Detective Comics #37 (DC, 1940) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $63,000.00
Sold: Apr 10, 2022
Detective Comics #37 Values
Publisher: DC, 1940
About Detective Comics #37
This was Batman's final solo story in Detective prior to Robin's debut in the following issue. The cover is by Bob Kane cover. Story art is by Kane, Fred Guardineer, and Joe Shuster. Currently #43 on Overstreet's list of Top 100 Golden Age Comics.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Bob Kane (signed)
Inks: Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson ?
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joey (death); Al (villain, grocery store owner); Elias Turg [aka "The Head"; also as Count Grutt] (villain, death); Carl (villain)
Synopsis: While passing by an old house, the Batman hears screams and rushes in to save a man, who he soon discovers is a crook that has been double crossing his boss and who kills the thugs torturing him so there will be no witnesses. Later, the Caped Crusader learns from the dying Joey that his boss is a big time smuggler, and he takes immediate steps to solve that problem.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
Inks: Bob Kane (signed)
Letters: Jerry Robinson
Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #237 (December 1971)
Notes: The last, illustrated panel, displays a promo for Batman's next adventure against huge, terrifying, man-monsters...a story which appeared in Batman #1 when Robin was introduced in the next issue of Detective.
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 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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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 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
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