DETECTIVE COMICS No. 65 Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: July, 1942 Description: CGC certified: Good+ (2.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Readers crease full left of front cover; tear with crease bottom of back cover; light chews interior; multiple chews full top of cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 71 graded copies (51 Universal, 4 Signature Series, 16 Restored). GPAnalysis: A 2.5 sold for $401 in 11/18. More recently, a 3.5 sold for $725 in 12/22. Credits: Cover: Jerry Robinson pencils and inks for Batman and Robin; all else by Jack Kirby (Joe Simon inks). Scripts: Joseph Greene, Joe Simon/Jack Kirby?, Jack Lehti, Murray Boltinoff? Art: Jack Burnley (George Roussos inks, Ray Burnley backgrounds), Jack Kirby (with Joe Simon), Jack Lehti (Charles Paris inks), Louis Cazeneuve, Lee Harris, Pierce Rice. Overstreet: "1st Boy Commandos Cover." Bat-cyclopedia: "In July 1942 Batman and Robin meet state trooper TOM BOLTON... a courageous [officer] in one of the northern states who is secretly the son of Mike Nolan, a member of the Nick Rocco gang who was shot and killed by Nick Rocco himself in the year 1937 just as Nolan was about to make a full confession to BATMAN. Because Tom Bolton has come to believe that it was Batman, and not Nick Rocco, who killed his father, he has developed a bitter hatred of Batman and a misguided conviction that Batman is secretly a spineless coward. In July 1942, however, Batman, ROBIN, and Tom Bolton join forces to apprehend the Nick Rocco gang and, after having seen Batman in action and after having learned the true circumstances of his father's death, Bolton abandons his grudge against Batman and enthusiastically agrees to become Batman's friend." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 116, 20. DC Dissonance: Tom Bolton's about-face regarding Batman's innocence is emblematic of the optimistic viewpoint that characterized DC's output from the Golden Age through the end of the Silver Age. In fact, as any good headshrinker will tell you, people seldom abandon strongly-held personal beliefs, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, and if anything, they're more likely to double-down on their erroneous convictions. According to an article published last year by the University of Connecticut, "Cognitive bias can kick in when people encounter evidence that runs counter to their beliefs. Instead of reevaluating what they've believed up until now, people tend to reject the incompatible evidence. Psychologists call this phenomenon 'belief perseverance.'" — Keith M. Bellizzi, "Cognitive Biases and Brain Biology Help Explain Why Facts Don’t Change Minds," today.uconn.edu, August 16, 2022. In contrast to DC's optimism, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's characterization of J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man's nemesis newsman, shows the greater psychological acuity that typifies Marvel's Silver Age sensibility. The more Spidey displays selflessness and heroism in front of JJJ's own eyes, the more vociferously JJJ denounces Spidey as a fink. Going Commando: Jack Kirby's Boy Commandos meet Batman and Robin on this mag's cover. The story itself is a Simon-Kirby classic, in which Nostradamus himself predicts that the Commandos will kibosh Hitler. Kirby's dynamic action panels in this story are some of his best Golden Age work. 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 ep
DETECTIVE COMICS No. 65 Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: July, 1942 Description: CGC certified: Good+ (2.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Readers crease full left of front cover; tear with crease bottom of back cover; light chews interior; multiple chews full top of cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 71 graded copies (51 Universal, 4 Signature Series, 16 Restored). GPAnalysis: A 2.5 sold for $401 in 11/18. More recently, a 3.5 sold for $725 in 12/22. Credits: Cover: Jerry Robinson pencils and inks for Batman and Robin; all else by Jack Kirby (Joe Simon inks). Scripts: Joseph Greene, Joe Simon/Jack Kirby?, Jack Lehti, Murray Boltinoff? Art: Jack Burnley (George Roussos inks, Ray Burnley backgrounds), Jack Kirby (with Joe Simon), Jack Lehti (Charles Paris inks), Louis Cazeneuve, Lee Harris, Pierce Rice. Overstreet: "1st Boy Commandos Cover." Bat-cyclopedia: "In July 1942 Batman and Robin meet state trooper TOM BOLTON... a courageous [officer] in one of the northern states who is secretly the son of Mike Nolan, a member of the Nick Rocco gang who was shot and killed by Nick Rocco himself in the year 1937 just as Nolan was about to make a full confession to BATMAN. Because Tom Bolton has come to believe that it was Batman, and not Nick Rocco, who killed his father, he has developed a bitter hatred of Batman and a misguided conviction that Batman is secretly a spineless coward. In July 1942, however, Batman, ROBIN, and Tom Bolton join forces to apprehend the Nick Rocco gang and, after having seen Batman in action and after having learned the true circumstances of his father's death, Bolton abandons his grudge against Batman and enthusiastically agrees to become Batman's friend." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 116, 20. DC Dissonance: Tom Bolton's about-face regarding Batman's innocence is emblematic of the optimistic viewpoint that characterized DC's output from the Golden Age through the end of the Silver Age. In fact, as any good headshrinker will tell you, people seldom abandon strongly-held personal beliefs, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, and if anything, they're more likely to double-down on their erroneous convictions. According to an article published last year by the University of Connecticut, "Cognitive bias can kick in when people encounter evidence that runs counter to their beliefs. Instead of reevaluating what they've believed up until now, people tend to reject the incompatible evidence. Psychologists call this phenomenon 'belief perseverance.'" — Keith M. Bellizzi, "Cognitive Biases and Brain Biology Help Explain Why Facts Don’t Change Minds," today.uconn.edu, August 16, 2022. In contrast to DC's optimism, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's characterization of J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man's nemesis newsman, shows the greater psychological acuity that typifies Marvel's Silver Age sensibility. The more Spidey displays selflessness and heroism in front of JJJ's own eyes, the more vociferously JJJ denounces Spidey as a fink. Going Commando: Jack Kirby's Boy Commandos meet Batman and Robin on this mag's cover. The story itself is a Simon-Kirby classic, in which Nostradamus himself predicts that the Commandos will kibosh Hitler. Kirby's dynamic action panels in this story are some of his best Golden Age work. 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 ep
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