1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman #25 The Princess of Plunder’s Prey Catwoman Riddler Back Batman Series

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1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman #25 The Princess of Plunder's Prey Catwoman Riddler Back Batman Series Two of the most sought after figures in the 1966 Batman card set share this frame, and that alone puts card 25 near the top of most want lists. The front is a full length studio style shot of Robin standing beside Catwoman against a plain warm background, both in costume, hands raised, a composition that reads almost like a promotional still. The reverse, titled The Princess of Plunder's Prey, explains that under the hypnotic spell of the Catwoman's hypnotic catnip, Robin became her helpless pawn, closing with the line what a revolting development. Catwoman's episodes remain the most rewatched of the series, and any card pairing her with Burt Ward's Robin carries collector demand that outpaces ordinary scene cards by a wide margin. This is the Canadian O-Pee-Chee printing, identifiable by the Printed in Canada line, and the reverse is the Riddler's Riddle decoder format asking how is the Joker like a chicken, with the answer scrambled across the letter grid meant to be read through the red decoder insert distributed in packs. The bilingual instruction, place the X's of the decoder over the X's on the card together with placer les X du decrypteur sur les X de la carte, confirms this as a Canadian O-Pee-Chee bilingual back. the corners are rounded with the upper right and lower right showing the most wear and slight paper loss, edge chipping runs along the right border and in short sections on the left, the front shows light surface wrinkling across the upper background area and faint handling creases near the lower border, the cream toned border has moderate even aging with a few scattered specks, the black reverse displays print wear and a soft crease crossing the upper left corner, and centering is reasonably even with a slightly wider bottom border. Both figures remain sharp with no damage through the faces or costumes, which is the critical zone for a card of this type. The conservative grade estimate reflects corner rounding and edge chipping rather than any single catastrophic flaw, and while a professional submission would return a low number, the combination of Catwoman and Robin on one card keeps this among the more valuable pieces in the nine card group. Grade Estimate: FR 1.5