The Batman #27 Comic Book Debuted On Newsstands 80 Years Ago On December 11, 1944

Today is December 11, 2024.  This comic book, Batman #27, debuted on newsstands eighty years ago today.  The on-sale date was December 11, 1944.  This particular copy is very apropos for this month because it is the first time that a Christmas theme appeared on the cover of Batman.   This is the first Christmas cover and the first Santa Claus cover for this particular title.  I acquired this book in 1994 or 1995 through, most likely, Comics Buyers Guide.  The front and back covers are brittle.  The Batman sweatshirt that I am wearing I bought around a decade ago on the Wildwood Boardwalk for $1.

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I included a Mego Wayne Foundation for the occasion.  The Batman sweatshirt that I am wearing I bought around a decade ago on the Wildwood Boardwalk for $1.

The brittleness takes away from the Sixth War Loan topper here:

If Santa and Christmas were not enough, The Penguin appears in this issue as well:

Eveready ad:

"Son Of His Father" and Alfred in his own special:

Royal Crown Cola ad (this is a comic book in and of itself):

Some lovely ladies in this military-related Wheaties ad:

Volto From Mars appears also:

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