Detective Comics #81 (DC, 1943) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $2,640.00
Sold: Mar 19, 2024
Detective Comics #81 Values
Publisher: DC, 1943
About Detective Comics #81
Batman and Robin cover by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson. First appearance of the Cavalier. Art by Kane, George Roussos, and Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (on the Boy Commandos feature).Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake]
Pencils: Bob Kane (signed)
Inks: Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)
Letters: typeset
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; young boy; Berry Berrigan (former big league baseball pitcher); The Cavalier [Mortimer Drake] (villain, introduction); Jennings (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Cavalier hopes to become the equal of the Joker and the Penguin by stealing a child's baseball. But that baseball, signed by a famed baseball pitcher, soon leads the Caped Crusaders on a mission to prevent the theft of a sports figures collection by the Cavalier and his gang.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Don C. Cameron
Pencils: Bob Kane (signed)
Inks: George Roussos
Letters: George Roussos
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 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
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