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BATMAN Nos. 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151 * Lot of 10 Comics Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: National Comics Publications, Inc. & National Periodical Publications, Inc.] Date Published: 1961-1962 Description: #142: G/VG (3.0). 1" spine split, spine stress, spine nick, staples pulled, reseller's rubberstamp to cover, tiny chip, discoloring along back cover spine. Tan pages. #143: Fair/Good (1.5). Spine heavily reinforced with TAPE, fingernail-sized chip to front cover and several pages, a few short tears and tiny chips, creases, residue from removed stickers, covers adhered to pages at spine with TAPE, ownership name in ink to margin of 1st page. Light tan pages. #144: Fair/Good (1.5). Spine stress, spine reinforced with TAPE, tape discoloration, top staple pulled, cover attached to pages at bottom staple with TAPE, creases, dogeared corner, reseller's rubberstamp. Light tan pages. Overstreet: "1st 12 cent issue; Joker story." #145: Fair/Good (1.5). Cover detached, 3" spine split, spine stress, creases, a few edge nicks, reseller's rubberstamp. Cream pages. Overstreet: "Joker cover/story." #146: Fair/Good (1.5). Cover detached at bottom staple and nearly detached at top staple, spine half split, chip and abrasion near top staple, subscription crease, corner chip, reseller's rubberstamp, back cover coupon scrawled on in ink. Cream to light tan pages. #147: Fair (1.0). Spine entirely split, cover detached, tears, creasing, subscription crease, reseller's rubberstamp, discolored TAPE to back cover and 1st page. Cream to light tan pages. "The Story of the Year! Batman Becomes Bat-Baby!" #148: VG- (3.5). Spine stress, corners creased, small abrasion, soil spot to Bruce Wayne's hair on cover, tiny creased nick to back cover, reseller's rubberstamp. Light tan pages. Overstreet: "Joker cover/story." #149: Fair/Good (1.5). Spine heavily TAPED and discolored, creases, subscription crease, rusty staples, EXTRA STAPLE, pages attached to covers with TAPE, reseller's rubberstamp. Cream to light tan pages. #150: Fair/Good (1.5). Spine and mid-spine TAPED, tape discoloration, 2½" spine split, heavy creasing, small chip to bottom corner, reseller's rubberstamp, centerfold loose and with edge tears. Cream to light tan pages. #151: G/VG (3.0). Restored. Spine stress, creases, edgewear, short tears to spine ends, COLOR TOUCH to bottom spine and corner, reseller's rubberstamp, large partially-rubbed grease-penciled "95" resale price to back cover. Cream to light tan pages. Cover pencils and inks: Sheldon Moldoff and Jim Mooney?. Stories and art: Bill Finger, Arnold Drake, Jerry Coleman Jim Mooney Bob Kane Sheldon Moldoff Charles Paris. Bat-Baby Blues: "Bruce Wayne might become hideous, in 'The Batman Creature,' or magical, in the redundantly titled 'The Bizarre Batman Genie.' He might be transformed into a colleague, in 'Batman — The Superman of Planet X,' or end up wrapped in bandages in 'Batman and Robin — The Mummy Crimefighters.' He might end up old and feeble, in 'Rip Van Batman,' but perhaps the most distressing metamorphosis took place in [Shelly] Moldoff's 'Batman Becomes Bat-Baby.' In short, Batman might be almost anybody but himself." — Les Daniels, Batman: The Complete History. Chronicle: 1999, p. 95. Note: At the buyer's discretion, this lot of raw comics can be submitted by PBA to CGC for grading and encapsulation with a "DC Universe Collection" provenance designation on the labels. To request this service, contact PBA's comic book department for terms and conditions. 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 mo