$1.5 Million !

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/first-batman-comic-sells-for-record-1-5-million

This was the most expensive comic ever sold by Heritage Auctions

 

Artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger's story "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate," published in Detective Comics No. 27, introduced the world to The Dark Knight.

The Detective Comics sale came during the first session of Heritage Auction’s four-day Comics & Comic Art event, which runs through Nov. 22 and features the so-called “Alfred Pennyworth Collection”, a Batman-centric collection from Randy Lawrence; his Batman No. 2, from 1940, sold for $63,000 during the same session.

 

 

Detective Comics #27 (DC, 1939) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages.

Barris customs come to auction

https://www.mecum.com/lots/PA0818-330569/1978-lincoln-batmobile-replica/

Lot S173

1978 Lincoln Batmobile Replica

400 CI, Autographed by Adam West

Sold for $195,250

A collection of cars associated with the late Hollywood car customizer George Barris are coming to the Mecum Auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Aug. 2 to Aug. 4. Here's probably the best known of the lot, one of several Batmobiles made in connection with the 1960s "Batman" TV series starring Adam West

This year’s most expensive Halloween costume.

 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-28/a-batman-costume-just-sold-for-250-000

 

Someone just bought what could be this year’s most expensive Halloween costume.

A private collector bought a batsuit worn by Christian Bale in “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises” for £192,000 ($250,000). Another bidder snagged the batpod—the heavily armed motorcycle used by Batman as he battled the Joker and Bane in two “Dark Knight” movies—for £312,000. And since crime doesn't pay, Bane’s costume sold for £96,000.

Action Comics #1 CGC 5.5 Nets $956K

http://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?articleID=182316

 

On Thursday, August 4, 2016, a copy of Action Comics #1 with the first appearance of Superman quickly flew past the $750,000 estimate to sell for close to $1 million at Heritage Auctions. As part of their Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, Heritage sold the 1938 comic, graded 5.5 by CGC, for $956,000. It set a new record for sale of Action Comics #1 at Heritage.
“As the bidding went higher and higher we were grateful bidders recognized this copy as the gem it truly is,” said Lon Allen, Managing Director of Comics & Comic Art at Heritage. “Few copies of this comic survive, let alone come to auction with such a bright cover. It displays beautifully.”
Action Comics #1 was originally sold on comic racks for just 10¢ in June 1938. There are only about 100 copies currently known to exist.
The copy that sold on Thursday was part of a collection that was purchased from a dealer in the 1990s for $26,000. Allen also stated that the copy likely drew intense bidding because it is very attractive for the grade.

Watchman #1 at auction

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7073&lotNo=92041

 Watchman #1 Bloody Smiley Face cover original art brings astounding $155,350 at auction!

Batman Leather Motor Cycle Jacket | World of Superheroes

Batman Leather Motor Cycle Jacket

£200.00

Ltd Edition. Produced by Warner Bros for the 1997 Batman and Robin movie. Red logo lining.

Buy the Batmobile

Always wanted to own the car Batman drives on the big screen? If your Batmobile preference is the Batman Returns vintage and you have several hundred thousand dollars to play with, you too could patrol Gotham in style. The opening bid is $299,000
Click here for the full story.

Help out Steve

S.O.S. -- Help Steve Rude keep his house

Hey Guys,

Sorry for the dramatic headline but it really is appropriate. Like everyone else, Steve has been effected by the economic downturn, so much so that his house will be up for auction November 15th.

Link to Steve's Facebook blog. http://tiny.cc/1dco7

In an effort to stave off the foreclosure, Steve has put up pages from The Next Nexus mini-series on eBay at really low prices. Pages from issues #1 and #2 are already up on eBay and issues #3 and #4 will up in a week or two.

Link to Steve's eBay auctions http://tiny.cc/fup3u

Link to Steve's store where all the issues as well as other art are shown. http://tiny.cc/xkey3

There's a lot of pages with the main characters left as well as plenty of pages with his fantastic spaceship designs (they are so very cool.)

His commission list is temporarily closed until he whittles down his backlog a bit but will be opened back up shortly.

Steve's originals are really handsome, and this may be doubly true of the ones that don't feature important characters (my brother owns one from his Marvel mini-series period that features nameless gangsters that's as handsome as any comics page we own between us), which makes all of his pages worth a gander.

If you're not in the market for original art or if it's out of your price range, the store link provided above takes you into a wealth of material at a wide variety of price points. I think Steve Rude is one of the really fine comics illustrators of the last 30 years and one of the most genuine ever in his desire to make stunning imagery on the page, so if you can find anything he's offering that you would like I think you'd be well-rewarded.

Batman Fans Needed For New Bat-Book!

BATMAN-ON-FILM.COM - Batman Fans Needed For New Bat-Book!

Dr. Will Brooker, Director of Research at Kingston University, London, and author of the book BATMAN UNMASKED (Continuum, 2000), is researching a new book on Chris Nolan's Batman, titled HUNTING THE DARK KNIGHT.
The book will be published by I.B. Tauris in 2012, and Will is currently in need of Batman fans to contribute their views to his study.
If you're a fan of Nolan's Batman and would like to complete a survey for the book, please contact Will at W.BROOKER@KINGSTON.AC.UK.
The book is a serious study of THE DARK KNIGHT (and BATMAN BEGINS) -- covering such topics as Nolan's authorship of the franchise reboot, the alternate reality game "Why So Serious," Nolan's movies and their relationship to comic book continuity, and the political connotations of THE DARK KNIGHT.

Own a Batpod From The Dark Knight For a Mere $100,000

I would totally buy this if only I had the money (and the fact that me wife would leave with the kids if I did buy it!!! HA)
Want to own the Batpod, Batman's motorcycle from The Dark Knight? Well, this one-of-a-kind working 1:1 replica of it could be yours for a mere $100,000 or best offer. Warning: you will definitely kill yourself trying to ride it.
Luckily, they make that harder to do by shipping it with one chain removed so it won't be ridable. It isn't street legal, after all! But if you were to put that chain back on, it'd be running a "high output 650cc 4 stroke, water cooled engine with direct port nitrous injection." Of course, only one stunt driver in the world was able to handle the one used in the film, but I'm sure it wasn't that hard. Right? CHECK OUT THIS LINK, TOO!

CCEE part 4

Now back to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo.
I met Marcus To, who was somewhat shy, I thought but opened up once you got talking to him. Great sense of humour and a modest guy, and of course I had to get a couple autographs.....oh and he's a Canadian too!!!!

FIRST BATMAN COMIC Expected to Set World Record Price at Heritage Auctions

COME AND GET IT!!!!!!!!  check out the link

FIRST BATMAN COMIC Expected to Set World Record Price at Heritage Auctions