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Harley Quinn (2000) 4 VF+ 8.5

WRITTEN BY KARL KESEL; ART AND COVER BY TERRY DODSON AND RACHEL DODSON. Introducing...the Quinntettes! They're the baddest, meanest, most dysfunctional henchmen Harley could find, and they're ready for action! But the first mission's not what anyone's expecting, and one of the Quinntettes has something strange going on...in his head! It's crime, danger, and star-crossed love! Cover price $2.25.

Harley Quinn (2000) 32 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4386654018

WRITTEN BY A.J. LIEBERMAN; ART BY STEVE YEOWELL; COVER BY MIKE HUDDLESTON AND TROY NIXEY. Featuring guest artist Steve Yeowell (STARMAN, THE INVISIBLES) and an appearance by the Clown Prince of Crime! Harley is about to cross the line from wacky to just plain insane! Bishop, the cop who's sworn to take down Harley for killing his partner, has unknowingly met her under her fake civilian guise of psychiatrist Jessica Seaborn. Now, Harley has accepted a date with this not-so-fine example of Gotham's finest. And just to keep Harley on her toes, Cupid has sent a certain psychotic ex-paramour to turn this into the strangest date in the history of love! Can you say...The Joker? FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

Harley Quinn (2014) 0A CBCS 9.8 SS Conner/Johnson/Palmiotti/Mounts/Roux/H Conner

Paper: White

Witnessed Sigs: Amanda Conner, Dave Johnson, Jimmy Palmiotti, Paul Mounts & Stephanie Roux on 6/24/2017, Adam Hughes on 8/11/2017, Chad Hardin & Jim Lee on 9/2/2017, Walt Simonson on 9/24/2017 & Dan Panosian on 10/5/2017.

Label #18-0929297-092

Cover by Amanda Conner. (W) Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti. (A) Amanda Conner, Becky Cloonan, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, Stephane Roux, Dan Panosian, Walt Simonson, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Bruce Timm, Charlie Adlard, Adam Hughes, Art Baltazar, Tradd Moore, Dave Johnson, Jeremy Roberts, Sam Kieth, Darwyn Cooke, Chad Hardin. This bombastic debut issue features art by several award-winning illustrators -- but will any of them measure up to the exacting standards of the Clown Princess of Crime? Don't miss the thrilling return of Harley Quinn in her own monthly series! Cover price $2.99.

Harley Quinn (2014) 1A CBCS 9.8 SS Conner/Palmiotti/Hardin Conner

Paper: White

Witnessed Sigs: Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti on 6/24/2017 & Chad Hardin on 9/2/2017.

Label #18-088C948-058

Cover by Amanda Conner. Written by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Chad Hardin. Harley is set to begin her new life, but she needs a job first! Enter the Coney Island Roller Derby! It's game time as Harley sets out to destroy her competition - literally! Cover price $2.99.

Harley Quinn (2014) 29POWERUP CBCS 9.8 SS Hardin/Conner/Palmiotti/Timms Conner Sketch Variant

Paper: White

Witnessed Signature: Chad Hardin on 10/22/2021 & Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti & John Timms on 11/6/2021. GameStop Sketch Exclusive. Remarked at top left corner not noted on CBCS label.

Label #22-0692A42-252

Gamestop Power-Up Rewards Exclusive Sketch Cover by John Timms. Writtenb y Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Chad Hardin. Cover by Amanda Conner. What's that you said? We couldn't quite hear you. Did you say 'Boy, I sure would love to see Harley fight giant transforming robots'? Well, that's definitely what we heard! So we're delivering! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+

Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special (2017) 1UNKNOWN.B CBCS 9.8 SS Conner/ Hardin/ Horn/ Palmiotti/ Dodso

Paper: White

Witnessed Signatures: Amanda Conner Chad Hardin, Greg Horn and Jimmy Palmiotti on 10/8/2022 and Terry Dodson on 10/28/2022

Label #23-0B71126-023

Unknown Comics exclusive virgin cover by Greg Horn. Written by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Paul Dini, Daniel Kibblesmith and Chip Zdarsky. Art by Paul Mounts, Chard Hardin, David Lafuente and Joe Quinones. In a story written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, with art by Conner, learn what really happened when Harley, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy hit Vegas! Then, a tale written by Paul Dini with art by Chad Hardin takes us back to Harley's days with the Joker to see the hell he unleashes when he makes the mistake of scheduling the biggest heist of their career on Harley's birthday! Plus, writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Joe Quinones pit Harley and the Joker against Batman and Robin -- but while you might think the Joker knows how to play with Batman's mind, it's nothing compared to Harley's ability to crack Robin's psyche! And that's not all! Writer Dale Kibblesmith with art by David LaFuente put Coney Island right in the path of a hurricane -- and put Harley on a collision course with Swamp Thing, of all people...monsters...things...? This issue also includes Harley pin-up pages with art by Babs Tarr, Bengal, Dustin Nguyen and more! 48 pages, full color. Rated T+

Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys (2016) 1B CBCS 9.8 SS Mounts/ Tieri/ Palmiotti/ Conner Conner Gallery Variant

Paper: White

Verified Signatures: Paul Mounts and Frank Tieri Witnessed Signatures: Jimmy Palmiotti (with sketch) and Amanda Conner on 10/8/2022 Fill in the Frame Variant

Label #23-0B71126-022

Written by Frank Tieri and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Mauricet. Cover by Amanda Conner. Straight from the pages of HARLEY QUINN comes the story of her strange new army of assistants, the Gang of Harleys! In this new miniseries, they've been on the job for just a few months, and the Gang is ready to stand up and show what they can do without Harley…and they just might have to, because Harley's been kidnapped! The Gang's homes, their loved ones-they're all in danger from a strange new villain with a very personal grudge against Harley! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Infinite Frontier (2021 DC) 6C CBCS 9.8 Lee 1:25 Variant

Paper: White

Puppeteer Lee Retailer incentive.

Label #22-0BB4026-012

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Joshua Williamson. Art by Xermanico. Cover by Puppeteer Lee. One story ends and the next phase of the DC Multiverse begins. We have one name for you: DARKSEID. Our heroes knew that someone had been pulling the strings this entire time, but are they prepared for it to be the biggest bad of all? As President Superman, Alan Scott, Roy Harper, and the rest converge for a showdown, the secret of Omega Planet is revealed. Plus, Barry Allen is put on a path he may never get off! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

Legends of the Dark Claw (1996) 1A VF- 7.5 1st Printing

1st printing. "Through a Glass Darkly!" Story by Larry Hama. Art by Jim Balent and Ray McCarthy. In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, the Dark Claw (Wolverine/Batman) must battle the deadly Hyena (Joker/Sabretooth). Luckily he'll get some help from the Huntress(Huntress/Ms Marvel) and Sparrow (Robin/Jubilee). Cover price $1.95.

Legends of the Dark Knight (2021 DC) 2B CGC 9.8 Rossmo Variant

Paper: White

Variant Cover.

Label #3918710017

Written by Darick Robertson. Art by Darick Robertson and Richard P. Clark. Cover by Riley Rossmo. DARICK ROBERTSONS EPIC BAD NIGHT, GOOD KNIGHT CONTINUES! The Joker has been poisoned. Batman has a choice to make: Does he let his ultimate enemy live or die? The perfect riddle for The Riddler to sink his teeth into! Batman receives a sinister clue that leads him into a new death trap, but...it looks like a new quizzical force might be at work in Gotham City looking to undermine Batman and get their hands on the toxins every villain in the city is fighting over! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Millennium Edition Batman (2001) 1 VF 8.0

Reprint of Batman #1. WRITTEN BY GARDNER FOX, BILL FINGER, PAUL GUSTAVSON, GEORGE SHUTE, TED RAYE, GUY MONROE, AND GEORGE PAPP; ART BY BOB KANE, JERRY ROBINSON, SHELDON MOLDOFF, GUSTAVSON, RAYE, AND PAPP; COVER BY KANE AND ROBINSON. The first comic dedicated exclusively to the Dark Knight! This classic 1940 issue pitted the Dynamic Duo against the menaces of the Joker, Catwoman (referred to as "the Cat"), and Professor Hugo Strange. Also included: a 2-page retelling of Batman's origin. FC, 64 PG. Cover price $3.95.

Next Batman Second Son (2021 DC) 4B CGC 9.8 Lin Variant

Paper: White

Variant Cover

Label #3884801020

Written by John Ridley. Art by Travel Foreman, Norm Rapmund, Le Beau Underwood. Cover by Rachta Lin. While gathering evidence against the criminal Arkadine, Jace Fox has a brutal showdown with assassin Eabha ORoark. The shocking arrival of Katana could turn the tables…but for whom? Plus, tensions in the GCPD run high as Mayor Nakanos anti-mask policies divide the force, and Lucius Fox must decide if he wants to be a part of the Magistrate program. And prepare for a blockbuster ending! 40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

Nightwing (1996 DC) 1 VF 8.0

Child of Justice - Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Scott McDaniel & Karl Story. Cover by Scott McDaniel & Scott Hanna. In his own ongoing series at last: Frequent Batman ally Nightwing takes matters into his own hands in a new city that is in desperate need of a hero. But the upper echelons of both political and criminal power in the city of Bludhaven will not tolerate the intrusion of a costumed vigilante. Nightwing's efforts to shatter Bludhaven's corruption and organized crime are obstructed at every turn by vicious killers, angry cops, and the mysterious mastermind behind the city's woes. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.

Penguin (2023 DC) 1B CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Variant Cover

Label #4376819014

Written by Tom King. Art by Rafael De Latorre. Cover by Brian Bolland. TOM KING AND RAFAEL DE LATORRE'S ALL-NEW STORY OF THE ICONIC VILLAIN! REVENGE IS FOR THE BIRDS. After retiring to Metropolis following his death, Oswald Cobblepot finds himself forced back into the unpredictable and violent Gotham City underworld as a pawn of the United States intelligence community! Gotham's criminal element has been evolving since he was last in the city, with his bastard twin children ruling the Iceberg Lounge. And what of the man he framed for his death--Batman? Is the Penguin walking into a death sentence? From award-winning and bestselling writer Tom King (Batman, The Human Target) and artist Rafael de Latorre (Daredevil) comes a bloody, hard-boiled tale of redemption and revenge! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Punchline Special (2021 DC) 1D CGC 9.8 Jimenez Design 1:25 Variant

Paper: White

Jimenez Variant Cover

Label #3797839022

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by James Tynion TV and Sam Johns. Art by Mirka Andolfo. Cover by Jorge Jimenez. Spinning out of the pages of The Joker War comes the first solo book starring the blockbuster new character Punchline. As she faces the consequences for her role in The Joker War, the story of how Alexis Kaye became Punchline will take Leslie Thompkins, Harper Row, and Cullen Row on a harrowing journey that reveals a fringe teenagers radicalization to the ideology of a madman. Its a terrifying tale so big it demanded an oversize special issue! 48 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $5.99.

Punchline Special (2021 DC) 1ILLUMINATI.E CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Nakayama Variant Cover C

Label #4266805022

Comics Illuminati (Unknown Comics, Street Level Hero, and Comic Traders) exclusive Minimal Trade Dress Cover by David Nakayama. Written by James Tynion TV and Sam Johns. Art by Mirka Andolfo. Spinning out of the pages of The Joker War comes the first solo book starring the blockbuster new character Punchline. As she faces the consequences for her role in The Joker War, the story of how Alexis Kaye became Punchline will take Leslie Thompkins, Harper Row, and Cullen Row on a harrowing journey that reveals a fringe teenagers radicalization to the ideology of a madman. Its a terrifying tale so big it demanded an oversize special issue! 48 pages, full color. Rated T+

Punchline the Gotham Game (2022 DC) 3E CGC 9.8 Chew Foil Virgin 1:50 Variant

Paper: White

Chew Foil Edition

Label #4214530001

Limited 1 for 50 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Tini Howard, Blake Howard. Art by Gleb Melnikov. Cover by Derrick Chew. PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE! Punchline crossed a dangerous line at ACE Chemicals, and crossed Batman in the process. Now every masked vigilante and officer of the law is after Punchline, but this is exactly what she wants. What's the point of being a public enemy if you're not going to be public enemy number one? But the scariest person in the Gotham world isn't the Bat...it's the Cat. Catwoman will hunt Punchline and make her pay. 32 pages, full color. Rated Teen Cover price $4.99.

Robin (1991 Limited Series) 1D CBCS 9.8 Bolland Variant

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-259B411-012

1st printing. Direct Edition. Tim Drake heads to Paris to study under the Tibetan Rahul Lama, then finds himself in a brawl with the Ghost Dragons gang in "Big Bad World." Script by Chuck Dixon, art by Tom Lyle and Bob Smith. Includes a poster of Robin by Neal Adams. Cover by Brian Bolland. See also Batman # 457. Cover price $1.00.

Robin 2 The Joker's Wild (1991 DC) Robin II 1A CBCS 9.8 Lyle

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Dick Giordano Cover

Label #19-2B047C8-087

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The Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum and finds his gang being led by Mister Freeze, as Robin follows a lead in order to get to the Clown Prince of Crime in "The Funniest Thing Happened..." Script by Chuck Dixon, art by Tom Lyle & Bob Smith. Cover price $1.50.

Robin 2 The Joker's Wild (1991 DC) Robin II 1N CBCS 9.2 Maguire Variant

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Direct Edition

Label #19-2B047C8-083

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Newstand Edition. The Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum and finds his gang being led by Mister Freeze, as Robin follows a lead in order to get to the Clown Prince of Crime in "The Funniest Thing Happened..." Script by Chuck Dixon, art by Tom Lyle & Bob Smith. Cover by Kevin Maguire. Cover price $1.50.

Robin 2 The Joker's Wild (1991 DC) Robin II 2A CBCS 9.8 Lyle

Paper: White

Chris Sprouse Cover.

Label #23-1D95B98-015

The Joker's plot to turn Gotham into a hell of technology-inspired madness continues full steam, and it seems Robin's nothing more than a nuisance for the madman in "Tomorrow a Tragedy." Script by Chuck Dixon, art by Tom Lyle & Bob Smith. Cover price $1.50.

Robin 3 Cry of the Huntress Collector's Set (1992 DC) Robin III 2U CBCS 9.4 Movement Enhanced Variant

Paper: White

Collector's Edition.

Label #19-2B047C8-088

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Movement enhanced cover; not polybagged. NOTE: each sliding part of cover is two-sided and reversible. Cover price $2.50.

Robins (2022 DC) 4B CGC 9.8 Bartel Variant

Paper: White

Label #4058762013

Written by Tim Seeley. Art and Cover by Jen Bartel. The Robins are splintered after the events in the graveyard. On their own and on the hunt for the distributor of the SKP Tech, the former sidekicks are on the warpath, tearing through Gotham and Blüdhaven following any and all leads. But while the Robins descend on the criminal underworld, where has Tim Drake disappeared to? 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

RWBY Justice League (2021 DC) 1B CGC 9.8 Di Meo Variant

Paper: White

Variant Cover.

Label #3986539014

Written by Marguerite Bennett. Cover by Simone Di Meo. The DC Universe and the world of RWBY collide in this new miniseries! Discover the Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, and Diana Prince of Remnant as Team RWBY comes face to face with new versions of DCs paragons of justice. A new Grimm is running rampant around the island of Patch, and Ruby and Yang must team up with a young farm boy to stop it! Meanwhile, Blake meets a mysterious woman whos appeared on Menagerie, but what is her purpose? And why does she act like she hasnt been around modern society? 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Shadow/Batman (2017 Dynamite) 1B CBCS 9.8 Van Sciver Variant

Paper: White

Ethan Van Sciver Variant.

Label #19-374AD28-019

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Written by Steve Orlando. Art by Giovanni Timpano. Cover by Ethan Van Sciver. The World's Greatest Mystery. The World's Greatest Detective. They can barely stand each other, so how will they possibly deal with the World's Greatest Evil? What legacy can two of the world's most enduring icons of justice leave once they discover an ancient evil has been living inside the world they protect for centuries, attached to its heart. Can Batman and the Shadow save the world without killing it in the process? Writer Steve Orlando (Batman/The Shadow, Justice League of America) and artist by Giovanni Timpano (The Shadow, Transformers) unite to tell an instantly classic tale of noir, mortality and generational heroes and villains. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Year of the Villain Hell Arisen (2019 DC) 3A CGC 9.8 SS Tynion IV Epting

Paper: White

Signed by James Tynion IV on 2/29/20

Label #3493048004

Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Steve Epting and Javi Fernandez. Cover by Steve Epting. Apex Lex Luthor's first run-in with the Infected didn't go as planned, and the Batman Who Laughs' influence is continuing to spread. Now Lex must find out who in the world can think like the Batman Who Laughs-and there are only two folks who come to mind. The first is Batman, who probably has his own ideas for Lex; the other is The Joker, who also likely has his own ideas, but who just maybe wants to see this twisted doppelgänger sent back to the Dark Multiverse he came from. It's a gamble Lex has to take, because the Infected are gearing up for round two! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Year of the Villain Hell Arisen (2019 DC) 3A CGC 9.8 Epting

Paper: White

Label #2106786022

Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Steve Epting and Javi Fernandez. Cover by Steve Epting. Apex Lex Luthor's first run-in with the Infected didn't go as planned, and the Batman Who Laughs' influence is continuing to spread. Now Lex must find out who in the world can think like the Batman Who Laughs-and there are only two folks who come to mind. The first is Batman, who probably has his own ideas for Lex; the other is The Joker, who also likely has his own ideas, but who just maybe wants to see this twisted doppelgänger sent back to the Dark Multiverse he came from. It's a gamble Lex has to take, because the Infected are gearing up for round two! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Year of the Villain Hell Arisen (2019 DC) 3B CGC 9.8 SS Tynion IV Federici Variant

Paper: White

Signed by James Tynion IV on 8/26/20

Label #2574625006

Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Steve Epting and Javi Fernandez. Cover by Ricardo Federici. Apex Lex Luthor's first run-in with the Infected didn't go as planned, and the Batman Who Laughs' influence is continuing to spread. Now Lex must find out who in the world can think like the Batman Who Laughs-and there are only two folks who come to mind. The first is Batman, who probably has his own ideas for Lex; the other is The Joker, who also likely has his own ideas, but who just maybe wants to see this twisted doppelgänger sent back to the Dark Multiverse he came from. It's a gamble Lex has to take, because the Infected are gearing up for round two! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Year of the Villain Hell Arisen (2019 DC) 3B CGC 9.4 SS Tynion IV Federici Variant

Paper: White

Signed by James Tynion IV on 8/26/20

Label #2574625005

Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Steve Epting and Javi Fernandez. Cover by Ricardo Federici. Apex Lex Luthor's first run-in with the Infected didn't go as planned, and the Batman Who Laughs' influence is continuing to spread. Now Lex must find out who in the world can think like the Batman Who Laughs-and there are only two folks who come to mind. The first is Batman, who probably has his own ideas for Lex; the other is The Joker, who also likely has his own ideas, but who just maybe wants to see this twisted doppelgänger sent back to the Dark Multiverse he came from. It's a gamble Lex has to take, because the Infected are gearing up for round two! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.