Bill Steinfelt traded comic books for a painting of Batman in 1962. The painting, by Mel Ramos, just sold at auction for $173,000. Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. Back in 1962, Bill Steinfelt ...

Note: This story originally appeared in The Gazette Sept. 20, 2012. A local artist is doing his part to use his love of Batman to help people suffering from a tragedy that has rocked the nation.

A famed and long-considered missing early Mel Ramos Batman painting, A Sinister Figure Lurks In The Shadows, 1962, has surfaced in southern California and may well bring more than $100,000 when ...

A famed and long-considered missing early Mel Ramos painting depicting Batman at his baleful best, A Sinister Figure Lurks in the Dark, 1962, has surfaced in southern California and may well bring ...

DALLAS (AP) - A painting depicting Batman that pop artist Mel Ramos traded to a man for a stack of comic books more than a half-century ago is expected to bring more than $100,000 at auction. The 1962 ...

DALLAS (AP) — A painting depicting Batman that pop artist Mel Ramos traded to a man for a stack of comic books more than a half-century ago is expected to bring more than $100,000 at auction. The 1962 ...

So, there I am reading Batman #99 (and looks like one of those DC 2021 Spoilers has already come to fruition) and something occurs, that has been playing out in The Joker War crossover, just as Warner ...

Batman is a popular enough character that anything he’s featured in in the comic art world, there’s a good chance it’ll go for some money. Though, it’s a rarity when it’s something like this from ...

All weekend, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice stars Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill have been in China promoting the film's release in the country, where it will land on the same date -- March 25 -- as ...

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