Batman #189 Rocky Mountain Pedigree (DC, 1967) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $36,000.00
Sold: Nov 20, 2022
Batman #189 Values
Publisher: DC, 1967
About Batman #189
First Silver Age appearance of the Scarecrow. Carmine Infantino cover. Joe Giella and Sheldon Moldoff art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]
Pencils: Carmine Infantino [as Infantino] (signed)
Inks: Joe Giella [as Giella] (signed)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Jeremy T. Fall (philanthropist); Andy (young boy); The Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane] (villain, origin)
Synopsis: While entertaining some children in the park, Dick happens to notice the Scarecrow retrieving buried loot from a past robbery. He calls in Batman and together they battle their old foe until they are blinded by Scarecrow's fear gas.
Pages: 21.500
Script: Gardner Fox
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Joe Giella
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff. Story across 23 pages in three parts of 9.5, 7.5, and 4.5. This story introduced the Scarecrow of Earth-1, his origin presented in this story is an adaptation of the story in World's Finest Comics #3, which featured the Earth-2 Scarecrow.
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 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 57 | 102 | 173 | 219 | 235 | 272 | 198 | 189 | 188 | 184 | 139 | 121 | 87 | 59 | 61 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2419 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
|
CGCxJSA |
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 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Total | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 63 | 108 | 186 | 239 | 247 | 284 | 206 | 196 | 199 | 193 | 146 | 128 | 93 | 62 | 63 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2551 |
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