Detective Comics #259 (DC, 1958) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $5,760.00
Sold: Jan 16, 2022
Detective Comics #259 Values
Publisher: DC, 1958
About Detective Comics #259
Batman and Robin cover by Curt Swan. First appearance of the Calendar Man.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Calendar Man [Julian Day]
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Calendar Man [Julian Day; aka Maharajah the Magician] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A new criminal, in trying to make a name for himself, challenges Batman to a duel of wits with all of his crimes being based on the "five" seasons.
Pages: 12.000
Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks: Charles Paris
Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #176 (December 1965), | The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #16 (February-March 1978)
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 |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
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