Batman #79 (DC, 1953) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages....
Auction amount: $8,400.00
Sold: Jun 19, 2022
Batman #79 Values
Publisher: DC, 1953
About Batman #79
Vicki Vale in "The Bride of Batman". Professor Carter Nichols appearance. Win Mortimer cover. Bob Kane, Lew Schwartz, and Dick Sprang art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: Win Mortimer
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Art credits verified by Mortimer and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
Reprints: 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Shah of Nairomi (introduction); Ali Khendun (introduction); Eloise Leach (introduction, magazine photographer); Joe (newspaper editor)
Synopsis: When the Shah of a foreign nation wants Vicki as his wife, she gets out of it (or so she thinks) by announcing that she is secretly engaged to Batman!
Pages: 10.000
Script: David Vern
Pencils: Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Charles Paris
Letters: Pat Gordon
Reprints: 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #5 (December 1964)
Notes: Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, penciler credit verified by Sprang and inker credit verified by Paris. Oddity: in the 1st panel on page 2, the caption states that Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson are sitting at home listening to a radio announcement, then note the Bat-Signal in the sky. Dick says they need to change and head for Police HQ...but if one looks closely, Dick is sitting there already in his yellow cape & black mask!
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 |
|
Universal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
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