Batman #427 Signature Series: Jim Starlin - Newsstand Edition (DC, 1988) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $336.00
Sold: Nov 28, 2023
Batman #427 Values
Publisher: DC, 1988
About Batman #427
"A Death in the Family" part two. Joker appearance. Jim Starlin story. Mike Mignola cover. Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]
Pencils: Mike Mignola (signed)
Inks: Mike Mignola (signed)
Colors: Anthony Tollin
Letters: Typeset
Notes: Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Sheila Haywood (introduction); Joker (villain); Lady Shiva (villain); Alfred Pennyworth (flashback)
Synopsis: Jason meets his real mother, Sheila Haywood, but she turns out to be working for the Joker and allows her son to fall into his deadly hands inside a warehouse. Joker beats Robin with a crowbar and leaves him for dead as a badly beaten Robin attempts to save his mom and himself from the dynamite left behind by the Joker as he leaves them both to a horrible fate. Batman watches in horror as the warehouse containing Jason and Sheila blows up, too late to stop the Joker.
Pages: 44.000
Script: Jim Starlin
Pencils: Jim Aparo
Inks: Mike DeCarlo
Letters: John Costanza
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 56 | 92 | 133 | 130 | 186 | 263 | 334 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 1486 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 21 | 47 | 49 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 209 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 38 | 66 | 105 | 148 | 157 | 209 | 314 | 384 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 1711 |
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