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Title: DETECTIVE COMICS No. 47
Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: January, 1941
Description: CGC certified: G/VG (3.0). Cream to off-white pages. Grader notes: "Creasing to cover; large tear page(s) 1; spine roll; staining to cover; tears to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.
 
CGC Census: 74 graded copies (60 Universal, 1 Qualified, 13 Restored).
 
GPAnalysis: A 3.0 sold for $2025 in 8/23.
 
Credits: Cover: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson and George Roussos inks). Scripts: Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Jack Lehti, Chad Grothkopf. Art: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks, George Roussos backgrounds), Ed Moore, Steve Brodie?, Ken Ernst, Jack Lehti, Ed Winiarski (signed Fran Miller), Don Lynch, Chad Grothkopf, Howard Sherman.Bat-cyclopedia: "In January 1941 Batman and Robin help teach multimillionaire banker Harvey Midas and his wife that money can't buy happiness."— Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 115, 344.
 
Batman's $ecret $uperpower: Despite Batman's insistence that money doesn't bring happiness, there are fans who claim that cash is the key to Batman's crime-fighting success. In fact, the theory has gained so much "currency" that DC recently acknowledged it in print. "It's common among comic fans to joke that the traditionally powerless Batman's real superpower is his money. While it's a humorous running gag, DC Comics actually just confirmed that the assertion isn't far off from the truth.... In Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #5, the World's Greatest Detective beats even Bigby's tracking skills by tracking down Bookworm despite major injury. When asked by Bigby how Batman knows for certain that they're at the right place, Batman responds, 'I did a deep dive into Bookworm's recent financials. It's my best superpower.'" — Joe Anthony Myrick, "Batman Reveals What He Considers His 'Best Superpower.'" Screenrant.com, January 29, 2022.
 
Batman's Kill Count: Batman bops a baddie on the back of the head while he's driving a getaway car ("Brother — your ride is over right now!"), causing the KO'ed crook to crash into a tree. Despite Batman's banter, the crook has one last ride in store — in the back of a meat wagon, headed straight to the morgue.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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