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BATMAN Nos. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 * Lot of 5 Comics Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: National Comics Publications, Inc.] Date Published: 1956-1957 Description: #101: VG (4.0). Spine stress, staple rust, a few small rubs and soil spots (including some residue to logo), corner creases, a few tiny chips and nicks. Cream to light tan pages. Overstreet: "Clark Kent x-over who protects Batman's i.d." #102: G/VG (3.0). Mild spine stress, bottom spine nicked, bottom staple slightly pulled, ownership name in ink on front cover, bottom corner of front cover rubbed, ¾x2" chip to top corner of back cover. Off-white to white pages. #103: VG (4.0). Moderate spine stress, flecks of staple rust, light edgewear, small corner dogear, a few short tears, a few scrapes to back cover. Cream to off-white pages. Overstreet: "1st Silver Age story; 3rd Bat-Hound cover/story." #104: Fair (1.0). Spine appears to be split and is completely reinforced with TAPE, cover held to spine of book with TAPE, a few tears and small chips, creases, soft and pulpy. Light tan pages. #105: Good (2.0). Spine stress, small chip at top spine, 1" split to bottom spine, slight bend to bottom edge of book, small corner chips, soiling and discoloration to back cover. Cream pages, tan edges. Overstreet: "1st Batwoman in Batman (2nd anywhere)." Cover pencils and inks: Sheldon Moldoff. Stories and art: Edmond Hamilton, Bill Finger, Arnold Drake, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris. Leave it to Batman: "The times, and tastes, had changed; and Batman had changed with them. His changes were not simply those of theme and narrative genre. Anyone who remembered the grim, gun-toting, thug-murdering Batman of 1939 could see that he'd become a fundamentally different guy: a grinning, lantern-jawed, wisecracking adventure hero who'd left that emo 'creature of the night' shtick far behind.... Batman's persona was no different than Leave it to Beaver's Ward Cleaver, Ozzie and Harriet's Ozzie Nelson, Father Knows Best's Jim Anderson, or My Three Sons' Steve Douglas — a stiff but patriarchal figure bemused by his charges but always ready when needed with a word of sober advice." — Glen Weldon, The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture. Simon & Schuster: 2016, p. 58. Note: At the buyer's discretion, this lot of raw comics can be submitted by PBA to CGC for grading and encapsulation with a "DC Universe Collection" provenance designation on the labels. To request this service, contact PBA's comic book department for terms and conditions. The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION comprises over 40,000 comic books, including a copy of every single DC comic published for retail sale from 1934 to 2014. The collection was amassed by British music producer Ian Levine over the course of several decades, and it's been hailed as the single greatest collecting accomplishment in comic book history. This collection served as the basis for former DC Comics president Paul Levitz's monumental book 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, published by Taschen in 2017. PBA is proud to present this epic collection in a series of themed sales over the next two years. To join the DC Universe Collection notifications list, contact pba@pbagalleries.com. Enjoying PBA's Batman sale? A very small number of softcover and limited edition hardcover auction catalogues are available for purchase. The catalogues are fully illustrated, thoroughly researched, and make excellent reference works for Batman fans. To order a copy, or to inquire about consignment opportunities, contact Ivan Briggs, PBA's Director of Comics: ivan@pbagalleries.com. Item#: 360851 Headline: BATMAN #s 101-105 * Lot of 5 Comics