According to distributors COMAG: “A new fortnightly series, Batman Automobilia Collection allows Batman fans and car model enthusiasts alike the chance to collect the most iconic vehicles ever driven by Batman.
Aimed at predominantly at men aged 16 and over, Batman Automobilia Collection will feature Batmobiles from the hit TV shows, blockbusting films and more than 70 years of comics!
From its first appearance in Detective Comics No.27 in May 1939 to The Dark Knight Rises film in 2012, the Batmobile has gone through numerous incarnations, but has always been an innovative and inspirational vehicle for fans of the Caped Crusader.
With weapons, gadgets and special abilities, the Batmobile is almost a character in its own right in the Batman stories, whose appearance is eagerly anticipated whenever a new one is designed.
Every issue of Batman Automobilia Collection will carry a superb quality die-cast model of a Batmobile in a Perspex display box with a lenticular background. In addition to the Batmobile, each issue will carry a 12-page magazine that describes that particular version of the vehicle.
On sale for a month, issue No.1 of Batman Automobilia Collection is on sale 02/01/13 at the introductory price of £2.99 and will carry a Batmobile from the 1989 film Batman. Issue No.2 will be on sale 17/01/13 priced £5.99, with a model of the vehicle from the 1966 TV series. Issue No.3 will be on sale 31/01/13 at the regular price of £9.99, featuring the Batmobile from the 2005 film Batman Begins. Issue No.4, on sale 14/02/12, will have the car from 1995’s Batman Forever.
The Batman Automobilia Collection will be supported by £1 million media campaign across TV, e-mail, online marketing and social media.
Batman Automobilia Collection will be fully SoR throughout the 80-part series.”
