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Title: BATMAN No. 43
Publisher:DC [Indicia: National Comics Publications, Inc.]
Date Published: October-November, 1947
Description: CGC certified: VG (4.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Tape cover; creasing to cover; spine stress lines to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.
 
CGC Census: 224 graded copies (211 Universal, 2 Qualified, 11 Restored).
 
GPAnalysis: A 4.0 sold for $325 in 9/23; a 3.5 sold for $650 in 11/22.
 
Credits: Cover: Jim Mooney and Ray Burnley (inks). Scripts: Bill Finger, Jack Farr. Art: Jim Mooney, Ray Burnley (inks), Jack Farr. Overstreet: "Penguin cover/story."Bat-cyclopedia: "In October-November 1947 Batman and Robin match wits with the PENGUIN; battle gangsters JIM BRADY and Al Rorick; and apprehend MARTIN BAIN." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, p. 120.
 
Details: Feeling like his criminal exploits are being overshadowed by the Joker and Catwoman, the Penguin devises a series of crimes inspired by birds in fiction. The first, inspired by Long John Silver's pet parrot Captain Flint, involves the Penguin robbing dinner guests at Captain Flint's Buccaneer supper club. The Penguin's audacious crime makes headlines, egging the avaricious avian on to several more literature-themed heists. The final caper, a jewel theft inspired by Sinbad the Sailor, would be his last, as the Dynamic Duo finally catch up to the cracked Cobblepot.The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION comprises over 40,000 comic books, including a copy of every single DC comic published for retail sale from 1934 to 2014. The collection was amassed by British music producer Ian Levine over the course of several decades, and it's been hailed as the single greatest collecting accomplishment in comic book history. This collection served as the basis for former DC Comics president Paul Levitz's monumental book 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, published by Taschen in 2017. PBA is proud to present this epic collection in a series of themed sales over the next two years. To join the DC Universe Collection notifications list, contact pba@pbagalleries.com.
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