| Slot: |
Batman 561 |
| Item: |
Batman #561 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0315840002
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Owner Comments
"Road to No Man's Land: Bruce Wayne Goes to Washington, Part Two: The Witness"
January, 1999
Chuck Dixon story
Jim Aparo & David Roach art
Roldolfo Damaggio cover
Grade Date: 5/4/2017
Purchased raw on 4/8/17 for $6.00 at I Want More Comics, in Northglenn, CO.
One of my favorite (Road to) No Man's Land covers, because of the background shadowing and the prominence of Bruce Wayne testifying in Washington.
Prominent Gothamite Bruce Wayne goes before Congress to present a plan for rebuilding Gotham City after suffering a devastating cataclysm. Wayne's pleas fall on deaf ears, who only see Wayne as an empty suit, born to privilege and indulgent of the playboy lifestyle. Legend Jim Aparo pencils this issue which also recaps classic moments from Batman's first encounter with Ra's al Ghul to Bane breaking the Bat.
Batman #561 is reprinted in BATMAN: ROAD TO NO MAN’S LAND VOL. 2 (2016).
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| Slot: |
Batman 568 |
| Item: |
Batman #568 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0315840003
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land: Fruit of the Earth, Part Two"
August, 1999
Greg Rucka story
Dan Jurgens & Bill Sienkiewicz art
Glen Orbik & Laurel Glechman cover
Painted cover.
Poison Ivy, Clayface, Two-Face &
Huntress appearance.
Grade Date: 5/4/2017
Purchased raw on 5/14/16 for $3.00 at Ed's Card and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
I have a thing for Poison Ivy and those painted covers by Glen Orbik and Laurel Glechman! Poison Ivy has been held captive by Clay Face for six months, her prison, clay, forced to spawn plant life that bare fruit, collected by enslaved children. Batman, Robin and Ivy from an alliance to take on Clay Face.
Batman #568 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 2 (2012).
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| Slot: |
Batman 573 |
| Item: |
Batman #573 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1232106005
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land: Shellgame, Part I: Gambits"
January, 2000
Greg Rucka story
Sergio Cariello art
Doug Mahnke & Tom Nguyen cover
Joker & Harley Quinn appearance.
Grade Date: 8/17/17
Purchased raw on 5/14/16 for $3.00 at Ed's Card and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
I like the cover p.o.v. (look at that blue sky) and the appearance of Superman villain Lex Luthor.
LexCorp C.E.O. Lex Luthor defies the U.S. Government by sending in construction crews to begin rebuilding Gotham, but what are Luthor's real intentions?
Batman #573 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 4 (2012).
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| Slot: |
Batman Chronicles 17 |
| Item: |
Batman Chronicles #17 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1232106006
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land: Little Boy Lost"
Summer, 1999
Beatty, Wyn & Renaud stories
Alixe, Barreto, Nolan & Sienkiewicz art
Pascal Alixe cover
Grade Date: 08/17/2017
Purchased raw on 05/10/16 for $5.00 at Ed's Card and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
This is actually the first copy of Batman Chronicles #17 to be listed in the CGC census. Look at those Man Bat baby's eyes!
Francine Langstrom has her son, Aaron use his heightened senses to find food. The Penguin is interested in Aaron for the Man-Bat formula.
Batman Chronicles #17 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 2 (2012).
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| Slot: |
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 119 |
| Item: |
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #119 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0300471002
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land: Claim Jumping, Part One"
July, 1999
Greg Rucka
Mike Deodato & Wayne Faucher art
Brian Bolland cover
Two-Face, KGBeast and Penguin appearance.
Grade Date: 12/22/16
Purchase raw on 5/10/16 for $3.00 at Ed's Cards and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
This is the first copy of LOTDK #119 to be graded by CGC. This was also the first issue I closely examined after purchasing a large collection of Batman books where I said to myself, "this looks like a 9.8." I love cover artist Brian Bolland and Two-Face is my favorite Bat villain.
Two-Face, Commissioner Gordon and The Penguin map out their territory.
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #119 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 2 (2012).
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| Slot: |
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 121 |
| Item: |
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #121 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0300471003
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land - Power Play"
September, 1999
Larry Hama story, Glen Orbik cover
Rick Burchett & James Hodgkins art
Painted cover.
Mr. Freeze appearance.
Grade Date: 12/16/2016
Purchased raw on 5/10/16 for $3.00 at Ed's Cards & Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
"Just why do you do what you do? It doesn't seem like the sort of lifelong dedication that one makes arbitrarily! Is that what it's all about, Batman? A personal vendetta from your own tortured past?"
-- Mister Freeze
I rediscovered comics (after an adolescent hiatus) in 2000. As I was reacquainting myself with Batman, the No Man's Land issues stood out. This cover really stood out to me then, with a classic villain, various blues, and an ice castle in the background. I was pleased to find this issue in a large collection recently obtained by a comic shop in town. This, and several other No Man's Land Issues I found were stored in mylar by the original owner.
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #121 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 2 (2012).
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Batman: Shadow of the Bat 81 |
| Item: |
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #81 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0300471005
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Owner Comments
"Road to No Man's Land: Waxman and the Clown, Part 2"
January, 1999
Alan Grant story, Glen Orbik & Laurel Blechman cover
Mark Buckingham & Robert Campanella art
Grade Date: 12/16/2016
Purchased raw on 5/10/16 for $3.00 at Ed's Cards & Comics in Colorado Springs, CO.
This cover made a new fan of me in artist Glen Orbik, where I discovered many of his noir pin-up style examples. Glen Orbik and Laurel Blechman painted several amazing covers together for the No Man's Land saga. I was sad to learn of his passing shortly after I finding this piece along with several other covers of his.
The outside of Arkham Asylum is locked down and the cells are unlocked after the big quake and The Joker has declared himself Emperor. Inside are a who's who of Batman's deadliest rouges, from Killer Croc to Two Face to name a few.
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #81 is reprinted in BATMAN: ROAD TO NO MAN’S LAND VOL. 2 (2016).
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| Slot: |
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 94 |
| Item: |
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #94 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1232106008
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land - Endgame Epilogue: Days of Auld Lang Syne"
February, 2000
Greg Rucka story
Pablo Raimondi art
Alex Maleev cover
Last issue.
Grade Date: 08/17/2017
Purchased raw on 05/10/16 for $5.00 at Ed's Card and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
A somber and final cover to a 90's Bat book, that also closes the No Man's Land Saga. Gotham is rebuilt and officially reopened on New Year's Eve, 1999, ready for a new millennium.
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #94 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 4 (2012).
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| Slot: |
Batman: No Man’s Land 0 |
| Item: |
Batman: No Man's Land #0 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0300471004
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Owner Comments
"Ground Zero"
December, 1999
Jordan B. Gorfinkel & Greg Rucka story
Greg Land & Drew Geraci art
Glen Orbik cover
Grade Date: 12/16/2016
Purchased raw ON 05/14/16 FOR $6.00 at Ed's Card and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
Of all the books I've submitted to CGC, this piece is one of my favorites. The painted cover speaks for itself.
"She screams. And nobody cares. They turn their backs. They don't care. Bane broke me...
Contagion plagued me...
Cataclysm buried me...
But I kept fighting. I never stopped fighting.
Whatever the case, I won't stop until I have rescued Gotham City."
~Bruce Wayne
Is Bruce Wayne burning out?
Can Huntress step up?
Talia al Ghul also makes an appearance to a battered and broken Bruce Wayne. Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) also proves herself as a new Batgirl.
Batman: No Man's Land #0 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 4 (2012).
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| Slot: |
Catwoman 72 |
| Item: |
Catwoman #72 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1255922003
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land - The Mission"
September, 1999
John Ostrander story, Jim Balent cover
Jim Balent & Marlo Aquiza art
Batman appearance.
Grade Date: 03/05/2018
Purchased raw on 12/03/2016 for $3.00 at Ed's Card and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
Catwoman is coaxed into sneaking her way into Gotham by Batman to ask for help in acquiring a valuable disc.
Catwoman (Vol.2) #72 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 2 (2012).
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| Slot: |
Catwoman 74 |
| Item: |
Catwoman #74 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1255922004
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Owner Comments
"No Man's Land - A Slight Detour"
November, 1999
Jim Balent cover and art
Grade Date: 03/05/2018
Purchased raw on 12/03/2016 for $3.00 at Ed's Card and Comics, Colorado Springs, CO.
Catwoman (Vol.2) #74 is reprinted in BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 2 (2012).
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