Batman #88 (DC, 1954) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $4,560.00
Sold: Nov 20, 2022
Batman #88 Values
Publisher: DC, 1954
About Batman #88
Win Mortimer and Sheldon Moldoff cover. Dick Sprang and Sheldon Moldoff art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tommy Wilson
Pencils: Win Mortimer; Sheldon Moldoff (figure of boy)
Inks: Win Mortimer; Charles Paris (figure of boy)
Letters: Ira Schnapp; Pat Gordon (word balloon letters)
Notes: Tommy Wilson figure and word balloon in foreground taken from splash page of "The Son of Batman" story this issue. Schnapp's letterer credit from Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Veering (villain, fake archaeologist); Horace Hubert (villain, fake pottery businessman); Professor Egbert Smills (fake orthinologist); Duke Walling (villain); Lefty Lingard (villain, fake pro baseball player)
Synopsis: The Batman and Robin board a cruise ship at sea, the Vardonic, in order to track down an accomplish of a gang operating in Gotham City. The list of suspects includes four "Batmen"!
Pages: 8.000
Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Charles Paris
Letters: Pat Gordon
Reprints: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-1964)
Notes: Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Penciler credit verified by Dick Sprang. Inker credit verified by Charles Paris.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
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