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BATMAN Nos. 227, 232, 234, 251 * 1st Appearance: Ra's al Ghul * Lot of 4 Key Bronze Age Comics Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: National Periodical Publications, Inc.] Date Published: 1970-1973 Description: #227: VG- (3.5). Spine stress, edgewear, back cover creases, reseller's mark ("3P") in blue marker to front cover. Cream to off-white pages. Overstreet: "Neal Adams cover swipe of Detective #31." #232: Good (2.0). Covers heavily creased and worn, several tears to covers, reseller's mark ("3P") in blue marker to front cover, top staple pulled, cover detached at bottom staple. Off-white pages. Overstreet: "Intro/1st app. Ra's al Ghul; origin Batman & Robin retold." #234: VG+ (4.5). Small nick to bottom spine, mild spine stress and edgewear, corner creases, reseller's rubberstamp ("T&P 7 1/2 P") to front cover. Off-white pages. Overstreet: "1st modern app. of Harvey Dent/Two-Face with origin retold in brief." #251: Fine- (5.5). Short split at top spine, a few stress marks to spine, short tear to back cover, reseller's rubberstamp ("T&P 7P") to front cover. Off-white pages. Neal Adams Joker cover & story. Cover pencils and inks: Neal Adams Stories and art: Denny O'Neil, Irv Novik, Dick Giordano Mike Friedrich, Irv Novik, Mike Esposito, Neal Adams Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella. Back to Basics: Four key late Silver Age-early Bronze Age Batman mags showcasing Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams's "return to the basics" approach to the Caped Crusader, repudiating the campiness of the '60s and heralding the gritty approach that defines the modern Batman milieu. "[Writer Denny] O'Neil and [artist Neal] Adams felt that the Rogues Gallery lacked a true intellectual villain, someone whose own genius and physical abilities truly rivaled Batman's. 'I insisted to [editor] Julie [Schwartz] that Batman needed a Moriarty.' It fell upon Denny O'Neil to develop the backstory for the Dark Knight's new nemesis, while Adams designed the character's look. 'Julie gave me the name Ra's al Ghul and told me its translation, 'the Demon's Head,' and he sent me home to create the character,' says O'Neil. 'That was one of the few times where... we deliberately created a new character to fill a void. I think that creatively it was Neal Adams's best work. He got it exactly right. Neal gave him some real dignity.'"— Andrew Farago and Gina McIntyre, Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond. Insight Editions: 2022, p. 84. 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 label. 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 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 Collection notifications list, contact pba@pbagalleries.com. Enjoying PBA's Batman sale? A very small number of softcover and limited edition hardcover auction catalogues are available for purchase. The catalogues are fully illustrated, thoroughly researched, and make excellent reference works for Batman fans. To order a copy, or to inquire about consignment opportunities, contact Ivan Briggs, PBA's Director of Comics: ivan@pbagalleries.com. Item#: 360868 Headline: BATMAN No. 227, 232, 234, 251 * 4 Key Comics