. Story by Len Wein and great art by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. The Joker and the Shaper of Worlds pit Batman against the Hulk, who have to team up later to try and defeat an all-powerful Joker. VF- 'A' copy has a couple 3/8" spine stress lines, one at mid-spine, and one near B in Batman that has a 3/8" length depression kink with it; and some other shorter ones that blend in well, but seen when glinted; 3/16" diameter very faded moisture stain spot at mid-spine in white; little indent/kink spot at bottom spine corner; 1/8" tip crease bottom right corner. VF- 'B' copy has about 6 spine stress marks you notice, longest is 5/16", rest are 3/8" to 1/4", lighter to no kink with them; bottom right corner tip has 1/16" mush ding/crease, very slight bend outside of it; back cover shows about the same kind/size stress marks; and there's a 2" white surface scratch line through Hulk's chest (great full cover battle scene on back too), and some other very fine shelfwear scratches like many do; very light 1.5" vertical indent/bend line near bottom spine corner, through the "Collector's Edition" box. I think these are still overlooked by collectors, and undervalued and harder to find in high grade than the Superman/Spider-Man ones. $40 in NM-, $21 in VF in 2007 OPG. Get my VF- 'A' for $16 (View), and VF- 'B' for $14 (View)

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man - All new story, 1976, have 2 copies, NM- and VF/NM. The first official Marvel/DC crossover. 92 pages, no ads! Written by Gerry Conway, classic style art by Ross Andru. Lex Luthor and Dr. Octopus team up to pit Superman against Spider-Man in "The Battle of the Century!". Features most regular supporting characters from the newspapers and their personal lives. Off-white to white pages in both, spines are well glued still (common with these is the spine comes unglued from the pages, beware when you buy one). Both have that "barely there" reading wrinkle about 1/4" in from spine all the way down (VF/NM copy only has a little of it, barely perceptible), and shows heavier on back cover, but that's normal and can't be helped. NM- copy has a 1/8" tip ding/bend in top right corner, shows on front and back; 1"+ light wrinkle line below Spidey's fist near edge, from mild kink/handling there, but is in the white so doesn't show well on front, matches on back too; little 1/2" vertical indent line in Spidey's fist near edge too; bottom corner has a very mild 3/8" not-quite-creased bend/tiny mush there. VF/NM copy got the top right corner bumped in shipping long ago, is almost completely flat there, but shows a very thin and broken 1.25" wrinkle line about 3/4" in from tip, with a partial 1/4" upward bend inside of it, and a 1/16" bend at tip. Back cover shows it a little more, with a 1/2" thin light wrinkle line at tip, and very light hump bend outside of it; little 1/2" vertical indent line in Spidey's fist near edge too (both have this, may be a storage thing from long ago before I got them). Now up to $105 in NM- 9.2 in 2007 OPG, $78 in VF/NM. Used to be fairly tough to find in high grade, but seems to be more around on the net now, but has been getting near guide 9.2 price for NM 9.4's on some auctions of all places. But for you, my NM- one is...$70 (View), and the VF/NM is $50. (View)

Superman and Spider-Man (a.k.a. Marvel Treasury #28) - All new story, 1981, have 3 copies, NM, NM-, and VF. 62 story pages, 64 pages total. Painted cover by Bob Larkin. Written by Jim Shooter, art by John Buscema, inks by lots of people. Dr. Doom and the Parasite team up against Superman and Spider-Man, with appearances by the Hulk (fights Superman) and Wonder Woman (fights Spider-Man). Battle scene city! All mine have white or light off-white pages, tight spines. NM one has a slight raised hump down some of the spine on front, this is from the extra glue underneath, and is very common; minor little corner bump on bottom spine tip. NM- one has some of that usual 'reading wrinkle' line down the spine, about 1/4" in, pretty faint; couple light spine glue humps; back cover upper left corner shows 'ghost' of a bend about 1/2" in from tip, about 1.5" long, but flat there, and so faint it's hardly worth knocking much off for; and has 1/4" edge mush at that tip; bottom edge on back near spine has a little thumbed spot, with 1/16" tear. VF one is like the other two, except somehow it has a straight 3.25" horizontal slight ridge line from Doom's shoulder to Spidey's forearm. No wrinkle, no color cracks, so it doesn't really stand out, but it's there. Another lighter 1/2" one on top of Doom's head. Back cover has matching 3" wrinkle line in same area, looks more like a printing crease, and more wavy, so my guess is it's a production defect, as I don't see how you could bend this whole book in that direction and only make a partial line. Even a close-up scan doesn't show it, but that's a scanner angle limitation. Bottom right corner got lightly bent once, but flat still, but front shows barely perceptible 1/2" wrinkle across corner, with another on back. $55 in NM- in 2007 OPG, but we know better, but it should be getting that! Get my NM one for $45 (View), the NM- for $40 (View), and the VF for $22 (View)

Wizard of Oz (Under "MGM'S Marvelous Wizard of Oz" in Overstreet) - The 1975 'Marvel and DC Present' authorized adaptation of the movie, 80 pages, NM-. Has 1 little 1/8" tip crease at top right corner, and a tiny production nick on bottom edge, same on back. Great spine, no kinks/stresses; off-white pages. There's a few small dull spots in the gloss though, likely production streaks from something on the printing plate--one comet-shaped one across Lion's chest is most noticeable when glinted, one in Dorothy's pigtail, a couple little ones in Tin Man's hand and ax, and a couple on back cover. Inside front and back covers have b&w photos from the movie, and back section has bios of author L. Frank Baum & the actors, and map of the Land of Oz. $26 in NM- in 2007 OPG, yours for...$20 (View)

The Marvelous Land of Oz - The 1975 "Marvel Treasury of Oz" 80 page adaptation of the second Oz book, NM--, off-white pages. Top and bottom spine tips have very slight ding bump; spine has 4 or so hard to see stress wrinkle marks; 1 production nick on the page edges, 2/3rds of the way down, with tiny cover nick there too. Inside front cover has b&w photo of Dorothy, Tin Man and Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz movie; inside back cover an illustration from the original book, art by John R. Neil; and two page map of the Land of Oz. John Romita Sr. art on front and back covers. $26 in NM- in 2007 OPG...$19 (View)

How to Spot a Reprint Action Comics #1 - This link will go to a page on bipcomics.com that shows you the original and various reprint editions of Action Comics #1 (1st Superman for those who don't know), with a list of the differences, so you new collectors don't go bidding stupid money (or any money) on all the scam Action #1's on "that" auction site and elsewhere. I'm so tired of scammers listing reprints, and removing the outer cover on the Famous First Editions and trying to pass them off as originals! There are NO known Near Mint copies of the original, no one inherited them from their grandfather or found them in an attic or storage unit, and no one doesn't know how valuable the original is, whether they know anything about comics or not, and they wouldn't start it at .99 or $100, or not have it CGC graded and certified, or at the very least run it by a comics shop or a well-known comics expert. If you see any on "that" auction site with any of these telltale claims (and from 0 or low feedback sellers), and they don't say it's a reprint, run, and report it as a fraud auction, as 99.9% of them are fraudulent. (And if you don't know enough about what you're bidding on to know it's a reprint or fake of a multi-thousand to several hundred thousand dollar comic, don't bid, or you deserve to be ripped off!) Same goes for Superman #1, Batman #1, Detective Comics #27 (1st Batman) and a few other major DC #1's which also had "Famous First Edition" oversize (10"x13") reprints (see mine above). If it's 10x13.5" or so, it's a reprint, 100%, no question about it! Golden Age comics are a few inches smaller. Also beware of the reprints that came in the 1999 "Masterpiece Edition" book/comic/figure sets for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, as they're about Golden Age size, but I think have a newer copyright date on the inside or something. And the Masterpiece Editions are NOT rare, so don't fall for that 'rare reprint' or 'variant' garbage. Report scammers! And there's a link on this fakes page to a known scammer's (expired) listing on another site, which the scammer has tried multiple times on most main auction sites, and has been kicked off repeatedly, so if you see that listing anywhere, report it to the site it's on, as it's a total fraud. I urge other collectors and dealers to add this link to their sites somewhere too.

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