Batman #56 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1949) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $24,000.00
Sold: Nov 21, 2021
Batman #56 Values
Publisher: DC, 1949
About Batman #56
Penguin and Vicki Vale appearances. Dick Sprang and Charles Paris cover. Sprang and Jim Mooney art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne; as Bat-Hombre]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Pencils: Dick Sprang
Inks: Charles Paris
Letters: Ira Schnapp
Notes: Pencil credit verified by Sprang, inker credit verified by Paris, and letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; President Jose Camaran (death); Colonel Morenos; Toto (a parrot); El Papagayo (villain, introduction); Bat-hombre [Luis Peraldo] (villain, introduction, death); Felipe (villain); Pancho (villain, death); Pedro (villain)
Synopsis: The sickly Presidente of a Latin American nation implores the Caped Crusaders to come to his nation and train a Batman to keep law and order in his country.
Pages: 13.000
Script: David Vern
Pencils: Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Charles Paris
Letters: Joe Letterese ?
Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #193 (July-August 1967)
Notes: Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, pencil credit verified by Sprang, and inker credit verified by 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 |
|
Universal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
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