The book is a first printing and is new and unread, still with the original wax paper wrapping from the Folio Society as seen in the last photo, but please note it does not include the comic that was originally included with it, it is just the book and slipcase. It is is a beautifully produced book that includes all of Batman's most important stories. Will be packaged in a sturdy box with plenty of padding and protection.

From the publisher:
Marking the 85th anniversary of a superhero icon, Folio presents DC: Batman. Charting Batman’s evolution from Caped Crusader to The Dark Knight, this knockout collection features 12 key adventures by a host of equally iconic talent, from co-creators Bob Kane with Bill Finger to the legendary Frank Miller and Alan Moore. Selected and introduced by former Editor-in-Chief, Publisher and President of DC Comics, Jenette Kahn, this immaculate collector’s piece provides a unique starting point to one of the longest-running comic book series in history. Comprising tales from The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, and the still-shocking The Killing Joke, as well as the debut appearances of Batman himself, Robin, The Joker, Catwoman and Two-Face, DC: Batman is a hardcover compilation with more features than a utility belt, worthy of a place in the library of your own Wayne Manor.

PRODUCTION DETAILS:
Prelims set in FreightText with Greta Sans as display
320 pages printed in 4-colour throughout
Bound in printed and blocked paper
Printed endpapers
Printed and UV spot-varnished slipcase
10˝ x 7˝

Created towards the end of the Depression by artist Bob Kane with writer Bill Finger, Batman went on to become an icon as familiar as James Bond or Tarzan, a mythic fantasy that has evolved to reflect the changing attitudes of the twentieth century. The stories selected for DC: Batman reveal how Batman and his billionaire alter-ego Bruce Wayne gradually evolved from the dutiful crimefighter of the 1940s to a man possessed, as crazy as the criminals he puts away. He faces a rogue’s gallery steeped in gothic horror, from the Weimar cinema-inspired The Joker to the Jekyll/Hyde figure of Two-Face and the Moriarty-like Ra's al Ghul. Darker still are centrepiece texts The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and Batman: Year One (1987), both by Frank Miller, as well as the entirety of Alan Moore’s terrifying classic The Killing Joke (1988). Widely regarded as among the greatest comic books ever created, these stories changed the graphic medium forever with their combination of cinematic storytelling, shocking violence and literary depth. An anti-scratch laminated hardcover features Batman’s signature silhouette, with titles foil-embossed in yellow and midnight blue, the book itself cowled in a pitch-black slipcase bearing the famous bat-signal. A compendium of gothic artwork and Batarang-sharp storytelling, DC: Batman is an unmissable investigation into the adventures and pathology of one of the world’s most famous – and most troubled – DC Super Hero.

CONTENTS:

'The Bat-Man' – Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)

'Robin–the Boy Wonder' – Detective Comics #38 (April 1940)

'The Crimes of Two-Face!' – Detective Comics #66 (August 1942)

'Batman and Green Arrow: The Senator’s Been Shot!' – The Brave and the Bold #85 (September 1969)

'Daughter of the Demon' – Batman #232 (June 1971)

'The Dead Yet Live' – Detective Comics #471 (August 1977)

'The Dark Knight Returns' – Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 (June 1986)

'Batman: Year One—Chapter One: Who I Am—How I Come to Be' – Batman #404 (February 1987)

Batman: The Killing Joke (July 1988)

'The Last Arkham (Part One)' – Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992)

'Knightfall Part 1: Crossed Eyes and Dotty Teas' – Batman #492 (May 1993)