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:

Now ... the main event ...

The Wonder Woman #11 Comic Book Appeared On The Newsstand 80 Years Ago

Hello.  Mikey Mike here.  It is December 10, 2024.  I am reading a copy of Wonder Woman #11.  I purchased this comic book in 1994 for around $90.  After 30 years, I am finally reading it.  Last month was the 80th anniversary of this book's first appearance on the newsstands.  It debuted on November 11, 1944.  Now, I am going to show you the inside of this Golden Age piece of art.

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Reading the book by my Wonder Woman display:

Wonder Woman calls a girl a "HUSSY":

She now calls her a "WENCH":

Cules?  Should that be Hercules?  Also, that blank space.  Another error?

"Say - I'm not hypnotized - I'm whacky!":

 

"Wondair Woman":

 

Wheaties ad:

 

"A Queer Thing Happens":

"Queer - I'll Investigate!":

Lionel Train ad:

Pictures Stories From The Bible for sale, and a Wheaties ad:

 

Check out the foul language here:

"Hypnota Is Real Slave Smuggler.  Should the letter A be between Is and Real?

Hilarious dialog - his accent, WW calling him a GREMLIN:

Current DC's for sale in 1944:

Surprisingly, Dick Tracy, in a DC publication, appears in a Tootsie V-M drink ad, and Captain Tootsie below:

The Batman #21 Comic Book Debuted On Newsstands 81 Years Ago On December 07, 1943

Batman #21 debuted on the newsstands 81 years ago on December 07, 1943.  I filmed the video below yesterday on the 81st anniversary of the Golden Age comic book's first appearance on the shelves.  I procured this copy in 1994 or 1995 at The Comic Crypt in Philadelphia.  It is a brittle copy so it was priced very affordably.   The comic cost around $20.  The cover has excellent gloss while the inside is falling apart.   This issue features Alfred and The Penguin.

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Holding the comic, while wearing a Batman and Robin jacket that I purchased in or around 1994 at Suncoast Video or The Warner Brothers Store inside of the Echelon Mall or Cherry Hill Mall, near some Batman and Robin toys: Ideal Captain Action, Kenner Super Powers and Mego Pocket Heroes and Mego World's Greatest Super-Heroes:

A BIZARRE reference to Batman ingesting "loco weed", and Robin's concern about being deemed a "sissy", hahaha:

A Wheaties ad with a World War 2 theme:

Gangster with a knight's sword and horse and The Batplane:

Brother:

Alfred appearance along with gangsters with wings:

Other titles on sale that month:

A World War 2 story called Hero's Mission:

Jerry The Jitterbug and the one and only Penguin:

More Penguin action:

The back cover with a Tootsie Roll ad that stands as comic book art itself with Captain Tootsie:

The 60th Anniversary Of The Daredevil #1 Comic Book

Mikey Mike with another comic book.  2024 marks the 60th anniversary of Daredevil #1 debuting on newsstands.  Last night was the 60th year and tenth month anniversary to be exact.  The comic book's on-sale date was February 04, 1964.  It features the introduction, first appearance and origin of Daredevil.  I acquired this copy in 1994 from Comics Buyers Guide (an absolutely incredible resource).  I believe that the seller was Terry's Comics.  It cost around $90.  If you think that is cheap, inside of the book is a price in pen with $4.50.  That is what the book sold for in the early days of comic book fandom.

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Ink stamp of a previous owner, and the old dealer price of $4.50 (I like these additions):

 

A reference to "Costumed Wrestlers":

An advertisement on how to hypnotize a girl:

Here I am in my room reading the Daredevil #1.  Aside from the comic, you can see the E.T. bed set from my childhood in the 1980s (crazy clean - perhaps I did not use them much?).  That is my original bed frame from 1979 (and it belonged to a sibling in the 1960s).  The mattresses are from 1989 and still strong.  The cradle that I was placed inside of in 1974 is present (also, my brother used it in 1969) and filled with my stuffed animals from the 1970s and later.  The two plush Ewoks I found deep in a spiral bin at KB Toys inside of Cherry Hill Mall in 1994.  Oddball Star Wars was still in stores in the 1990s.  I was a major mole in that era digging everywhere.  In addition, the cradle houses my first pair of shoes (now bronzed) and a lock from my first hair cut in 1975 (it was a tradition for certain cultures to save hair in those days).  There are rows of MOC Star Wars candles and erasers.  21 cases of Return Of The Jedi buttons are stacked.  21 X 144 = over 3,000 buttons there.  Nearby are twelve boxed Twin Pod Cloud Cars.  I threw the box out for the one that I got in the early 1980s.  My second boxed one was purchased through Toy Shop Magazine (another absolutely incredible resource) in or around 1993.  I bought eleven more boxed Cloud Cars in subsequent years as well as loose ones stacked elsewhere.  One third of a 1980s Masters Of The Universe store display can be seen.  In the background, in my other room, is part of my Sectaurs section.  Glo Worm toys are on top of The Hyve.  Below those are knock-off wrestlers and AWA Remco wrestlers below that shelf.  Those old books date from the 1500s to the 1700s.  There might be a couple 1800s there.  The porcelain is from the late 1800s, and it holds gum wrappers from 1916 (suitable World War One crossover artifacts).  Behind them is an Egyptian papyrus fragment from the year 500 or sooner.  I just put up those Kenner M.A.S.K. MOCs.  Finally, I have pinball and skee ball games.  Do you wanna play???

The Toy Box Chronicles #0004 December 01, 2024

This is the fourth episode of The Toy Box Chronicles.  As mentioned previously, I was involved with toys in the twentieth century, and for the majority of the twenty-first century, I was mostly involved with very old objects (antiques, ancient artifacts, antiquities, fossils, meteorites).  For years and decades, these toy boxes were sitting around in the attic, the basement and storage units.  I am going through them now.  What you see will be mostly mine with some objects belonging to family members.

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Keywords: Santa Claus, Pez, Madballs, Planet Of The Apes, Hotwheels, Redline, Matchbox, SuperFast, Spider-Man, Spiderman, Batman, Catwoman, Joker, Dukes Of Hazzard, Aurora Prehistoric Model, Fisher Price, Little People, Getty, Corgi, Donald Duck, Disney, Confederate Flag, General Lee, Cricket, Transformers, Ford, Die Cast.

Keywords: Batmobile, Corgi, Voltron, Hamburglar, McDonalds, Dukes Of Hazzard, Confederate Flag, General Lee, Space Shuttle, Bendy, Baseball Player, Robin, Batman, Grimaces, Puppet, Spider-Man, Spiderman, Hotwheel, Matchbox, Goofy, Disney, Aurora Prehistoric Model, Getty, Fisher Price, Little People, Knight Rider, Kitt, Roy Rogers, Incredible Hulk, Redline, Penguin, Germany, Lone Ranger.

The Superman #3 Comic Book First Appeared On Newsstands 85 Years Ago On November 15, 1939

Superman #3 appeared on the newsstands 85 years ago on November 15, 1939.  I filmed the video below yesterday on the 85th anniversary of the Golden Age comic book's debut appearance on the shelves.  I procured this copy in 1994 or 1995.  I made $60 per week at Toys-R-Us back then.  The book was $150.  I had to put it on layaway for four weeks ($40-$40-$40-$30) in order to acquire it.

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After owning it for roughly three decades, I finally started reading it.  This photograph was taken on October 14, 2024.  The Halloween decorations are quite noticeable.  Otherwise, there is so much to discuss here.  I purchased that Megadeth t-shirt with paper route money in 1988 [a company sold their flawed specimens (See the damage at the top of the shirt?) for $2.50 each at the Cherry Hill Race Track Flea Market].  I got the Transformers bed set in 1984/1985.  I was in that cradle in front of the bed in 1974.  One Yoda puppet has been on the bed frame since the 1980s.  The other Yoda puppet has been on the bed frame since the 1990s after being purchased at a yard sale.  The Trix Rabbit was a dollar store acquisition in 1992/1993.  There are five Talking Freddy dolls.  Two are hidden.  My mom procured five at Bradlees clearanced at $2.50 each in 1989.  She gave one away so I bought another in 2015 to keep the set of five intact.  Time stands still at my place.

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