Detective Comics

Notes: Sep 1956. Featuring Batman in "The First Batman". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G+ (2.5). Wear to the spine & cover edges with lots of small creases and a few small tears, and the spine has a small cut half-way down through all pages. There is a shadow left by a large sticker to the top-right of the front cover but there is no stain or residue. The inside pages are in nice condition.

Notes: Aug 1957. Featuring Batman in "Murder at Mystery Castle". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G+ (2.5). Light overall wear, but heavy creasing to the spine & cover edges, a small piece out of the bottom of the spine, and a pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Sep 1957. Featuring Batman in "The Man Who Ended Batman's Career". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G/VG (3.0). Lots of spine creases, and a few small front cover creases. The back cover is dirty with lots of stains/foxing, two heavy scratches, and a 3/4" tear to the bottom edge. The inside pages are very nice.

Notes: Nov 1957. Featuring Batman in "The Crime of Bruce Wayne". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G (2.0). A 1/2" top spine-split and a 1" bottom spine-split, heavy wear & creasing to the spine & cover edges. Also a large stain to the top-left edge of the back cover & last page, and a date stamp to the front cover and pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Apr 1958. Featuring Batman in "One Ounce of Doom". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G- (1.8). Heavy wear to the spine, heavy creasing along the spine & several large cover creases, and a small tear to the back cover. A few small pieces out of the spine, with a larger piece missing by the bottom staple (which is still attached). Nice interior pages.

Notes: May 1958. Featuring Batman in "Death in Dinosaur Hall". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: FR (1.0). Heavy creasing to the spine & cover edges, the cover is totally detached with large bottom spine-split to half-way up the spine, heavy wear & stain to the bottom-left corner of the back cover, and also to the first few inside pages. And a light pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Jul 1958. Featuring Batman in "Batman's Invincible Foe". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: FR/G (1.5). Heavy wear to the spine which has a large bottom spine-split up to the bottom staple which is detached from the cover, several large cover creases. Also, a date stamp to the front cover, and pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Nov 1958. Featuring Batman in "The Amazing Dr Double X". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG- (3.5). Several large spine creases, two large bottom-right corner creases to the front cover, and a small stain to the bottom of the spine. The back cover has a bottom-left corner crease, a few nicks to the bottom edge, a few small light stains, and a pencil price.

Notes: Jun 1959. Featuring Batman in "The Power that Doomed Batman!". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG- (3.5). Light overal wear, with several small spine creases, a few creases & nicks to the right edge & a few large bottom-right corner creases to the front cover. Also, small staple tears - the staples are loose at the cover but still attached, and several small stains near the bottom of the front cover.

Notes: Jul 1959. Featuring Batman in "The Thousand Deaths of Batman!". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG (4.0). Several large creases to the front cover, and lots of smaller ones around the edges with a few small nicks & chips to the edges of both covers. Also pencil prices to the back cover.

Notes: Sep 1959. Featuring Batman in "Batman's Armored Rival!". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG+ (4.5). Light overall wear to the cover with a few small edge & spine creases. The covers are a little dirty with a pencil price & date to the back cover.

Notes: Oct 1959. Featuring Batman in "The Crystal Creature". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G- (1.8). Heavy creasing to the spine & cover edges. There is a 3" x 2" square missing from the top-right corner of an inside page that does cut through a story caption. Also, a pencil arrival date on the front cover and a pencil price on the back cover.

Notes: Nov 1959. Featuring Batman in "The Secret of the Dragon Society". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups. J'onn J'onzz's identity revealed for the first time.

Condition: VG (4.0). A pair of large bottom-right corner creases to the front cover, light wear to the cover edges, several spine creases, and a pencil date & price to the back cover.

Notes: Dec 1959. Featuring Batman in "The Hermit of Mystery Island". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G/VG (3.0). A large 2" bottom spine-split, heavy creasing along the spine, a large diagonal crease to the front cover, and the back cover is slightly dirty.

Notes: Jan 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Zebra Batman". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG (4.0). Moderate wear to the spine, a few small edge creases, and an ink stamp to the front cover. The back cover is slightly dirty with a couple of nicks to the left edge and a pencil price.

Notes: Mar 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Jigsaw Menace from Space". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG- (3.5). Some moderate wear to the spine & cover edges, a few small light stains to the front cover and a larger light stain along the spine. A thin dust shadow to the right edge of the front cover, and the back cover is a little dirty.

Notes: Apr 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Man Who Became a Giant". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G/VG (3.0). Creasing along the spine, overhand creasing/wear along the top edge of the covers, a nick to the right edge of the front cover and chipping to the edges of the back cover. The back cover is a bit dirty, and also has a piece out at the bottom of the spine and a pencil price, and the front cover has a biro code/date.

Notes: May 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Creatures that Stalked Batman". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: FN- (5.5). Some overhang wear/creases to the top edge of the covers, a small (1/4") tear to the top of the spine, and a pencil price to the back cover, but an otherwise decent copy, with nice inside pages.

Notes: Jun 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Menace of the Atomic Man". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G (2.0). Some creasing to the spine, and wear to the cover edges, a small tear & corner crease to the front cover at the bottom of the spine, and several tears to the edges of the back cover ranging from 1/8" to 1" in length. Also, a stain to the bottom edge of the covers & to a lesser extent to the inside pages, and a pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Jul 1960. Featuring Batman in "Batman, Robot". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G (2.0). Lots of overall wear, with heavy creasing to the spine & cover, and the cover is loose at the bottom staple which is held with some sellotape between the inside front cover & first page, and there is a date stamp to the front cover.

Notes: Aug 1960. Featuring Batman in "Batman's Interplanetary Rival". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G- (1.8). Heavy creasing to the spine, with several horizontal spine tears & round the staples. The back cover has heavy staining, heavy creases, a small piece out by the bottom of the spine, and an erased pencil price. Also, the front cover & several inside pages have a small piece out of the bottom-right corner.

Notes: Sep 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Phantom of Gotham City". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG- (3.5). Some moderate wear & creasing to the spine & cover edges, with heavier creases by the top staple, and staple tears around both, and a large diagonal crease to the front cover. The back cover has some chipping along the bottom edge, a small stain near the top edge, and a pencil price.

Notes: Oct 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Negative Batman". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG (4.0). Moderate overall wear to the cover, both covers have several large creases, and are a little dirty, with a biro date to the front cover and a pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Nov 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Mystery of the Man-Beast". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG+ (4.5). A few small spine creases, light overall cover wear with a few bends & light creases, a small stain to the inside top-corner of the front cover & first few pages, and a pencil price to the back cover. Two bands of black distribution ink to the top edge with slight oversrpay to the front cover.

Notes: Dec 1960. Featuring Batman in "The Doomed Batwoman". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G (2.0). The cover is detached at the top staple, and the bottom staple has a small tear on one side but is still just about attached to the cover. Some general wear to the cover, small spine creases, top-right corner crease, a small surface tear & biro dates to the front cover, and a small edge tear and pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Feb 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Menace of the Multiple Creature". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG- (3.5). Some general wear, with a 1/2" tear to the bottom of the spine, chipping to the right & bottom edges of the front cover, and a 1/4" tear, stain & pencil price to the top edge of the back cover. Also, three bands of black distribution ink to the top edge.

Notes: Mar 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Bat-Mite Bandits". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G+ (2.5). The cover is detached at the bottom staple, a few small spine creases, and a light top-right corner crease to the front cover. The back cover has a stain at the bottom of the spine, a small tear to the left edge, a large surface tear near the top edge, and a pencil price.

Notes: Apr 1961. Featuring Batman in "Robin's Robot". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: FR/G (1.5). The cover is detached at the bottom staple, 1" bottom spine-split and several smaller tears to the spine & cover edges, heavy cover wear/creasing, spine-roll, 4" tear to an inside page, and a date stamp to the front cover.

Notes: May 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Creature from the Bat-Cave". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG- (3.5). Light overall wear to the cover, with a few small spine & edge creases, small chip out of the bottom of the spine, and more extensive chipping & small tears to the top & bottom edges of the back cover. Also, a pencil price to the back cover, and three bands of black distribution ink to the top edge.

Notes: Jun 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Colossus of Gotham City!". Roy Raymond and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: G (2.0). A large piece of sellotape along the bottom part of the spine, and a smaller piece at the top corner of the spine (it's not easy to tell if there is spine split behind these). Several large creases to the cover, a few stains to the inside front cover, a name stamp to the front cover & inside first page, and pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Jul 1961. Featuring Batman in "Prisoners of the Dark World". Aquaman and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG (4.0). Several spine creases, a partial vertical crease along the spine & bottom-right corner crease on the front cover, a few tiny chips to the front cover edges, a water stain to the bottom of the spine, and a pencil price to the back cover. There are three bands of blue distribution ink to the top edge.

Notes: Aug 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Villain of 100 Elements!". Aquaman and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG/FN (5.0). Light overall wear to the cover, a few small spine & edge creases, with a couple of nicks to the right edge of the front cover, and a pair of pencil prices to the back cover.

Notes: Sep 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Secret of the Beast Paintings!". Aquaman and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG (4.0). Fairly heavy wear to the cover, with creasing along the spine, a small surface tear from a sticker removal to the front cover, wear/small tear to the bottom of the spine, and a few small stains to the back cover.

Notes: Oct 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Menace of the Planet-Master!". Aquaman and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: FR/G (1.5). Heavy overall wear & creasing to the spine & cover, heavy spine-roll, several spine/staple tears, and the cover is detached at the bottom staple, held in by a piece of sellotape. There are several other sellotape pieces to the inside cover, one of which behind a 4" tear to the front cover.

Notes: Nov 1961. Featuring Batman in "The Beast of Koba Bay!". Aquaman and Manhunter from Mars back-ups.

Condition: VG- (3.5). A vertical subscription crease through the comic as a whole, some light chipping to the back cover edges, and a few small spine creases, and a pencil price to the back cover.

Notes: Jan 1964. Featuring Batman in "The Zodiac Master!". Manhunter from Mars back-up.

Condition: VG+ (4.5). Quite a few spine creases, a few light cover creases, light colour wear to the top edge, and a date stamp to the back cover.

Notes: Apr 1964. Featuring Batman in "Captives of the Alien Zoo". Manhunter from Mars back-up.

Condition: FN- (5.5). A few small spine creases & cover bends, and a date stamp to the front cover.

Notes: Feb 1965. Featuring Batman in "Batman's Bewitched Nightmare". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: FR (1.0). The cover is totally detached, and a large corner piece missing from one of the inside pages. Heavy wear & creasing to the spine & cover corners/edges, and soiling to the back cover

Notes: Feb 1966. Featuring Batman in "Birdmaster of Bedlam!". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: G/VG (3.0). The centrefold is detached at the top staple, lots of spine & cover creases/bends, and the back cover is rather dirty.

Notes: May 1966. Featuring Batman in "The Cluemaster's Topsy-Turvy Crimes!". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: FN- (5.5). A few small spine creases, very slight spine-roll, small top-left corner crease to the back cover which is also a bit dirty.

Notes: Aug 1966. Featuring Batman in "No Exit for Batman". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: FN (6.0). Light wear to the spine & cover edges, a few small spine creases, and a few small light bends/creases to the back cover.

Notes: Feb 1967. Featuring Batman in "The Case of the Abbreviated Batman". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: VG (4.0). The centrefold is detached at the top staple, several spine creases, and some light wear to the back cover.

Notes: Mar 1967. Featuring Batman in "The Dynamic Duo's Double-Deathtrap!". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: VG/FN (5.0). Slight spine-roll, light wear to the spine & cover edges, and the back cover is rather dirty.

Notes: Apr 1967. Featuring Batman in "The Night Batman Destroyed Gotham City!" (early S.A. app. of The Riddler). The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: VG- (3.5). A few spine creases & light wear to the spine, the centrefold is detached at the bottom staple, a top-right corner crease to the comic as a whole, some stains/soiling to the back cover, and a pencil number to the front cover.

Notes: Jun 1967. Featuring Batman in "The Curious Case of the Crime-Less Clues!" (early S.A. app. of The Riddler). The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: FN (6.0). Light wear to the spine with a few spine creases.

Notes: Aug 1967. Featuring Batman in "The Round-Robin Death Threats". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: VG/FN (5.0). Some general cover wear with a few creases, an ink blot to the front cover, and the back cover is alittle dirty with a dust shadow along the bottom edge.

Notes: Sep 1967. Featuring Batman in "Where There's a Will - There's a Slay!". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: G+ (2.5) The centrefold is completely detached, and some light overall wear to the cover.

Notes: Dec 1967. Featuring Batman in "The Nemesis from Batman's Boyhood!". The Elongated Man back-up. The cover is the first Neal Adams art on Batman.

Condition: FN (6.0). Light wear to the cover generally with some slight colour loss especially along the spine, a few small spine creases, and a felt-tip number on the front cover

Notes: Apr 1968. Featuring Batman in "Hunt for a Robin-Killer!". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: VG- (3.5). The cover is detached at the bottom staple, a few spine creases, and a small tear to the left edge of the back cover.

Notes: May 1968. Featuring Batman in "The Frigid Finger of Fate!". The Elongated Man back-up.

Condition: VG (4.0). Light overall wear to the cover, a few spine creases, a few small stains to the front cover, and dirty back cover. The back & inside covers edges are rather tanned.