Happy 80th anniversary Batman!

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artbat123
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Happy 80th anniversary Batman!

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Today, March 30, 1939, the first appearance of Batman in Detective #27.
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John Mack
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Why does the issue say May then?
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clavierankh
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They always do that with Magazines. Gives them a longer shelf life.
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Happy Anniversary Caped Crusader.
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My FB post from yesterday.

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Keith Mayo
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John Mack wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:55 pm Why does the issue say May then?
"Based on historical data from the Registrar of Copyrights, DC celebrates March 30th instead of May because it was common practice in 1939 for publications to go on sale prior to their indicated cover date. So although Batman appeared in the May 1939 cover-dated issue of Detective Comics 27, that issue actually hit newsstands on March 30, 1939".
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Thank you Clavier and Keith. I had forgotten.
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artbat123 wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:14 pm Today, March 30, 1939, the first appearance of Batman in Detective #27.
Although this Alex Ross painting is several years old, it is being used again for another version of Detective #27:

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Beneath Wayne Manor
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