Tag Archives: Detective Comics

Detective Comics #27 Sells for $1.075 Million Dollars

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Bill Jourdain

Hot on the heels of the first comic book to fetch one million dollars, an 8.0 CGC graded copy of Detective Comics #27 featuring the first appearance of Batman brings $1,075,000 at auction!  Who says Superman is better than Batman! … Continue reading →

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The Clock Strikes Twice – A Batman & Robin Swipe

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

I enjoyed reading Pat’s recent post at the Silver Age Blog about Batman’s swipe of Blackhawk.  That got me thinking about an earlier swipe where the Silver Age Batman swipes a story from the Golden Age Robin the Boy Wonder. … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Bat, Part 2

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

In my first posting about “The Year of the Bat” I focused on when Batman first appeared on the newsstands in the USA.  In response to that post, I was informed that Detective Comics #27 (Batman’s first appearance) had a newsstand … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Bat

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

Last year there was much said about the 70th anniversary of the “birth” of Superman (and the Golden Age of Comic Books) in Action Comics #1 (1938).  It’s a new year, and there’s more cause for celebration, as 2009 is … Continue reading →

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The Origin of the Bat Cave

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

A while back I posted about Dick Sprang’s “Secrets of the Batcave” lithograph.  While I was looking at my print, I realized that I did not know the exact origin of the Batcave in comics.  Of course, there is a … Continue reading →

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