Detective Comics #76 Rockford Pedigree (DC, 1943) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $20,400.00
Sold: Sep 11, 2022
Detective Comics #76 Values
Publisher: DC, 1943
About Detective Comics #76
Features Batman and Robin. Joker cover and story. The Newsboy Legion and the Sandman appear in the Boy Commandos story. Franklin D. Roosevelt appearance. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
Pencils: Jerry Robinson
Inks: Jerry Robinson
Colors: Jerry Robinson
Letters: typeset
Notes: Colorist credit confirmed in an interview with Jerry Robinson in Alter Ego #39 (August 2004), and submitted by Derek Reinhard via the GCD Errors List.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Jason Johnson; Ames (Johnson's chauffeur); Percy Fillmore; The Joker (villain); Joker's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis: After taking over ownership of a flower shop, the Joker and his men use the pretty posies to perpetrate crimes against the wealthy.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Horace L. Gold
Pencils: Jerry Robinson
Inks: Jerry Robinson
Letters: George Roussos
Notes: Colorist credit confirmed from an interview with Jerry Robinson in Alter Ego #39 (August 2004), submitted by Derek Reinhard via the GCD errors list. Splash page pretty much replicates the cover.
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 |
Universal |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Restored |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
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