Detective Comics #161 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1950) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. A Win Mortimer cover graces this is...
Auction amount: $2,990.00
Sold: May 20, 2005
Detective Comics #161 Values
Publisher: DC, 1950
About Detective Comics #161
Features Batman and Robin. Bob Kane art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: Win Mortimer
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Dice (theatrical producer, death); Fells (Dice's butler); Fred Barker (theatrical producer, death); Thomas Slade (former theatrical producer); Connie Bell (actress); Dr. French; Eddy Grace (former actor); Carl Rowland (fiancee of Connie Bell); The Avenger [Charles Waters] [aka as Wright] (villain, a jeweler); unnamed fire victims; unnamed murder witness; unnamed doctor
Synopsis: Batman faces a clever criminal that targets theatrical producers, telling each of them that they will die at midnight. The "death" of Batman provides a clue to that killer.
Pages: 12.000
Pencils: Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures, signed); Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Charles Paris
Notes: Kane pencils credit added, as verified by Schwartz to Craig Delich.
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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
|
Qualified |
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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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 |
|
Restored |
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 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
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