Batman Sunday by Bob Kane from 8/14/1966 Size: 11 x 15 inches Little Napoleon

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Condition: Paper: some have light tanning, small archival repairs, otherwise: Excellent! This page is printed ... Read more about the seller notes Paper: some have light tanning, small archival repairs, otherwise: Excellent! This page is printed as shown in Full Color. Read Less about the seller notes

This is a Batman Sunday Page by Bob Kane. Year #1 Very Rare and Hard to Find! This was cut from the original newspaper Sunday comics section of 1966. Size: ~11 x 15 inches (Half Full Page). Paper: some have light tanning, small archival repairs, otherwise: Excellent! Bright Colors! Pulled from loose sections! (Please Check Scans) Please include $5.00 Total postage on any size order (USA) $25.00 International Flat Rate. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. Thanks for Looking! *This page is printed in Full Color,The Batman comic strip began on October 25, 1943, a few years after the creation of the comic book Batman.[1] At first titled Batman and Robin, a later incarnation was shortened to Batman. The comic strip had three major and two minor runs in American newspapers.Batman and Robin (1943–1946)The first series was written by Bob Kane and others. It was published as both a daily strip and a Sunday strip. This series has been reprinted by DC Comics and Kitchen Sink Press in one paperback volume of Sunday strips and three paperback volumes of daily strips. It was distributed by the McClure Syndicate. The strip ended on November 2, 1946.From Joe Desris's introduction to the first book of daily reprints: "...this newspaper strip, Batman and Robin,...has important historical significance: It is the last large body of work that Batman creator Bob Kane penciled completely solo...and it contains stories by all of the significant writers from the first five, formative years of the feature’s history: Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Jack Schiff and Alvin Schwartz.”Batman and Robin (1953)The second series was written by Walter B. Gibson and was published on Sunday only, in September 1953. This short-lived attempt to revive the Batman comic strip ran only in Arrow, the Family Comic Weekly, which was edited by Gibson. A few of these very rare strips are reprinted in the book Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943–46.Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder (1966–1973)Although it was credited to "Bob Kane", this series was actually ghostwritten, as noted below. The strip ran on Sunday from May 29, 1966, to July 13, 1969, and daily from May 30, 1966, to 1973. At first, this series was a campy revival drawing on the popularity of the Batman TV show, as exemplified by the guest appearance of celebrities like Jack Benny and public figures like Conrad Hilton. Later, it told more serious Batman stories and featured guest appearances by Batgirl, Superman and Aquaman. A 1970 sequence featuring the Green Arrow and the Man-Bat was reprinted in Amazing World of DC Comics #4-5 (1975). It was syndicated by the Ledger Syndicate.Episode guideEpisode # Fan title Writer Artist(s) Start date End date Inc. dailies? Inc. Sundays?01D Catwoman Whitney Ellsworth Shelly Moldoff 1966-05-30 1966-07-09 yes no01S A Penguin with Shark Teeth Whitney Ellsworth Shelly Moldoff 1966-05-29 1966-07-10 no yes02D Joker on Parole Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1966-07-11 1966-09-24 yes no02S The Nasty Napoleon Whitney Ellsworth S. Moldoff/J. Giella/C. Infantino 1966-07-17 1966-10-16 no yes03D Jolly Roger Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1966-09-26 1966-12-10 yes no03S Batchap and Bobbin Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1966-10-23 1966-12-11 no yes04 Poison Ivy Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1966-12-12 1967-03-18 yes yes05 Batman Meets Benny Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1967-03-19 1967-04-30 yes yes06 Batgirl Begins Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1967-05-01 1967-07-09 yes yes07 Amnesia Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1967-07-10 1967-11-12 yes yes08 Zodiac Whitney Ellsworth Joe Giella 1967-11-13 1968-04-07 yes yes09 Superman's Missing Powers Whitney Ellsworth Al Plastino 1968-04-08 1968-08-12 yes yes10 Aqua-Batman Whitney Ellsworth Al Plastino 1968-08-14 1968-12-16 yes yes11 Plastic Surgery Whitney Ellsworth Al Plastino 1968-12-17 1969-05-30 yes yesThe Sunday strips ended July 13, 1969. The daily strips continued and were drawn by Plastino through Jan. 1, 1972, with Nick Cardy assisting on the art toward the end. They were written by Ellsworth until July 1970 and then by E. Nelson Bridwell. E. M. Stout took over the strip on January 3, 1972. Batman and Robin continued to appear in the strip, but were now teamed up with a new hero called Galexo until it ended in 1973.This series was reprinted by The Library of American Comics in a three-volume collection which began in 2014 and was titled Batman - Silver Age Newspaper Comics.The World's Greatest Superheroes (1978–1985)From April 3, 1978, to February 10, 1985, Batman appeared in a strip variously titled The World's Greatest Superheroes, The World's Greatest Superheroes Present Superman, and The Superman Sunday Special.[5] It was syndicated by the Chicago Tribune/New York News Syndicate. For information on writers and artists, see Batman: the Sunday Classics 1943–46.Batman (1989–1991)The most recent revival of the strip, titled simply Batman, ran Sunday and daily from November 6, 1989, to August 3, 1991. The first story was written by Max Allan Collins and drawn by Marshall Rogers. All of the other stories were written by William Messner-Loebs and drawn by Carmine Infantino and John Nyberg. It was syndicated by Creators Syndicate. All of these strips were reprinted in Comics Revue.Episode guide"Catwoman""The Penguin""The Joker""Two-Face""Robin""The Riddler""The Mad Hatter"*Please note: collecting and selling comics has been my hobby for over 30 years. Due to the hours of my job I can usually only mail packages out on Saturdays. I send out First Class or Priority Mail which takes 2 - 10 days to arrive in the USA and Air Mail International which takes 5 - 30 days or more depending on where you live in the world. I do not "sell" postage or packaging and charge less than the actual cost of mailing. I package items securely and wrap well. Most pages come in an Archival Sleeve with Acid Free Backing Board at no extra charge. If you are dissatisfied with an item. Let me know and I will do my best to make it right. Many Thanks to all of my 1,000's of past customers around the World. Enjoy Your Hobby Everyone and Have Fun Collecting!

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