Parthava Coin’s five-issue series of one-ounce silver foils, has sadly come to an end with the launch of the fifth. Called DC Comics Iconic Covers, they reproduce some of the finest covers in DC Comic’s vast history of them. Apart from a solitary Superman design, the series has concentrated on Batman, and that continues for this final foil.

Batman #251, like the Batman #227 released earlier this year, features the skills of comic art legend, Neal Adams, who also did the comic story itself, both pencilling and inking it. This is an important comic book for fans, ending a four-year hiatus for The Joker, and returning the arch-villain to his more violent past, after decades as a prankster. The story revolves around Joker breaking free of an asylum (to be named ‘Arkham’ just a few issues later) to take revenge on the five members of his gang who betrayed him. He manages to kill four of them, before being apprehended by Batman. A lot of modern Batman lore began here.

We’ve often extolled the positives of silver foils here, and when used for art like this, they offer an unparalleled amount of space to reproduce it. It’s especially good for comic book covers, as they’re almost exactly the same size, which is some feat given they only utilise an ounce of silver. They are also very easy to display. Parthava Coin’s five-foil series has been a great one for cover selection, and deserves to do well. Available to order now, with a tiny mintage of just 250 units.