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  • Item #54138879
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    Published May 1949 by DC.

    Batman (1940) 52 CBCS 3.0 Restored

    Slight amateur restoration

    Paper: Off white to white

    Amateur Restoration Includes: Small amount of color touch on cover. Top edge of cover & last page trimmed, bottom edge of cover trimmed, right edge of front cover trimmed. Moderate amount of tape on cover & interior cover.

    Label #16-31B3A67-002

    Ended Nov 10 2021
    Winning Bid $445

    Cover by Win Mortimer. The Man With the Automatic Brain!:, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Thinker, using a machine he created, pretends to discover Batmans secret identity; To prevent The Thinker from achieving his goal, Bruce stages his death with Alfred's help; Vicki Vale takes a picture of Alfred tossing a dummy of Bruce into the ocean; Alfred is taken to prison for the murder of Wayne. Batman and the Vikings!, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Charles Paris; When Bruce and Dick visit the Gotham City museum, they note an image of a Viking that looks like Bruce Wayne.....and who is labeled a coward, so they visit Carter Nichols to go back in time to discover the truth. Untitled two-page Peg story by Henry Boltinoff. Fearless Wise Man text story, art by Raymond Perry. Cartoon Flips Starring Batman activity page by Martin Naydel. The Happy Victims!, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Charles Paris; The Joker blackmails people into setting up fake robberies; The robberies stop when he tries to blackmail Bruce Wayne. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: CBCS 3.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)