Fun game of the day. [via kottke, of course]

A copy of Detective Comics #27, the first appearance of a character called “The Batman,” sold yesterday for $1,075,500, a comic book record. This breaks the record set just a few days ago by Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, which sold for $1 million. These are the two Holy Grails of comic books.

This is apparently one of the best-preserved copies of Detective Comics #27 ever seen. If you go to the link above, you can see an extensive description of the comic book’s condition, watch a short video, and see close-ups of the front and back covers as well as the transparent case in which CGC put the comic book. I’d never seen one of the cases before.

As for me, if I had my choice of a rare comic book, it would be The Flash #123, which introduced the multiverse to DC Comics.

Has anyone seen the TV show Archer? It’s an animated half-hour series on FX, and it’s hilarious and occasionally filthy. The best way to describe it would be James Bond meets The Office, with a gay sensibility sometimes thrown in. A recent scene involving Archer trying to defuse a bomb was one of the funniest things I’ve seen on TV in months.

The lead character is voiced by Jon Benjamin, who’s done a bunch of different cartoon characters before (such as Coach McGuirk and Jason on Home Movies). I love his weary, cynical delivery. There’s also Jessica Walter of Arrested Development, who voices his mother; Chris Parnell of Saturday Night Live; Judy Greer; and a couple of others.

There are only six episodes, and there’s actually a four-episode marathon tonight if you want to catch up.