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BATMAN # 259 - 100 Page Giant! The SHADOW!! VF! DC Comics, Dec. 1974!! - $60 (Superior WI)
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This 100 page Special is in VF condition with All pages here and complete! Flat, Clean and Colorful, but very tiny wear at the bottom spine and right corner edge!!
"The Night of the Shadow!" by Dennis O'Neil, Irv Novick and Dick Giordano! When he was a child, Bruce Wayne, his father, and two others were saved from robber Willy Hank Stamper by the Shadow! Twenty-five years later, Stamper has been released from jail and is bent on revenge against the survivors of that incident and once again the Shadow is on the case and helps Batman nail Stamper! After the case is solved, The Shadow reveals that he knows Batman's secret identity, but he assures the Dark Knight that the secret is safe with him! COOLEST TEAM-UP EVER!! Great Story and Art!
"The Great Batman Swindle!" reprinted from Detective Comics #222! Ned Judson, a wealthy yachtsman, is called to a mysterious castle once built by an eccentric millionaire, and comes face-to-face with the Brotherhood of Batmen. The leader, Batman Number One, convinces Judson that the figure of Batman is actually four people in a bid to steal all of his money!
"The Strange Costumes of Batman!" reprinted from Detective Comics #165! While making an inspection of equipment in the Batcave, Bruce and Dick inspect the various Bat-suits stored in the costume room. The Dynamic Duo are later called into action and Batman uses some of his most useful Bat-suits to stop the criminals! These were done by Bill Finger, Dick Sprang and Charles Paris!
"Heroes by Proxy!" reprinted from Batman #29! Private Detectives are almost out of business and decide to impersonate Batman and Robin in order to gain some reputation as prestigious Detectives! They failure and are defeated by some common thugs! The real Batman and Robin get into action and they manage to capture the criminals, allowing the Detectives to take the credit for the capture so their business could improve!
"Two Batmen Too Many!" from Batman #177! In order to capture jewel thief Ed "Numbers" Garvey, Batman and Robin enlist the aid of ELONGATED MAN and THE ATOM to stage an elaborate hoax to catch the jewel thief and recover the jewels he stole! by Bill Finger, Sheldon Moldoff and Joe Giella!
"The Failure of Bruce Wayne" from Batman #120! Bruce & Dick pay a visit Bruce's great-uncle Silas Wayne, who is the self-appointed historian of the Wayne family and is constantly harping at Bruce to do something worthy of his pioneer ancestors! If Bruce did something worthy of his family, says Silas, he will die happy. Bruce, perplexed, hits on a solution. After he and Robin bring in the "Babyface" Muller gang, Batman unmasks before reporters at police headquarters as Bruce Wayne! Silas dies happy!
TRIVIA: The first story of this issue is dedicated to Batman's co-creator Bill Finger, who had recently passed away!!
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