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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
ow/white pages
origin & 1st app of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon); Infantino cover/art, COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)
True North Collection


Detective Comics #359 is the rare Silver Age classic that was made for television. Inspired by the Silver Age Bat-Girl, who was devised as a sidekick for Bat-Woman during the family-friendly days of the 1950s, the producers of the 1960s Batman TV series tasked DC editor Julius Schwartz with the creation of a new character to boost the show's sagging ratings with female audiences. Schwartz, in collaboration with Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino, responded with a new, improved Batgirl, this time tying her in more closely with Batman by casting her as Commissioner Gordon's daughter, Barbara. While the TV show didn't last much longer, the comic character was an instant success with readers, becoming a vital and integral part of the DC Universe over the next half-century.
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This 9.2 Detective Comics #359 is another outstanding book from the fabulous firsts of the True North Collection — preserving the first appearances of Barbara Gordon and her crime-fighting alter-ego of Batgirl. She's presented here in all of her checkered glory as the '60s icon swings into the DC Universe. There's a lot of purple passion in this classic cover, plus some impressively inky blacks supporting an impressive focal point for over 58 years!

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