Joseph Ragno

The famous Batman slapping Robin panel. Note that in this panel, it's Robin telling Batman to come to his senses. Typically, the meme is flipped. Robin would say something stupid, then Batman slaps him with his left hand and says something to correct Robin.

"Where am I? How did I get here? Who are you?" "Who am I? For a moment, I had almost forgotten myself... I was once the one the world called -- Captain America!"

"I wonder what it would really be like -- to be the fastest man on earth?" CRAAAAAK

Pfff... the "Batman"... some guy dressed up like a bat ... it'll never be popular

I rarely go for bronze or copper age collectibles, but this is one I wanted to pursue. I understand the glamour of ASM 129, but for me the ultimate moment in the Punisher storyline is the execution of his family. It's not in ASM 129, and you can't see it from the encapsulation of an entire comic. So I paged out MP2, and I'm able to display these 2 fantastic collectibles.

I rarely go for bronze age collectibles, but this is one I wanted to pursue. I understand the glamour of ASM 129, but for me the ultimate moment in the Punisher storyline is the execution of his family. It's not in ASM 129, and you can't see it from the encapsulation of an entire comic. So I paged out MP2, and I'm able to display these 2 fantastic collectibles.

Tommy-gun to smoking gun

What I see is a chance to own one of the best pages, from one of the best Golden Age comic books, with the first image of perhaps the finest villain in the history of comics, in rare supply, for a bargain price.

Looks like there's a piece of page 3 (?) attached to the back of the page. Not sure this is a problem. Other than some tears, I fear I may be missing the problem you are asking about.

The new crown jewel of my collection. The first image of Batman. Predates Detective 27 by 6 days. Also by default, the first time Superman and Batman are seen on the same page. https://www.comics.org/issue/435/ https://www.comics.org/issue/442/

One of my keepers is brittle. I would think this would be a problem if you were keeping a raw book with intention of leafing through it. Most of the time with a graded book, brittle pages will be on a lower grade, encased in an envelope, then encapsulated, without intention of it being further handled. Not a problem for me.

Based on the general themes of these keepers, many of you, (and I mean us), need serious psychiatric attention.

I'd like to bump this thread. As a fairly new collector, I found it fascinating. I learned a lot. One of my takeaways from reading the entire thread is the focus on individual images and pages from these comics. I'm new to comic collecting, but I'm not new to investing. Seems to me that the greatest percentage increase moving forward is collecting the individual pages that represent these first images or sentinel moments in a character's storyline. I don't disparage any form of collecting that makes people happy. It just makes less sense to pay a high amount for a midgrade key book, rather than spending less money on the pages that one can actually see the images that make the comic or character special.

Wow! Do you own these, or did you just search for pics?

Not counting comic covers, can you help me find interior Golden Age pages where Captain America is pictured with Hitler? So far, this is the only one I can find, but I'm somewhat of a Golden Age noob. Thanks.

Yes, particularly how it relates to the Batman world.

Perhaps… *perhaps* a clue that Detective #48 came before Batman #4: there is an ad in Detective #48 for Batman #4. It states that Batman #4 goes on sale January 13 (1941). I don’t know how far in advance Detective #48 would be available before its February cover date. I don’t know if there is an ad in Batman #4 for a Detective Comics issue. I can’t tell from the story lines in either comic which would have preceded the other. Does anyone have any more definitive evidence to settle this debate?

Here are some pics. The image from Batman #4 shows Gotham City on a newspaper. The image from Detective #48 shows Gotham City in the narration (top right).

Hello all. Please help settle an issue for all us that like to collect “firsts”. The problem is there seems to be conflicting information about when the term “Gotham City” is first used. Here are pics of CGC slabs claiming the first mention of Gotham City in both Batman #4 and Detective #48. Note that the cover date for Batman #4 is Winter 1940 (ambiguous), and for Detective #48 it’s February 1941.

You will not have died in vain my friend! I swear it! THE IRON MAN SWEARS IT!

“…and, somewhere in the deep vastness of outer space, an incredible figure hurtles thru the cosmos--! A being whom we shall call the SILVER SURFER…”

I don't like the mylars because they leave large dogears at the corners. BCWs are too loose, so you don't get a wrinkle free fit. These are perfect: Superior Fit Sleeves for CGC Graded Comic Book Slabs