Batman #25 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1944) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $78,000.00

Sold: Nov 21, 2021

Batman #25 Values

Publisher: DC, 1944

About Batman #25

Features the first major-villain team-up in comics, with the Joker and the Penguin joining forces for the only time in the Golden Age. Alfred backup story. Dick Sprang cover. Jack Burnley and Jerry Robinson art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Pencils: Dick Sprang

Inks: Dick Sprang

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: Knights of Knavery

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mrs. Van Landorpf; The Joker (villain); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains); Joker's gang (villains)

Synopsis: Batman's attempt to set a trap to catch the Penguin and the Joker backfires and the two criminals form a partnership to commit crimes and outwit the Caped Crusaders.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Don C. Cameron

Pencils: Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks: Jerry Robinson

Letters: George Roussos

Reprints: Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #2 (September-October 1972)

Notes: This was the first team up of the Joker and Penguin. Writer credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits confirmed by Jack Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

Title: The Sheik of Gotham City!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Ali Ka-Bada (wise man, introduction); Sheik Sidi Ben Hassen (tribal Sheik, cab driver, introduction); Omar El Kobra (villain, Sheik, introduction); El Kobra's henchmen, introduction)

Synopsis: An evil, former Sheik in Bagdad (sic) learns that the true Sheik, once thought dead, is alive and well, living in exile in Gotham City as a cab driver, so he travels to Gotham to find this man and kill him. But when the real Sheik is injured and taken to a hospital, Batman takes over driving the man's cab in disguise and is taken prisoner by the evil Omar El Kobra, who believes Bruce Wayne to be the man they are after.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Alvin Schwartz

Pencils: Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks: Jerry Robinson

Letters: George Roussos

Notes: Writer credit confirmed by Schwartz and Martin O'Hearn. Art credits confirmed by Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.

Title: The Mesmerized Manhunter!

Characters: Alfred Pennyworth; The Amazing Mazzo (introduction); Bruce Wayne; Dick Grayson; Sleepy Slim Larson (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Alfred decides to go to the theatre one night to use his detective skills to expose the tricks of a stage magician, and ends up capturing a thief who stole the box office receipts while being hypnotized!

Pages: 4.000

Script: Don C. Cameron

Pencils: Jerry Robinson

Inks: Jerry Robinson

Letters: George Roussos

Notes: Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

Title: The Kilowatt Cowboys!

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Crane (representative of the Rocky Dam and Light Power Company); Jack (power company employee); Alex (power company employee); Matty Coyle [also as Alec] (villain, lineman, introduction, death)

Synopsis: The Caped Crusaders are sent to investigate the thefts of valuable copper wire from the Rocky Dam Light and Power Company, which is erecting a power cable into a new territory.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Bill Finger

Pencils: Jack Burnley [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks: Jerry Robinson

Letters: George Roussos

Notes: Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits verified by Burnley. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

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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
Universal	8	2	7	11	6	22	27	20	18	23	23	25	15	13	25	15	16	3	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	288
Qualified	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Restored	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	2	3	1	7	3	7	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
Total	8	3	8	13	6	25	30	23	22	24	30	28	23	13	29	16	17	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	332

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