Over the years, he has been through many incarnations, from the sublime dark knight, to the ridiculous adam west era. Please consult your local comic book store for more information regarding the decade variant covers. The 1940s cover is illustrated by adam hughes, the 1950s variant was created by travis charest, j. Even so, batman was just one of the titles that bruce wayne strolled through each month. Batman has been featured in many ongoing series, limited series and graphic novels published by dc comics. The collections timespan ranges from the late 1930s through to the early 1960s, and includes many thousands of comic books in the superhero, scifi, and horror genres. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location.
Number date titlenotes g vg f vf nm m 161 1964 the batman creature. In the name of his murdered parents, bruce wayne wages eternal war on the criminals of gotham city. Here are some random interesting to me dc comic book covers from the midsixties that freaked me out as a little kid, for one. Following the adventures of gothams dark knight, batman is one of comics longestrunning monthly comic books.
A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on the issue number to the issue data. The first image shown in this post is an icon in comic book history. Batman has been a fixture of dc comics for almost 80. The legend of the batman who he is and how he came to be. One of my favorite comic book gimmicks has always been the use of the checkerboard. Batmans trademark symbols are his batcave, the bat car known as the batmobile, the batplane aka batwing, as well as the bat symbol. While batman and robin are tracking a criminal called the spinner, batwoman is checking out a mystic, whom she believes is running a scam operation. Here are your picks for the 75 greatest batman covers of alltime.
Only issues 115 are published as a separate title as 80page giant. Best comic book covers of the 1960s coolest 60s comic. This was the black and white artwork at the top of dc comics which was featured on all dc titles from february 1966 august 1967. This section also generally handles titles that have spun off of the core batman titles to feature related characters. In the 1960s, batman comics were affected by the popular batman television series, with campy stories based on the. Similar to the digital comic museum, which we wrote about last week, comic book plus contains a near inexhaustible quantity of golden and silver age comic books. So to celebrate such a momentous occasion, it is only right that frank millers cover to batman.
Scott campbells 1960s cover takes inspiration from julie newmar, the 1970s variant hails from frank cho, the 1980s variant was created by stanley artgerm lau, the 1990s comes from gabriele dellotto and the 2010s was illustrated by jeehyung lee. While many batman spinoffs come and go, the selftitled series and detective comics are the two mainstays that will never fade away. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. Precrisis comic covers 1938 1986 precrisis superman comics 19381986 complete cover gallery precrisis superman specials. Future installments will deal with batman creators, villains and stories, but this month will be about batman covers. And when it comes to comic book covers, the 1960s were chock full of. Feb 5, 2020 trying to post high quality images only my personal favourite comic book covers of all time that feature batman see more ideas about batman comic books, batman comics and comic book covers. This awesome looking cover features batman and superman switching powers. It was created by the silverage comic book artist carmine infantino. Vintage 60s70s dc comic book lot of 4 superman, batman. See more ideas about comic book covers, comic covers and classic comics. Precrisis worlds finest comic covers 19411986 precrisis superboy comic covers 19451978 includes more fun comics, adventure comics, and. Bruce waynes parents are murdered by a cheap crook, and young bruce vows to avenge their deaths.
Check out the covers for the joker 80th anniversary comic. Volume 1 001200 201400 401600 6017 annuals volume 2 annuals volume 3 annuals specials see also detective comics covers, legends of the dark knight covers, shadow of the bat covers, gotham knights covers, list of batman titles, variant covers. These titles have been handled or coordinated through a single editorial section at dc comics. Of course, batman was not the first title to star that character. Like this video for this insane never before seen video, comment which batman story was your favorite. Hobbizine comic book value guides list prices in all conditions from good to mint. But what they seem to forget is that this book is the best collection of carmine infantinos batman artwork both stories and covers to date note to readers. This page contains all cover art images in the database for this particular comic series.
We pay more than anybody on earth for vintage spiderman art from the 1960s. First depiction of a jeep on a comic book cover bantam jeep, precursor to. Today, detective comics is the longest still published comic book series released in the us. This list presents these titles separated by general type of publication.
The use of the silhouette and the lightning was breathtaking. Batman is one of the worlds bestknown and mostloved superheroes. Cbr senior writer brian cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for over a dozen years now at cbr primarily with his comics. Click on any cover to go to the discussion about that batch of covers. Posted by dan greenfield on dec 18, 2018 6 comments. Batman mr death, dc comics, robin comic book, the boy wonder, silver age from 1966 in vg kaneanderson batman 180 one of my favorite comic book covers, by gil kane and murphy anderson. Index status cover scan status 1196 covers for 715 issues available. Cover pencils by ross andru, inks by dick giordano, script by marv wolfman, pencils. Batman has been featured in many ongoing series, limited series and graphic novels. Batman show, batman tv series, batman 1966, batman robin, 1960s tv shows, burt ward, yvonne craig, julie newmar, adam west batman, the ogg and i, episode aired 2 november 1967 season 3 batman show batman and batgirl batman tv series batman robin dc comic books comic book characters superhero bathroom yvonne craig tv shows funny. Comics, comic book covers, marvel comics, old comics, dc comics art, legion of superheroes.
Batman 1940 comic read batman 1940 comic online in. We are fair, honest, and we pay high prices for 1940s, 1950s and 1960 s era comics. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as its main protagonist. The very first batman story, the case of the chemical syndicate, was written by finger and drawn by kane. The web of the spinner, script by bill finger, pencils by sheldon moldoff, inks by charles paris. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. The dark knight returns be recognized as phenomenal, and as one of the most iconic comic book covers period, let alone batman comics. In honor of the seventyfifth anniversary of batman, were doing four straight months of polls having to do with batman. Vintage batman vintage batman collectibles and ephemera.
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