DETECTIVE COMICS No. 359 * 1st Batgirl Appearance Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: National Periodical Publications, Inc.] Date Published: January, 1967 Description: CGC certified: G/VG (3.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Detached centerfold; creasing to cover; multiple store stamp front cover; spine stress lines to cover; staining to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 3256 graded copies (3141 Universal, 27 Qualified, 30 Signature Series, 58 Restored). GPAnalysis: A 3.0 sold for $336 in 10/23. Credits: Cover: Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (inks). Scripts: Gardner Fox. Art: Carmine Infantino Sid Greene (inks), and Murphy Anderson Overstreet: "Intro/origin Batgirl (Barbara Gordon); 1st Silver Age app. Killer Moth; classic Batgirl cover." Bat-Bibliography: The DC Universe Collection copy of Detective Comics #359 is illustrated in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking (page 363), with the following caption: "At the request of the TV show's producers, editor Julius Schwartz and artist Carmine Infantino debuted an all-new Batgirl in 1967 to tie in with upcoming developments in the ABC program. Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Gordon's daughter, was beautiful, brainy, and brawny." Bat-cyclopedia: "The mantle of Batgirl has been taken on by several different young women over the years and through the varying realities. In most cases, Batgirl has been supported and endorsed by Batman and is usually a trained member of Batman's allies in his war on crime.... On Earth-1, BARBARA GORDON, daughter of Police Commissioner JAMES GORDON went as Batgirl to a costume party, encountered KILLER MOTH, and a crime-fighting carreer was born."— Robert Greenberger, The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Ballantine: 2012, pp. 24-25. Batgirl Begins: "The Batgirl who got her start in Detective Comics #359 was very different from the younger Bat-Girl of 1961, and not just because she didn't have a hyphen. The new version was fully grown, a librarian, and daughter of Police Commissioner Gordon. Gardner Fox's script showed the redhead becoming a costumed crime fighter almost by accident, when she ran into a robbery while wearing a Halloween outfit and couldn't resist the temptation to go into action. By coincidence the robbery victim was Bruce Wayne, and Barbara Gordon as Batgirl soon became Batman's ally." — Les Daniels, Batman: The Complete History. Chronicle: 1999, p. 113. Why Batgirl? Batgirl was created specifically as an intellectual property ready-made for the boob tube: "[Producer] Bill Dozier asked [editor Julius] Schwartz to plant a new character into Batman's comic book adventures — one that he had every intention of importing to the show as soon as he could fit a new, permanent costar into the budget. He knew what he wanted: a young female who could offer girls in the audience a strong role model and the dads a reason to tune in for the non-Catwoman episodes.... Schwartz tapped Carmine Infantino to design her costume and writer Gardner Fox to introduce her in Detective Comics #359, which landed on newsstands in late November 1966." — Glen Weldon, The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture. Simon & Schuster: 2016, pp. 96-97. 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
DETECTIVE COMICS No. 359 * 1st Batgirl Appearance Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: National Periodical Publications, Inc.] Date Published: January, 1967 Description: CGC certified: G/VG (3.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Detached centerfold; creasing to cover; multiple store stamp front cover; spine stress lines to cover; staining to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 3256 graded copies (3141 Universal, 27 Qualified, 30 Signature Series, 58 Restored). GPAnalysis: A 3.0 sold for $336 in 10/23. Credits: Cover: Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson (inks). Scripts: Gardner Fox. Art: Carmine Infantino Sid Greene (inks), and Murphy Anderson Overstreet: "Intro/origin Batgirl (Barbara Gordon); 1st Silver Age app. Killer Moth; classic Batgirl cover." Bat-Bibliography: The DC Universe Collection copy of Detective Comics #359 is illustrated in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking (page 363), with the following caption: "At the request of the TV show's producers, editor Julius Schwartz and artist Carmine Infantino debuted an all-new Batgirl in 1967 to tie in with upcoming developments in the ABC program. Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Gordon's daughter, was beautiful, brainy, and brawny." Bat-cyclopedia: "The mantle of Batgirl has been taken on by several different young women over the years and through the varying realities. In most cases, Batgirl has been supported and endorsed by Batman and is usually a trained member of Batman's allies in his war on crime.... On Earth-1, BARBARA GORDON, daughter of Police Commissioner JAMES GORDON went as Batgirl to a costume party, encountered KILLER MOTH, and a crime-fighting carreer was born."— Robert Greenberger, The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Ballantine: 2012, pp. 24-25. Batgirl Begins: "The Batgirl who got her start in Detective Comics #359 was very different from the younger Bat-Girl of 1961, and not just because she didn't have a hyphen. The new version was fully grown, a librarian, and daughter of Police Commissioner Gordon. Gardner Fox's script showed the redhead becoming a costumed crime fighter almost by accident, when she ran into a robbery while wearing a Halloween outfit and couldn't resist the temptation to go into action. By coincidence the robbery victim was Bruce Wayne, and Barbara Gordon as Batgirl soon became Batman's ally." — Les Daniels, Batman: The Complete History. Chronicle: 1999, p. 113. Why Batgirl? Batgirl was created specifically as an intellectual property ready-made for the boob tube: "[Producer] Bill Dozier asked [editor Julius] Schwartz to plant a new character into Batman's comic book adventures — one that he had every intention of importing to the show as soon as he could fit a new, permanent costar into the budget. He knew what he wanted: a young female who could offer girls in the audience a strong role model and the dads a reason to tune in for the non-Catwoman episodes.... Schwartz tapped Carmine Infantino to design her costume and writer Gardner Fox to introduce her in Detective Comics #359, which landed on newsstands in late November 1966." — Glen Weldon, The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture. Simon & Schuster: 2016, pp. 96-97. 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
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