Superhero grudge match!
Friday, February 26th, 2010
In the annals of comicbook lore, there is only one Dynamic Duo, but when you elevate the level of the field of play you get the Brave and the Bold. Such a massive team-up has long played well in the halls of DC comics. Superman and Batman, Batman and Superman. The light and the dark. The Ying and the Yang. Superman is the ultimate Boy Scout, and Batman a dark and brooding creature of the night.
Longtime Batman writer and editor Denny O'Neil once described Superman's bright and sunny Metropolis as New York City above 14th St., and Batman's dark and deadly Gotham City as New York below 14th St. Still, both of these heroes were generally cast as unlikely friends, and occasional foe-men.
Well, that is (perhaps) coming to a head, as this past week both of their debut comics went on sale at separate auctions for dueling prices. First, Action #1 (the first appearance of Superman) hit the big-time by landing a million-dollar purchase price, to be followed a couple of days later by the sale of Detective Comics #27 (the first appeaarance of Batman) for — yup, you got it, just over a million bucks ($1,075,500).

And you thought there was a recession on, eh?
Gentleman, start your (funnybook) engines
The Perfessor
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In the Marvel Universe, they killed Captain America, Arrested Spider-Man, Booted Col. Nick Fury and Iron Man from their respective positions of authority and power, and put Master Criminal Norman (The Green Goblin) Osborn in charge.

