Detective Comics #255 (DC, 1958) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $1,680.00
Sold: Nov 12, 2024
Detective Comics #255 Values
Publisher: DC, 1958
About Detective Comics #255
Features Batman and Robin. Sheldon Moldoff cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hale (museum curator, death); Albert Linke (museum taxidermist); Mario Hazzara; John Logan (master electrician); Mr. X [Carl Danton] (villain, introduction); Fingers Nolan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Responding to an urgent call from Professor Hale at the Mechanical Museum of Natural History, Batman and Robin arrive only to find the professor has apparently died at the "hands" of one of the mechanical dinosaurs on exhibit. When they examine the body more closely, they discover the dead man has left them a clue to his killer!
Pages: 12.000
Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Charles Paris
Reprints: Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-1964)
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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 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
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 |
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 |
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
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