Detective Comics #173 (DC, 1951) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages....
Auction amount: $2,640.00
Sold: Nov 22, 2020
Detective Comics #173 Values
Publisher: DC, 1951
About Detective Comics #173
Killer Moth appearance. Batman and Robin are featured on the Win Mortimer cover. Bob Kane art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman's double [Killer Moth; Cameron van Cleer]
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: Win Mortimer
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Killer Moth [Cameron van Cleer; also as Bruce Wayne] (villain); Withers (van Cleer's butler); Jack Forsythe (playboy); Sonny Blandish (playboy); unnamed doctors; unnamed guard; Whitey Casey (gang leader); unnamed gang members
Synopsis: With his Van Cleer alias lost to him, Killer Moth decides to steal the identity of Bruce Wayne (whom he imprisons in a vault), then hires a plastic surgeon to alter his face into an exact double of Wayne's, and fools Dick Grayson into believing he is Wayne and Dick doesn't realize at first. The Moth goes out as Batman, enhancing his criminal reputation by making it appear that Batman fears the Moth. Wayne escapes in time to see Killer Moth shot down by one of his own gang, thinking he's been double-crossed. Moth's face is wrecked by the bullets, and the resultant cranial injury causes amnesia.
Pages: 12.000
Pencils: Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only); Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks: Charles Paris
Notes: Penciler credits verified by Schwartz and inker credit verified by Paris. In Killer Moth's previous appearance in Batman #64, van Cleer's butler was named Smithers, here he is called Withers.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
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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 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
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