Detective Comics #119 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1947) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $9,000.00
Sold: Sep 12, 2021
Detective Comics #119 Values
Publisher: DC, 1947
About Detective Comics #119
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: Win Mortimer
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; sanitarium inmate [as Abraham Lincoln]; sanitarium inmate [as George Washington]; sanitarium inmate [as Benjamin Franklin]; sanitarium inmate [as Napoleon Bonaparte]; Wiley Derek [also as Lafayette] (villain)
Synopsis: A crook on the lam assumes the role of a guard at an asylum and gets the idea of using the men inside (who think of themselves as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and others) as dupes to carry out his nefarious crimes.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Gene McDonald
Notes: Pencils credit verified by Sprang. Most likely Gene McDonald's last Batman work, per Craig Delich, since he inked thru 1946.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
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 |
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Universal |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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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 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
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