Royal Mail Announced Batman and the Justice League on stamps to be issued Sept. 17

Royal Mail, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, revealed the images for these 18 DC Comics stamps on Sept. 1.

The designs for the stamps were specially commissioned for Royal Mail and illustrated by British comic book artist Jim Cheung and Colombian-American colorist Laura Martin.

The 12 stamps in the two strips of six feature Batman characters.

Royal Mail said: “Since his first appearance [in 1939], Batman has built up a formidable array of ‘family’ and allies as he fights crime in the troubled streets of Gotham City. Some — such as Catwoman and Jason Todd — tread a delicate path between heroic acts and villainy. Others — such as Robin and Batgirl — have gone on to become fully-fledged members of the Batman Family, fighting both alone and alongside the Dark Knight against the city’s crazed Super-Villains.”

Shown on the first strip of six are Batman, Batwoman, Robin, Batgirl, Alfred Pennyworth (the butler of Bruce Wayne, Batman’s alter ego), and Nightwing.

The second strip of stamps pictures some of the Batman villains the Joker, Harley Quinn, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, and the Riddler.

Batman and eight other Justice League superheroes are celebrated on the six stamps in the souvenir sheet. Royal Mail describes the Justice League as “the World’s Greatest Super Heroes joining forces to protect the planet.”

Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman are pictured separately on stamps in the souvenir sheet. The other three stamps show two superheroes each: Green Lantern and the Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman, and Supergirl and Shazam!

Interabang designed the stamps and souvenir sheets, and International Security Printer printed them by lithography. The stamps in the se-tenant strips of six have traditional stamp gum, while those in the souvenir sheet are self-adhesive.

Royal Mail reports that the stamps and a range of collectible products are available to preorder and go on general sale Sept. 17.