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BATMAN Nos. 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 491, 492, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 497, 498 * Lot of 26 Comics Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: DC Comics Inc.; DC Comics] Date Published: 1992-1993 Description: Batman #s 476-498 (including two copies of #491, #492, and #497), lot of 26 issues. Generally VF/NM (9.0). Covers, stories and art by Norm Breyfogle, Alan Grant, Tom Taggart, John Wagner, Cam Kennedy, Tom Mandrake, Michael Netzer, Jim Aparo, Doug Moench, Ed Hannigan, Michael Golden, Travis Charest, Ray McCarthy, and Kelley Jones. Broken Bat: "A criminal shrewd enough to deduce Batman's secret identity, Bane launches a plan to destroy Batman and rule Gotham City in his stead. To this end, he sets all of Arkham Asylum's homicidal inmates loose, an act that causes Batman to drive himself past his mental and physical breaking point in his desperate zeal to recapture them all. In Batman #497 (June 1993), Bane surprises an exhausted Batman in the Batcave, and the encounter ends with Bane snapping Batman over his knee, breaking his back." — Glen Weldon, The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture. Simon & Schuster: 2016, p. 193. 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#: 360891 Headline: BATMAN #s 476-498 * Lot of 26 Comics