DC Comics is releasing a number of Batman-related books, what with his 80th birthday being next year. Here's maybe the most stunning item: a slipcased hardcover two-volume edition of Detective Comics, reprinting the issues BEFORE Batman's debut in Detective #27. The official solicitation goes out today, with on on-sale date of March 20, 2019.
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DETECTIVE COMICS: BEFORE BATMAN (VOLS. 1 AND 2) HC
Written by JERRY SIEGEL, MALCOLM WHEELER-NICHOLSON and others
Art by JOE SHUSTER, FRED GUARDINEER, BOB KANE and others
DETECTIVE COMICS exploded in 1939 with the debut of Batman in issue #27—and now, for the first time, DC reprints the first 26 issues of this groundbreaking series, almost none of which have ever been reprinted before, in a two-volume slipcased set! The first volume, collecting issues #1-13, stars crime-fighters like Slam Bradley, Bart Regan, Speed Saunders and more! And Volume Two, collecting issues #14-26, stars characters like the Crimson Avenger, Fu Manchu and more!
Please note that these stories will be scanned directly from original copies of these issues.
ON SALE 03.20.19
$150.00 US | Each 896 PAGES
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-9302-4
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It's a high-price tag item, but these pre-Batman comics have not been reprinted before. I would add that there should be a good helping of some great Creig Flessel art in these books as well.
Hat tip to the 13th Dimension, which has links to more Batman 80th birthday swag.
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