Detective Comics #265 (DC, 1959) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white pages. Sheldon Moldoff cover and art. Batman's origin retold, with ...
Auction amount: $896.25
Sold: Oct 1, 2006
Detective Comics #265 Values
Publisher: DC, 1959
About Detective Comics #265
Batman's origin is retold with new facts. Curt Swan cover. Sheldon Moldoff and Ruben Moreira art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Clock [Kyle] (villain)
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Thomas Wayne (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); unnamed criminology professor (flashback); Tom Rogers (introduction, ex-convict and friend of Kyle); unnamed prison warden; Joe Chill (villain, cameo, flashback); The Clock [Kyle] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The sudden appearance of a new criminal basing his crime on time jogs Batman's memory into remembering that this criminal was his very first case after his parents were killed, and if the Clock has his way, the current case against him will be the Caped Crusader's last!
Pages: 11.670
Script: Bill Finger
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Charles Paris
Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966-January 1967)
Notes: Batman's first case with origin re-cap. Oddity: This story, in its story-telling and sequences used, is identical to that from the Robin vs. the Clock story found in Star-Spangled Comics #74 (November 1947).
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 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
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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 |
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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 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
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