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Title: BATMAN No. 10
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: April-May, 1942
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CGC certified: Poor (.5). Green Label (QUALIFIED). 6th, 8th and 9th wraps missing, affects story. Cover detached, tape on cover and interior cover. INCOMPLETE. Brittle pages. Cover: Fred Ray (Jerry Robinson inks). Scripts: Joseph Greene, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Bill Finger. Art: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Henry Boltinoff, Fred Ray. Catwoman appearance in new costume. GPAnalysis: No reported sales for Qualified copies in this grade. The only Qualified result is a 3.0 that sold for $311 in 2012. A Blue Label .5 (with centerfold missing) sold for $600 in February 2021.

Batman brandishes a brush as Robin holds a crow quill dip pen on what's probably the first comic cover to depict original comic book art. Under the covers, Catwoman jazzes up her wardrobe in her perennial quest to coax the Caped Crusader into her cathouse of crime. "In April-May 1942 the Catwoman wears a black cat's-head mask — similar in design, but not in color, to the one she wore previously — complimented by a black dress, purple cape, and purple belt." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, p. 162.

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