{"product_id":"batman-vol2-19","title":"Batman vol2 #19","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBatman (Vol 2) #19 — Al Jaffee MAD Magazine Variant Cover · 2013\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cross-publisher homage variant from \u003cstrong\u003eDC's April 2013 MAD-month variant programme\u003c\/strong\u003e. The publisher-wide programme paired multiple New 52 titles with MAD Magazine homage covers, drawn by long-tenured MAD artists. Batman #19 carries the variant by \u003cstrong\u003eAl Jaffee\u003c\/strong\u003e — legendary MAD cartoonist, creator of the MAD Fold-In, and at the time the longest-tenured cover-art contributor in MAD's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is a \u003cstrong\u003eScott Snyder + Greg Capullo\u003c\/strong\u003e issue from one of the most acclaimed modern Batman runs. The story carries strong context: \"\u003cem\u003eWho would cause Bruce Wayne to use a gun?\u003c\/em\u003e\" — Bruce Wayne is filmed robbing a Gotham bank at gunpoint, and the issue's mid-arc resolution re-introduces a major Bat-villain into the Snyder\/Capullo continuity (the impersonator twist).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAl Jaffee passed in \u003cstrong\u003eApril 2023 at age 102\u003c\/strong\u003e — making the 2013 MAD-month variants amongst his late-career mainstream cover commissions. Pricing on the wider 2013 MAD-month set has firmed since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: Batman (Vol 2 \/ New 52)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIssue: #19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYear: 2013 (April)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: DC Comics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariant Cover: Al Jaffee (MAD homage)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriter \/ Interior Art: Scott Snyder · Greg Capullo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariant Programme: 2013 MAD-Month Cross-Title\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Raw NM · Bagged \u0026amp; Boarded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Matters\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAl Jaffee variant cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e Legendary MAD cartoonist — creator of the MAD Fold-In and Guinness World Record holder for longest comics career by a single artist. Jaffee passed in April 2023 at age 102; this 2013 DC variant is amongst his late-career mainstream cover commissions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDC 2013 MAD-month programme.\u003c\/strong\u003e A publisher-wide variant initiative — multiple New 52 titles got MAD homage covers in April 2013. The set-as-a-whole has built a defined modern-vintage collector lane in the years since, particularly post-Jaffee.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSnyder\/Capullo Batman era.\u003c\/strong\u003e Widely cited as one of the most acclaimed modern Batman runs, with a 50+ issue continuous Snyder\/Capullo creative team across the New 52 ongoing. Variant covers from this era trade as a defined sub-cluster within modern Batman collecting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStrong story context.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-arc issue with the \"Who would cause Bruce Wayne to use a gun?\" resolution — Bruce robs a bank on camera, the impersonator twist re-introduces a major Bat-villain into the Snyder\/Capullo continuity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMAD homage trope lane.\u003c\/strong\u003e Joins the broader MAD-magazine-aesthetic homage cover lane — alongside individual MAD-style variant covers across publishers and decades.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEntry-tier slab format.\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013 New 52 books grade reliably — clean handling history, modern paper stock. £8.95 raw NM is an entry-tier slab candidate for collectors building a 9.8 NM\/MT MAD-month set.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAl Jaffee · MAD Legacy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAl Jaffee\u003c\/strong\u003e (1921-2023) was an American cartoonist whose career at \u003cstrong\u003eMAD Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e spanned \u003cstrong\u003e1955 to 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e — a continuous publishing tenure of over 65 years. He is best known as the creator of the \u003cstrong\u003eMAD Fold-In\u003c\/strong\u003e — the back-cover gag where folding the page along guide lines produced a hidden joke or punchline image — which ran continuously from \u003cstrong\u003eApril 1964 to April 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, Guinness World Records officially recognised Jaffee for the \u003cstrong\u003elongest career as a comics artist by an individual\u003c\/strong\u003e. He continued contributing to MAD into his late 90s, formally retiring in 2020. He passed in \u003cstrong\u003eApril 2023 at age 102\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDC's 2013 MAD-month variant programme paired multiple long-tenured MAD artists with New 52 titles for a single-month cross-promotional run. For Jaffee, the Batman #19 cover sits inside the late-career mainstream commission window — making it a structurally meaningful entry in his cover-art bibliography for collectors anchoring on his late-period work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCollector Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree structural factors converge on this listing. First, the \u003cstrong\u003eartist\u003c\/strong\u003e — Al Jaffee's late-career mainstream cover commissions sit inside a defined collector lane that has firmed since his 2023 passing. Second, the \u003cstrong\u003e2013 DC MAD-month programme\u003c\/strong\u003e — collectors building the cross-title set anchor specifically on the Jaffee, Aragonés, and Richmond covers. Third, the \u003cstrong\u003eSnyder\/Capullo Batman era\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the most acclaimed modern Batman runs, with a defined variant-cover collecting sub-cluster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors building the 2013 MAD-month set, this is the Batman entry — typically anchored alongside the Detective Comics, Action Comics, Justice League and Wonder Woman MAD-month variants from the same April 2013 release window. For collectors building a Snyder\/Capullo Batman variant run, this slot pairs naturally with the run's other variant covers across the 50+ issue era. For Al Jaffee bibliography collectors, this is one of his more accessible late-career mainstream cover commissions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCompanion piece to other modern Batman keys in our lane — sits in the same broad collector cluster as the Batman: The Long Halloween #1 movie poster variant on our exclusives shelf, and our wider DC-key catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUK insured tracked dispatch from Canterbury, Kent. Bagged, boarded and rigid-mailer protected. 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