Detective Comics #163 Mile High pedigree (DC, 1950) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white pages. We're fortunate enough to have oodles of D...
Auction amount: $3,220.00
Sold: Oct 15, 2005
Detective Comics #163 Values
Publisher: DC, 1950
About Detective Comics #163
Features Batman and Robin. Win Mortimer cover. Jim Mooney art. Contains a full-page ad for Tomahawk #1.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]; unnamed sanitarium doctors; "Slippery Jim" Elgin [aka "The Man of 1000 Faces"] (villain, death); unnamed criminals; unnamed construction workers; unnamed bum; unnamed hay wagon driver; unnamed police officers
Synopsis: In a quirk of fate, a wanted criminal, seriously injured in an explosion, has a metallic splinter driven into his skull, which has queer magnetic properties, requiring him to stay away from anything metal.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Bill Finger ?
Pencils: Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Charles Paris
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 |
0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
|
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 |
|
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
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