The Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight Detective. One half of the Dynamic Duo. More than a year before Batmania would sweep the nation by storm, Aurora released the model kit of Batman. This was Batman. Not THE Batman, just Batman. The kit was released during the time he had just stopped cutting the tape when a new shopping center was built in Gotham City. In the comics, DC had just recently put the yellow circle around the bat on his chest and Robin would not go off to college for another 4 years (which in the real world would have been an entire High School career, but Dick Grayson had been in school since 1940!).
The original kit has the word Batman on the tree and an owl nestled on the top. The logo and the owl were eliminated for the Comic Scene release. My built up is a CS release. This kit has been released numerous times over the years and you can still get one in some edition for a reasonable price. This one was also highly touted in the comic ads of the time.
Coming soon ad:
Real ad for the kit:
Original box:
Comic Scene box:
My built up:
Johnny West Corner:
Janice was the fourth kid and she was also first released in 1967. She has brown hair.
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