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Batman 222 |
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Batman 222 Universal |
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CGC |
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2017356002
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Owner Comments
Neal Adams Beatles Cover. One of them is Dead? Inspired by the Beatles, and I assume any of these albums are the inspiration: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, White Album or maybe Abbey Road continued it. Neal Adams uses the headlines to inspire the caped crusader! Seemingly, everyone goes through the "Beatle Phase" of their life. Like or love them, they tend to speak to a "times past", and they sound more melodic, like the harmony in all of us. I transfer that love to this comic, regardless of grade, it is timeless to me. Beatle mania was also of a times past, but it is immortalized within books, mixed media, even those songs that were the 1st to be viewed as girls gone wild. Quite literally the screams heard around the world! Paul! Ringo! John! George! The fearsome foursomes. Lego my Eggo, these Beatles are everywhere!
Complete with a back cover picture of how they are currently marketed, and the popularity shows. I left them in the package, although it is a "K'nex" brand, a good a display as any! A type of Lego or thereabouts toy for those inclined!
Grader Notes:
small, light stain left top of back cover;
very light spine stress lines breaks color;
very light, multiple wear full right of front cover.
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Batman 227 |
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Batman 227 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1402441010
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Owner Comments
A Neal Adams cover. A Detective Comics #31 Cover Swipe, yet also a Classic Cover all its own. A Sweet Homage, Neal Adams continues to draw from the past to revive the present and inspire the future. Considered a Classic, due to its eeriness and deep dark cover, for me! Still a fun book, this copy is perfectly centered, although I did kind of overpay at the time, at $475 shipped off eBay in 2018. I now feel it is redeemable, or more worth it. Sometimes, especially when comics are fun for the cover, you just "have to get a well presenting copy!" I like DC, I like Neal Adams, but not always do I pony up the money. I'm glad to represent some different ages of comics with this one, even in 7.5. I'll keep this to look at for a long time! Some people can draw, and this Neal art is proving that his work can almost stand up against any era. I feel like Pulp Fiction, "That's a bold statement!" It applies here though, although I'm a bit sheepish about it, ha!
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen or in theater before released to streaming of, "Pennyworth!" Every butler needs training, and what better to personify a Batman than a private eye sleuth that is also proficient in eggs benedict. That is a spice and flavor of life that keeps the crimefighters fit and trained, with a bit of conscience and experience on the side!
Grader Notes:
crease left top of back cover;
light crease right center of front cover breaks color;
spine stress lines breaks color.
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Batman 232 |
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Batman 232 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1565938002
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Owner Comments
1st Al Ghul!!! I thought, "What just happened?" When I first saw this cover, it struck deep to the heart! Ghul was an interesting character on the Batman Animated Series and one that I would always hope to be in rerun. Not your typical villain, and also very methodical in planning! Ghul should be revisited again and again, and each time I'll read it! That awful green cover with a hint of yellow, that backdrops the shot! Almost gives you the ill feeling upon seeing it. Robin suffers a fatal blow? These pages get a look at a new theory of the life and death scenario, and who will win out over all? Bang. Pow! Boom!?! See the results of the Al Ghul. Relatives follow him to the grave and beyond. Is it spiritual or something mystic? Batman can't help but to look inside the creaking door to view for himself. Answers are broad at first, and it takes some faith to believe in a final outcome. Can it be done?
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen pass before released to streaming of, "Pennyworth!" Batman has a fall back if Robin's trade places in life or death. This shows that the butler Alfred had capabilities too, and he can take his experience to then help Batman cope with the death of his parents!
Grader Notes:
light cover tanning to cover;
light spine stress lines to cover;
tear center of spine.
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Batman 234 |
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Batman 234 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0784131004
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Owner Comments
1st Silver Age Appearance of Two-Face. Classic Villain! Cover by Neal Adams, a classic artist. I have a raw reader as well, takes you back to intricate plots and a detective type story. Two-face makes his return to give Batman a lesson. Bought this through Dave and Adams website. They're becoming my online go to these days! It will take a bit of detective work to not be hoodwinked, Two-Face is stirring. Even during the open seas, Batman has got a fix in the works. Neal Adams gives it the old world feel too. I'm liking completing the Neal Adam's covers, and I had to get some while they were still affordable. Those days will soon pass, and I've lucked into a few. Great stories to go along with the covers too. I had spied it at several cons, but it never seemed within reach and now I'm grateful. There wasn't always high-grade DC available except for moderns. Robin back up story.
Complete with a back cover picture of the example I have of what the Batman TV show used to access the Batman at his house or Batcave! A red phone for emergencies behind glass to keep the connection secure, but it looked to be in a glassware pan such as this and Commissioner Gordon had one the same as Batman and contacted him at a moment's notice. Batman and Robin were on speed dial, and before cell phones or pagers even!
Graders Notes Unavailable.
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Batman 235 |
| Item: |
Batman 235 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
2012616006
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Owner Comments
2nd Ra's Al Ghul appearance and an early Talia appearance. Robin back up story. Letter from Dave Sim. An awesome Neal Adams cover bought from Dave and Adams, how fitting! Total cost was $185 shipped. The Ghul's need to be thrown off track as Bruce Wayne, I mean Batman, displays on the cover. Great well presenting copy! The gun is still smoking from the shot to Batman's cowl! These are captivating covers, and stories with interesting writers that will keep this villain surviving. No matter the lengths he has to go to, Al Ghul is a glutton for punishment. Talia has her moral bearing and is unmoved in her loyalty, or so it would seem, the matters of the heart being the most revealing. Batman proving himself over and over, is only making himself more attractive. According to "modern" times with comics, this pairing is a hot item. What will be retconned tomorrow? Hoping to stand the test, the DC comics test!
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen pass before the movie was released publicly of "Shotgun Wedding!" A Jennifer Lopez wedding movie, yes another! What does it feel like to hunt "the bats" with a shotgun and fall in love? Talia the gun toting hotshot had a kid named Damien with the Bat, and these are the days through the hourglass of Batmans Lives! Not so much comic related but fits the cover and was shown at the Alamo Drafthouse, which is an awesome dine in theater.
Grader Notes;
crease right bottom of front cover breaks color.
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Batman 244 |
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Batman 244 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1237325007
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Owner Comments
Classic Cover! NEAL ADAMS. Ghul seemingly thinks that he's done Batman in! A "Sucker Punch" or chickens before they hatch? Neal Adams draws on his twist to keep me the reader enthralled. I think this cover portrays the isolation that is reflected in Ghul's desires to kill the Batman! The Batman has friends, unknowingly, within the circle trying to give him the edge. Is it enough to cause the Batman to win the contest of duels? Kind of. Ghul almost seems to be on the hunt for sport, but is there bigger fish to fry? There will be a recompense and hopefully a reward to the one who aids the Batman. Sometimes the double cross isn't always very apparent. Sometimes it takes the risk. Be sure that the Batman somehow, someway, always gets his man. A classic story of keeping your friends close and enemies closer. Do not count your chickens before they hatch either, or you might find yourself at the short end of the stick or scorpion.
Complete with a back cover picture of, "The Sucker Punch/Sweat Pea Statue!" The venom in a scorpion's sting can have you in a mirage within a desert, and clinging to reality, while hoping anyone will come by to be a Good Samaritan! Bible tales, rescue the day on the side of good, vs evil! Bought from Keith's Comics a Local Comic Shop.
Grader Notes:
small, light, multiple bend left bottom of front cover;
small, very light bend left bottom of back cover.
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Batman 251 |
| Item: |
Batman 251 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1560866012
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Owner Comments
Classic Neal Adams! 'Nuff Said. Danny O'Neal takes the Joker to a maniacal proportion in the writing. What about the art? Well, Adams' Art is what makes the jokester feared and needing to be brought to justice. For me? The twist in the cover means that the Joker is secretly pulling the strings! A Great Read. The Joker gets in his licks, but the Bats is hot on the trail. Batman knows what the Joker is capable of and gets a rude reminder. The psychotic Jokester has made an end to life, the one thing Batman aims to prevent, and does something now to stop another Joker attempted outing! Putting the maniacal intentions aside to see the big picture, only the Batman's sanity keeps his detective and crime fighting skills up to snuff! I can only imagine Bruce Wayne's resume! Then if I could compare it to the Batman? I just would like to do that and ponder what all is, "redacted!?!"
Complete with a back cover picture of the "screen" at the prescreen of, "Fall Guy!" Every split decision a stuntman makes demands another in succession. No matter the backup plan we have got the Detective issue rollercoaster of Batman's wits vs maniacal pressure, and Batman must remember to view his steps carefully to execute, like the film, the trial of fire successfully. Take 2 doesn't always happen if the 1st take is not survivable!
Grader Notes:
multiple crease right top of back cover;
spine stress lines breaks color;
very small, multiple tear top of back cover.
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