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Title: BATMAN Nos. 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199 * Lot of 10 Comics
Publisher:DC [Indicia: National Periodical Publications, Inc.]
Date Published: 1967-1968
Description: #190: VG/Fine (5.0). Mild spine stress, very light edge and corner wear, reseller's rubberstamp. Cream pages. Overstreet: "Penguin cover/app."
#191: VG/Fine (5.0). Moderate spine stress, light edgewear, reseller's rubberstamp, very slight staple pull. Cream pages.
#192: Fair/Good (1.5). Restored. Spine stress, creases, abrasions to logo and right edge of front cover, 1" splits to spine ends, chip INFILLED WITH PAPER TAPE to right edge of cover, top corner chipped, cover adhered to pages at spine with GLUE. Light tan pages.
#193: Good+ (2.5). Paper loss to spine ends, 2" spine split, creases, discoloring to bottom edge of front cover, reseller's rubberstamp, soil spots to a few pages. Cream pages.
#194: VG+ (4.5). Top spine nicked, ¼" split to bottom spine, spine ticks, light edgewear, small corner crease, reseller's rubberstamp. Off-white pages.
#195: VG/Fine (5.0). Spine ticks, ¼" spine split, very light edgewear, small corner creases. Cream to off-white pages.
#196: Fine- (5.5). Very mild spine stress, very light edge and corner wear, minuscule rubs to spine ends. Cream to off-white pages. Nice copy, might slab at 6.0 or better.
#197: G/VG (3.0). Spine stress, very slight reading curl, ¼" split to bottom spine with tiny ancillary tear and minuscule chip to back cover corner, spiderweb creasing and a few tiny rubs to edges and corners, two very small edge tears to back cover, thin chip to back cover at midspine with ¾" TAPE REPAIR, reseller's rubberstamp, fat black marker "3p" resale price near Batman's supine leg. Cream pages, edges just slightly tan. Overstreet: "4th Silver Age Catwoman; 2st new Batgirl app in Batman (5th anywhere)."
#198: Fair (1.0). Restored/Conserved. Wide strip of brown PAPER TAPE reinforcing entire spine, 1¼" creased tear to bottom edge of front cover, edges heavily creased and nicked, two small chips to back cover, reseller's rubberstamp. Tan pages. Overstreet: "Joker cover/story."
#199: Good (2.0). Spine stress, cover detached at bottom staple, reseller's "3p" scrawled on Batman's head in fat blue marker, abrasions and residue to front cover from sticker removal, top corner creased, top staple slightly pulled, back cover edges toned. Cream pages, tan edges. Classic cover: Batman tries to buy his own comic at newsstand: "Too late, BATMAN! I'm all sold out!"
 
Cover pencils and inks: Joe Giella, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Dick Sprang, Win Mortimer, Shelly Moldoff, Bob Kane, Charles Paris, and Mike Esposito. Stories and art: Gardner Fox, David Vern, Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, Al Schwartz, Joe Giella, Shelly Moldoff, Dick Sprang, Charles Paris, Stan Kaye, Jack Burnley, Bob Kane, Chic Stone, Jack Abel, and Frank Springer.Gotham's Urban Renewal: "New Look Batman's Gotham City grew into a larger and more idiosyncratic metropolis that for the first time evinced a grubby, lived-in character. In comparison, the Gotham of the previous thirty years had seemed like a studio back lot — nothing but ripe-for-plunder banks and jewelry stores had lined its bright, broad, candy-colored streets. New Look Gotham boasted beatnik coffee shops and used-book stores, groovy art galleries and gleaming skyscrapers." — Glen Weldon, The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture. Simon & Schuster: 2016, pp. 66.
 
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