Dark is the Gotham Knight
Detective Comics 402

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Detective Comics #402 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Certification #: 0024021004
Owner: Tec-Tac-Toe

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Dark is the Gotham Knight
Date Added: 6/12/2008
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

The cover of this book is classic Batman, at least during Neal Adams' tenure on this title. The cover invokes a Gothic tale of horror; the lantern the Batman is carrying perfectly and immediately establishes him in a time outside our own-circa August 1970-where winged creatures (aka Man-Bat) haunt the night and come upon you unexpected. The chills still run up my spine! As with all the books in this set, I purchased my first OO copy of Tec 402 off my favorite newsstand in late 1970 not realizing at first that I was witness to perhaps the most classic artistic run, and arguably story telling, in the history of comic books. Yes, the Gold (GA) and Silver (SA) Ages have such classic runs but the GA belonged to my father and I caught the tale end of the SA at "my" newsstand-purchasing multiple copies of many SA books, including keys! The Bronze Age, however, was mine and allowed me to put together a raw run of this title that is unsurpassed by ..., well me! This book is also a keeper.
  
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