Batman Archives

    (DC, 1991-1998, 2001, 2005, 2012)
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Detective Comics began their run of intriguing short stories back in 1937 with collections of mystery and detective skills. Over the months, great heroes and villains such as Slam Bradey, Fu Manchu, and even the Crimson Avenger graced their pages. But in May of 1939, a new detective appeared in the pages of issue 27 who would change the face of modern deduction from the deerstalker cap of Doyle’s immortal Sherlock Holmes to the pointed ear cowl of the Batman. A new folk legend was born thanks to the art of Bob Kane and the scripts of Bill Finger. Together they created a costumed crime-fighter who was just a man, but one with a mission and the means to carry it out.

DC has put together the early adventures of the Batman and his young ward, Robin, straight from the early years of Detective Comics into a collection of volumes chronicling their earliest cases.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jul 1990
    Cover: $39.95
    W: Bob Kane  ·  A: Bob Kane
    Reprints Detective Comics #27-50
    2 copies from $57.00
  • 2-3
    #2 - 3rd printing
    Cover: $49.95
    W: Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Joseph Greene, Jack Schiff, Don Cameron  ·  A: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Jack Burnley
    Reprints Detective Comics #51-70
    1 copy for $39.00
  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1994
    Cover: $39.95
    Reprinst Detective Comics #71-86
    2 copies from $29.95
  • 4
    #4
    Aug 1998
    Cover: $49.95
    W: Joseph Greene, Dick Sprang, Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton  ·  A: Dick Sprang, Ed Kressy
    Reprints Detective Comics #87-102
    2 copies from $38.00
  • 4-2
    #4 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $49.95
    W: Joseph Greene, Dick Sprang, Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton  ·  A: Dick Sprang, Ed Kressy
    Reprints Detective Comics #87-102
    2 copies from $49.95
  • 5
    #5
    May 2001
    Cover: $49.95
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Don Cameron, Bill Finger  ·  A: Dick Sprang, Jack Burnley, Win Mortimer, George Roussos, Bob Kane, Howard Sherman
    Reprints Detective Comics #103-119
    3 copies from $49.00
  • 6
    #6
    Aug 2005
    Cover: $49.99
    W: Edmond Hamilton, Bill Finger, Don Cameron  ·  A: Win Mortimer, Howard Sherman, Bob Kane, Dick Sprang, Jim Mooney, Charles Paris, Jack Burnley, Lew Schwartz
    Reprints Detective Comics #120-135
    2 copies from $50.00