DETECTIVE COMICS No. 52 Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: June, 1941 Description: CGC certified: Fine (6.0). Cream to off-white pages. Grader notes: "Light creasing to cover; light staining to cover; light tears to cover; light wear all edges of cover; moderate cover tanning." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 70 graded copies (57 Universal, 1 Qualified, 12 Restored). GPAnalysis: A 6.0 sold for $1854 in 3/22; more recently, a 3.5 sold for $1525 in 8/23.. Credits: Cover: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks). Scripts: Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Jack Lehti, Chad Grothkopf. Art: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks, George Roussos backgrounds), Ed Moore, Jack Lehti (Charles Paris inks), Cliff Young Ed Winiarski, Chad Grothkopf, Don Lynch, Howard Sherman. Bat-cyclopedia: "In June 1941 Batman and Robin match wits with the evil LOO CHUNG.... the unscrupulous Chinese-American who succeeds BATMAN'S friend Wong as 'unofficial mayor of Chinatown' following Wong's brutal murder by agents of the GREEN DRAGON tong.... Loo Chung gains possession of Wong's ornate serpent ring — once owned by Genghis Khan himself.... and uses it to instigate a ruthless protection racket among the merchants of GOTHAM CITY'S Chinatown. Batman and ROBIN apprehend Loo Chung and his henchmen, however, and announce their intention to destroy the ring to prevent its further misuse." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 116, 264. Controversial Content: At least one critic claims to have detected objectionable overtones in Batman stories of this sort, which she describes in her honors thesis. "There are also multiple storylines involving those of Asian descent as villains.... This follows the tropes of dime novel detective stories that commonly placed Asians, the Chinese in particular, in antagonistic roles and heavily stereotyped them amidst the immigration boom in the mid-to-late 19th century.... These villains are typical of early comics, especially the racist depiction of Asians, and borrowed heavily from dime novels that displayed American anxieties over urban crime." — Angelica Cantrell, "A Cold War on the Dark Knight: Batman and American Culture, 1939-1975." University of Southern Mississippi Honors Thesis: 2022, p. 28. Another critic, in a similar vein, points an accusing finger at Batman's alleged appropriation of Asian martial arts, in a jargon-heavy essay likely to leave readers reaching for their Bat-Bufferin: "In order to become Batman, Bruce must first travel the world, gaining incredible abilities and discovering ancient secrets from a range of non-American and typically nonwhite masters.... Bruce not only studies these skills but also becomes the best at whatever he learns.... What all of these stories about Bruce's preparations in foreign lands reveal is not just a mastery of exotic skills, but an Orientalist appropriation of signifiers." — Jeffrey A. Brown, "The Dark Knight: Whiteness, Appropriation, Colonization, and Batman in the New 52 Era." Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics. Ohio State University Press: 2020, p. 247. Catalogue Flog: DC had plans to publish a huge omnibus edition reprinting Detective Comics #s 1-26 in 2017, but pulled the plug due to concerns about the unflattering Asian stereotypes contained therein. While DC's desire not to rankle modern sensibilities is understandable, the book's cancellation was a major blow to pre-hero DC enthusiasts, as those early issues of Detective Comics contain loads of interesting material that's never been reprinted. PBA is planning a standalone auction for Detective Comics 1-26 in March 2024, and Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, granddaughter of DC founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, has agreed to provide an insightful text for the catalogue. We hope to illustrate all of Siegel and Shuster's "Slam Bradley" stories from Detective 1-26 in their entirety
DETECTIVE COMICS No. 52 Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: June, 1941 Description: CGC certified: Fine (6.0). Cream to off-white pages. Grader notes: "Light creasing to cover; light staining to cover; light tears to cover; light wear all edges of cover; moderate cover tanning." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 70 graded copies (57 Universal, 1 Qualified, 12 Restored). GPAnalysis: A 6.0 sold for $1854 in 3/22; more recently, a 3.5 sold for $1525 in 8/23.. Credits: Cover: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks). Scripts: Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Jack Lehti, Chad Grothkopf. Art: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks, George Roussos backgrounds), Ed Moore, Jack Lehti (Charles Paris inks), Cliff Young Ed Winiarski, Chad Grothkopf, Don Lynch, Howard Sherman. Bat-cyclopedia: "In June 1941 Batman and Robin match wits with the evil LOO CHUNG.... the unscrupulous Chinese-American who succeeds BATMAN'S friend Wong as 'unofficial mayor of Chinatown' following Wong's brutal murder by agents of the GREEN DRAGON tong.... Loo Chung gains possession of Wong's ornate serpent ring — once owned by Genghis Khan himself.... and uses it to instigate a ruthless protection racket among the merchants of GOTHAM CITY'S Chinatown. Batman and ROBIN apprehend Loo Chung and his henchmen, however, and announce their intention to destroy the ring to prevent its further misuse." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 116, 264. Controversial Content: At least one critic claims to have detected objectionable overtones in Batman stories of this sort, which she describes in her honors thesis. "There are also multiple storylines involving those of Asian descent as villains.... This follows the tropes of dime novel detective stories that commonly placed Asians, the Chinese in particular, in antagonistic roles and heavily stereotyped them amidst the immigration boom in the mid-to-late 19th century.... These villains are typical of early comics, especially the racist depiction of Asians, and borrowed heavily from dime novels that displayed American anxieties over urban crime." — Angelica Cantrell, "A Cold War on the Dark Knight: Batman and American Culture, 1939-1975." University of Southern Mississippi Honors Thesis: 2022, p. 28. Another critic, in a similar vein, points an accusing finger at Batman's alleged appropriation of Asian martial arts, in a jargon-heavy essay likely to leave readers reaching for their Bat-Bufferin: "In order to become Batman, Bruce must first travel the world, gaining incredible abilities and discovering ancient secrets from a range of non-American and typically nonwhite masters.... Bruce not only studies these skills but also becomes the best at whatever he learns.... What all of these stories about Bruce's preparations in foreign lands reveal is not just a mastery of exotic skills, but an Orientalist appropriation of signifiers." — Jeffrey A. Brown, "The Dark Knight: Whiteness, Appropriation, Colonization, and Batman in the New 52 Era." Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics. Ohio State University Press: 2020, p. 247. Catalogue Flog: DC had plans to publish a huge omnibus edition reprinting Detective Comics #s 1-26 in 2017, but pulled the plug due to concerns about the unflattering Asian stereotypes contained therein. While DC's desire not to rankle modern sensibilities is understandable, the book's cancellation was a major blow to pre-hero DC enthusiasts, as those early issues of Detective Comics contain loads of interesting material that's never been reprinted. PBA is planning a standalone auction for Detective Comics 1-26 in March 2024, and Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, granddaughter of DC founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, has agreed to provide an insightful text for the catalogue. We hope to illustrate all of Siegel and Shuster's "Slam Bradley" stories from Detective 1-26 in their entirety
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