Detective Comics #216 (DC, 1955) CGC VF 8.0 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $2,280.00
Sold: Nov 22, 2020
Detective Comics #216 Values
Publisher: DC, 1955
About Detective Comics #216
Featuring Batman and Robin. Last pre-Code issue. Contains the story "The Batman of Tomorrow." Dick Sprang art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman (of the Future) [Brane Taylor]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: Win Mortimer
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman (of the Future) [Brane Taylor]; Vicki Vale; Commissioner James Gordon; Jackson Barrow (wealthy banker); Martin Vair (villain)
Synopsis: When Bruce Wayne injures his arm, to keep Vicki from discovering that Batman has the same problem, the Caped Crusader seeks out the Batman of the Future to step in for him...almost with disastrous results!
Pages: 12.000
Script: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Charles Paris
Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966-January 1967)
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 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 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
|
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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
CGCxJSA |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
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