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Talia should make it into the hall of DC women purely by her relations to the good, the bad, and the ugly of a Batman! Who knows the Joker's depths? "The Shadow Knows!" Mostly 20 cents and at that rate, who could blame those for getting a paper route!
Neal Adams portrays the deepness of the Bat Cowl, and what it takes to be a hero! Bat's is shrouded in mystery and has the evidence of good story telling. Classics brought to life: Two-Face, the Joker, and others that keep it real and in the Batman's SPACE! With much needed feel and emotion, these classics bring the action to your doorstep and knock down your doorbell. Keeping in step, these are sure to bring the noise! DING-DONG!
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Long live the "Neal Mobile!" That is to say RIP Neal Adams! A work horse to the end, with plenty of examples of quality work!
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Duty calls, as any modern video game or comics iteration can tell you! It is up to those vigilant in heart and that can oversee plans to correct anything malignant within the blight in some ways of life. It isn't always a vigilantism per se that gets under the people's ire, but the ones seen as merciless in their cause and that stand for them regardless of their own actions and repercussions. Mercy is a line and attribute in Justice, when it is meant for and towards true rehabilitation, i.e. hope for mankind. There is only so much a person, city, or society can take to their own ability, before they need others to lean on, and the same is with any Batman and Robin duo team. Doing the research, doing the diligence, and then ultimately doing the dew/due/do!
Mountain tops 1st had valleys, or you'll face one on the other side, and the only plain to see virtue is the attitude in character along the ride of life. Load up the Batmobile and set those batarangs for the eventual climax!
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| Slot: |
Batman 222 |
| Item: |
Batman 222 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2017356002
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Owner Comments
Neal Adams Beatles Cover. One of them is Dead? Inspired by the Beatles, and I assume any of these albums are the inspiration: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, White Album or maybe Abbey Road continued it. Neal Adams uses the headlines to inspire the caped crusader! Seemingly, everyone goes through the "Beatle Phase" of their life. Like or love them, they tend to speak to a "times past", and they sound more melodic, like the harmony in all of us. I transfer that love to this comic, regardless of grade, it is timeless to me. Beatle mania was also of a times past, but it is immortalized within books, mixed media, even those songs that were the 1st to be viewed as girls gone wild. Quite literally the screams heard around the world! Paul! Ringo! John! George! The fearsome foursomes. Lego my Eggo, these Beatles are everywhere!
 "Those past tours and younger days?" How many times have we thought it and said it anew?
Complete with a back cover picture of how they are currently marketed, and the popularity shows. I left them in the package, although it is a "K'nex" brand, a good a display as any! A type of Lego or thereabouts toy for those inclined!
Grader Notes:
small, light stain left top of back cover;
very light spine stress lines breaks color;
very light, multiple wear full right of front cover.
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Batman 234 |
| Item: |
Batman 234 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
3723095002
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Owner Comments
1st Silver Age App of Two Face! 1st of 2 Neal Adam's Sketches and signatures on 11/11/20. This sketch is of Batman in Silver color on the lower left front. It's the chin of a Man, a Bat, a BATMAN! :) A familiar joke, taking the hard to see sketch on the chin! Batman was always chiseled in the jaw! A lot of fun when CGC offers in-house signings, and I paid up for this and one other. Neal was to do his dirty work on it with a sketch. Sometimes readers get slabbed as well. Even with the silver color sketch, it doesn't detract from the cover. It is why I did it on a lower grade copy, and even though it is an under copy, that cover is the bomb. The story is a classic detective type story that interrupts the run, after the Ghul storyline. I think the silver sketch on the cover is a little hard to see, unless it is in hand but even then. Still, it is fun when going through short boxes and being able to pull out this slab to give Neal some respect! Bats had it rough to be the center of Two Face's attention, and after such a long time of not having to worry about him. Think about it, this silver age issue wasn't until 1971!
 A little flattened out wrapper of Keaton movie cards, which shows the whole package so to speak! Many ephemera that rocked the theaters.
Complete with a back cover picture of Movie Frivolity with the Keaton series trading cards, the darkness brought to the moody substance. Neal Adams often had a smooth but mysteriously dark rendition of the "Bats" as well, without getting too morbid. Perfection copied by Tim Burton in the Keaton films.
Grader Notes:
light cover tanning;
light finger bends on cover;
moderate creasing to cover;
moderate pieces out to cover;
moderate spine stress lines to cover;
moderate tears to cover.
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Batman 235 |
| Item: |
Batman 235 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
2012616006
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Owner Comments
2nd Ra's Al Ghul appearance and an early Talia appearance. Robin back-up story. Letter from Dave Sim. An awesome Neal Adams cover bought from Dave and Adams, how fitting! Total cost was $185 shipped. The Ghul's need to be thrown off track as Bruce Wayne, I mean Batman, displays on the cover. Great well presenting copy! The gun is still smoking from the shot to Batman's cowl! These are captivating covers, and stories with interesting writers that will keep this villain surviving. No matter the lengths he has to go to, Al Ghul is a glutton for punishment. Talia has her moral bearing and is unmoved in her loyalty, or so it would seem, the matters of the heart being the most revealing. Batman proving himself over and over, is only making himself more attractive. According to "modern" times with comics, this pairing is a hot item. What will be retconned tomorrow? Hoping to stand the test, the DC comics test! 2018, circa, Comic-Con!
 Talia should make it into the hall of DC women purely by her relations to the good, the bad, and the ugly of a Batman!
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen pass before the movie was released publicly of "Shotgun Wedding!" A Jennifer Lopez wedding movie, yes another! What does it feel like to hunt "the bats" with a shotgun and fall in love? Talia the gun toting hotshot had a kid named Damian with the Bat, and these are the days through the hourglass of Batmans Lives! Not so much comic related but fits the cover and was shown at the Alamo Drafthouse, which is an awesome dine in theater.
Grader Notes;
crease right bottom of front cover breaks color.
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Batman 251 |
| Item: |
Batman 251 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1560866012
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Owner Comments
Classic Neal Adams! 'Nuff Said. Danny O'Neal takes the Joker to a maniacal proportion in the writing. What about the art? Well, Adams' Art is what makes the jokester feared and needing to be brought to justice. For me? The twist in the cover means that the Joker is secretly pulling the strings! A Great Read. The Joker gets in his licks, but the Bats is hot on the trail. Batman knows what the Joker is capable of and gets a rude reminder. The psychotic Jokester has made an end to life, the one thing Batman aims to prevent, and does something now to stop another Joker attempted outing! Putting the maniacal intentions aside to see the big picture, only the Batman's sanity keeps his detective and crime fighting skills up to snuff! I can only imagine Bruce Wayne's resume! Then if I could compare it to the Batman? I just would like to do that and ponder what all is, "redacted!?!"
 Who knows the Joker's depths? "The Shadow Knows!" 20 cents and at that rate, who could blame those for getting a paper route!
Complete with a back cover picture of the "screen" at the prescreen of, "Fall Guy!" Every split decision a stuntman makes demands another in succession. No matter the backup plan we have got the Detective issue rollercoaster of Batman's wits vs maniacal pressure, and Batman must remember to view his steps carefully to execute, like the film, the trial of fire successfully. Take 2 doesn't always happen if the 1st take is not survivable!
Grader Notes:
multiple crease right top of back cover;
spine stress lines breaks color;
very small, multiple tear top of back cover.
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