1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman #28 Close Call Batcopter Riddler Back Batman Series

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1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman #28 Close Call Batcopter Riddler Back Batman Series Card 28 is the payoff to the shark sequence and one of the most dynamic action images in the entire set. The front shows Batman clinging to the Batcopter ladder in mid air while Robin descends above him, both figures suspended against open sky, and the reverse titles the moment Close Call, explaining that it is Robin to the rescue in the nick of time, carrying anti shark spray, the boy wonder saves the day. Paired with card 20 it forms the two card sequence that generations of fans have quoted, and buyers frequently seek both together, which makes this a smart companion purchase. The 1966 Batman feature film gave the television cast a full theatrical budget, including the Batcopter, Batboat and Batcycle, and the card program documented those vehicles in a way the weekly show could not always afford. O-Pee-Chee handled Canadian distribution, and this copy carries the Printed in Canada notation along with the Riddler's Riddle decoder reverse asking why is Batman like an adding machine, with the answer scrambled across the three row letter grid for use with the red decoder insert. The bilingual instruction reading place the X's of the decoder over the X's on the card and placer les X du decrypteur sur les X de la carte establishes this as a Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back rather than an American Topps printing. all four corners are rounded, with the lower left frayed and showing minor paper loss, edge chipping appears along the top border and the right edge, the front carries a visible crease running diagonally through the lower left quadrant and light wrinkling near the upper border, the white border shows even age toning with a few darker handling smudges, the black reverse displays surface scuffing and lightened print through the riddle panel with a soft bend at the upper right, and centering is slightly high with a compressed top border. The sky blue background keeps the two figures sharply defined and the card displays far better than the technical grade suggests. The conservative grade estimate is driven primarily by the diagonal front crease, which alone caps any professional assignment at the bottom of the scale, though the popularity of the Batcopter subject keeps demand healthy at every condition level. Grade Estimate: PR 1