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BATMAN No. 16 * 1st Alfred Appearance Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: April-May, 1943 Description: CGC certified: Good (2.0). Purple label: Restored (C-5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Detached centerfold; detached cover; tape cover; tape spine; color touch on cover; creasing to cover; piece added with tape spine & cover C-5; spine stress lines to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 257 graded copies (199 Universal, 4 Qualified, 2 Signature Series, 52 Restored). GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A restored 0.5 (C-1, back cover missing, incomplete) sold for $620 in 10/21; a conserved 3.0 (C, married centerfold) sold for $1955 in 7/23. For comparison purposes, here are recent Universal sales: A 2.0 sold for $2050 in 6/23; a 1.0 sold for $1525 in 9/23. Credits: Cover: Jerry Robinson Scripts: Don C. Cameron, Ruth Kaufman. Art: Bob Kane Jerry Robinson (inks), George Roussos (backgrounds), Jack Burnley. Overstreet: "Intro/origin Alfred; cover is a reverse of #9 cover by Burnley; 1st small logo." Bat-Bibliography: The DC Universe Collection copy of Batman #16 is illustrated in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking (page 191), with the following commentary: "Atypical of this era was this cover 'teasing' the reader with its third story's major plot twist. It is most notable for its iconic Jerry Robinson image of Batman and Robin, which was reprinted countless times over the years on book jackets and merchandise. Ironically for a cover based on interior content, this one is coy regarding the most memorable thing about the story in question: the introduction of Alfred the butler!" Bat-cyclopedia: "In April-May 1943 Batman and Robin battle the JOKER; expose WINTHROP as the mastermind behind the 'early bird' crimes; match wits with SQUIDGE; and meet ALFRED." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, p. 117. Details: The Joker and his criminal cronies crash-land a plane in the Ozarks, which leaves the Clown Prince of Crime with total amnesia. The Joker wanders off and stumbles upon a community of hillbillies who have no idea that he's a wanted criminal. The amnesiac Joker turns out to be a pretty swell fella, and the local yokels embrace him as one of their own. Then the Joker's men show up and conk the Joker on the noggin, restoring his memory just in time for Batman to swoop down and toss them all in the hoosegow. Batman's Butler Begins: This ish introduces one of the key characters in Batman's mythos, Alfred the butler. For decades, Bat-fans have known this gentleman's gentleman by the name of Alfred Pennyworth, and have understood his multifaceted role to be that of Batman's faithful manservant, confidante, aide-de-camp, and surrogate father — the man who helped shape Bruce Wayne after the brutal murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. But in the original continuity, Alfred's surname was given as "Beagle," and wasn't retconned to "Pennyworth" until 1969. In the Golden Age books, Alfred joins the Wayne household long after Bruce Wayne is full-grown and established as a crimefighter, and was only retconned as having been Thomas and Martha Wayne's butler, and young Bruce Wayne's caretaker, in post-Crisis continuity. The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION comprises over 40,000 comic books, including a copy of every single DC comic published for retail sale from 1934 to 2014. The collection was amassed by British music producer Ian Levine over the course of several decades, and it's been hailed as the single greatest collecting accomplishment in comic book history. This collection served as the basis for former DC Comics president Paul Levitz's monumental book 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, published by Taschen in 2017. PBA is proud to present this epic collection in a series of themed sales over the next two years. To join the DC Universe Collect