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Regarding your first question- You asked a "why" question, as I did in my original post. Your answer regarding the bidding process answers a "how" question, not a why question. My answer is perfectly valid but there is more than one right answer. Now if you want to know why there wasn't a 2nd bidder to bid it higher, it's because auction prices are dependant on the quality of the item being bid on. For comics, eye appeal, page quality, timing and many other factors all influence the sales price of an item at auction. There is no right time. There is no magic formula as to when the best time is (unless of course it was years ago when the book first popped). It all depends on who is bidding at the time. If you're going to auction something you are at the mercy of the bidders.

Do you have any idea how the transaction happened or are you just wildly speculating?

Tim, I guess I'd be curious as to whether Batman was more popular among the adult crowd in 1966 as compared to 1989. Even though Batman was popular in 1966 (and I'm not disputing this) it seemed to be more focused on children whereas the 1989 Batman craze seemed more mainstream (I was 19 in 1989 and it was everywhere). What would interest me would also any info from OSPG advisors who were either responsible for or involved in the discussion of changing the value of 'Tec #27 over Action #1 or Marvel #1. That was a big deal among collectors.

You're asking why a book sold cheap at auction? Because a 2nd bidder didn't bid higher. Was this your book?

John has a new collection in. All of the books are fresh to market.

I'm going to close this thread so that I can post the books for sale elsewhere but feel free to message me with interest.

Final discount

Do you think Batman (1966) was bigger publicly than Batman (1989)?

Have another Adavan (or whatever it was) and then let's negotiate once it kicks in.

Scans have been updated. The raw scans did not do either book justice as my scanner has a problem with the bulb. The new CGC scans much better represent the books now. Two really sharp books for the grade. Message me with interest.

I read your previous post and thought it was fantastic. I had no idea that readership went up with Infantino taking over. I got to meet Infantino at a Motor City show about 10 years ago. While everyone was crowding all the other creators, there was nobody - literally nobody at the table of one of the greatest creators in comics and architects of the Silver Age. We talked for a good 20 minutes and I bought a book for a friend who loved his work.

I wasn't there so I can't say for sure. Are you sure it's not just you remembering it that way because you were young at the time? How old were you in '66?

Gotham was horrible. I gave it multiple episodes and gave up. Nolan's Batman movies might be the best comic book movies ever made. I'k a huge fan of the Marvel stuff (and a Marvel guy) but those movies IMO were darn near perfect in so many ways.

This is the last person you want to deal with. The blackmail master of the boards. Just kidding. My favorite video is still the one of those cave trolls with my face on them. Still have that one, Flee? Jim is a pleasure to deal with. I've known him for as long as I've known any other board member on here and never had a problem. Deal with him with confidence.

Yep. They usually end up saying "Thanks... I'll keep that in mind." Happened to me last week. Twice. Also had someone make an offer and then ghost me after accepting it. Happens far too often.

Dealers have great stories about customers. We just can't share them the same way customers talk about dealers...because then it makes us worse dealers.

I do know that the 1966 Batman TV series was huge. It was also a 'mini' Batmania, and when I say mini, I wasn't meaning to discount it's appeal. It just wasn't as big as 1989 Batmania but I do understand from what I read about it that it was a pretty popular show. Those 'Pow' and 'Wham' captions changed the game for television. But I will reinforce that there were few things that affected pop culture the way Batman (1989) did. The Beatles was one of them. There are only handful of other things that got that big across Western culture (in North America anyway).

Google Danny Dupcak Danny allegedy used to have uncut Marvel cover sheets that he would cut and affix to original interiors. He would sell them as Marvel file copies. Long history behind this name.

Why on earth would you be doing a fast without knowing how to do a fast (and break a fast) properly? I used to fast regularly. It's an awesome thing.

Nope. But then I don't have the emotional attachment to the Star Wars theme that I do to Batman. I didn't see my first Star Wars movie until maybe 10 years after it was 1st in theaters. I saw Batman the 1st weekend it was released.

Probably because each Star Wars movie over the last 40 years uses the same theme music. Lucas had absolute control over his product. As Batman was reinvented his identity changed each time so you didn't have the same continuity.

Batman was literally everywhere.

Danny Elfman's music was perfect. To this day that Batman theme is as memorable to me as the Star Wars theme.

Funny story. For my first viewing of that movie I had a super hot date lined up on a Friday afternoon in Toronto. No cell phones at the time so you just set a time and then met. I was supposed to meet my hot date at the theater but Toronto traffic being what it was on a Friday afternoon, I arrived about one hour late to the date. I was surprised to see that my date was standing outside the theater waiting for me. We walked into the theater and I remember the scene that was on screen as I was walking down the aisle in a packed theater towards my seat. Batman was driving at speed into the Bat-Cave with Vicky Vale in his passenger seat. And I remember lots of leaves as he was racing. Memories.

That movie made that summer the best summer ever. I think it was awesome, I still think it's awesome and can watch it over and over even today. It might be goofy and campy but it's an awesomely crafted piece of work as most of Burton's work is.