1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman Bat Laffs Bruce Wayne #1 Adam West First Card Checklist

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1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman Bat Laffs Bruce Wayne #1 Adam West First Card Checklist The holy grail of Bat Laffs set collectors is here, the 1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman Bat Laffs Bruce Wayne #1 Adam West first card, the number one card that every Batman 66 master set starts with and this Canadian printed example is tougher than the US Topps. This 1966 O-Pee-Chee Batman Bat Laffs Bruce Wayne #1 card shows Adam West as Bruce Wayne in full millionaire mode, plaid sports coat, tie, smiling on the Wayne Manor grand staircase with painted garden backdrop, a promotional publicity shot used heavily in 1966. Set history - Bat Laffs is 55 cards, card #1 is Bruce Wayne, #2 Robin, #3 Joker, all photo cards from the 1966 Batman motion picture. The Canadian T. C. G. Ptd. IN CANADA version has identical front but back stock browns faster and has the Greenway Fox National Periodical copyright block. Number one cards always suffered rubber band damage and binder wear, so finding a clean #1 is a win. Adam West achievements are legendary, Batman 1966-68, 120 episodes plus movie, 1966 Batman movie brought first ever theatrical Batman, voice of Batman in Super Friends and Batman Return of the Caped Crusaders, his Bruce Wayne is suave, funny and heroic. This is the sharpest front in the entire 9-card sleeve. Centering is about 60/40 side to side, image is upright and bright, colors are strong, plaid pattern crisp. Corners are VG-EX to EX, light touches but no major rounding, bottom right white dot minimal. Edges are clean with only micro chipping on left side, surface gloss intact with no creases or wrinkles visible on front under scan. Back is the BAT LAFFS Single male bats usually live in? A BATchelor pad with green puzzle piece and the portrait shows a partial green fabric, heavy tanning all over, the classic Canadian aged cream stock, some vertical crease lines visible in raking light but not a hard crease through color. Back corners are better than average, no pen marks, no puzzle rub. It is English-only, not bilingual, but that is correct for 1966 OPC Batman Bat Laffs. This would be the cornerstone card for any Adam West Adam West fan in Ontario looking to complete the puzzle. Ships from Alex Collect with magazine-grade protection. Grade Estimate: VG-EX 4