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    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 40 Coverless 0.3

    1st app. and origin Clayface
    1st Joker cover

    Includes reproduction cover (unattached).

    Ended Apr 15 2021
    Winning Bid $861

    Origin and 1st appearance of Clayface in the Batman story, plus the Spy, Red Logan, the Crimson Avenger, Speed Saunders Ace Investigator (art by Fred Guardineer), Steve Malone, Cliff Crosby, and Slam Bradley (script by Jerry Siegel, art by Howard Sherman). One-page text story, "Theft at the Fair" by Gardner F. Fox. Full-page ad for Batman # 1. Half-page ad for the Superman radio show. Cover price $0.10. Grade: Coverless explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)