Yep...$1,297,500. First appearance of the Batman, if you're wondering about the significance.
You have to wonder what the story is for this single selection from that long-passed 1939 print run - whether it was originally purchased by a child or an adult, how many owners it's had since then, why it's up for sale now, and when the last time was that someone just opened the pages and read the story inside.
As long-time readers will be aware, I have had an ongoing issue with the Space channel showing non-genre content, like Jaws, for example - an excellent movie, well acted, certainly deserving of its 1976 People's Choice Award, but really, not a science fiction film by any stretch of the imagination.
Sadly, new management hasn't brought change in this particular area: tonight, CTV's Sci-Fi Channel, the heir to Space, is showing a double feature: Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 12.
I'm sorry, did I miss something in the plot breakdowns for these two movies? Does George Clooney perform one or both of the heists by telekinesis, or by walking through a wall? (No, wait, that's The Men Who Stare At Goats, which might at least marginally qualify for the Sci-Fi channel, at least compared to the Ocean franchise.)
The joke, if there is one, is that it would have been quite easy to do a triple feature of science fiction films featuring the principals: leaving goats out of it, we could have watched Mr. Clooney in Solaris or Gravity, Brad Pitt in Ad Astra or his brilliant Golden Globe-winning performance in 12 Monkeys, and Matt Damon in The Martian or Elysium.*
Sigh ... okay, CTV? I give up - if we absolutely have to do this, you know, I may actually prefer sharks.
