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Title: DETECTIVE COMICS No. 59
Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: January, 1942
Description: CGC certified: G/VG (3.0). Off-white pages. Grader notes: "Tape cover; tape interior; tape interior cover; multiple crease cover breaks color; staining to cover; tears to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.
 
CGC Census: 97 graded copies (87 Universal, 1 Qualified, 9 Restored).
 
GPAnalysis: A 3.0 sold for $838 in 1/22. 
 
Credits: Cover: Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson (Jerry Robinson inks). Scripts: Joseph Greene, Ed Moore, Chad Grothkopf, Jack Lehti. Art: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson and George Roussos inks), Ed Moore, Cliff Young, Chad Grothkopf, Jack Lehti (Charles Paris inks), Don Lynch, Howard Sherman. Overstreet: "2nd Penguin."Bat-cyclopedia: "In January 1942 the Penguin hops aboard a freight train somewhere in the Midwest and finds himself sharing a freight car with wanted criminals Bignose Murphy, Lefty Louie, and Mike the Tramp. Together, the four men concoct a scheme to capitalize on their own notoriety by having the Penguin turn each of them in to the authorities in the states where they are wanted, collect the outstanding rewards for their capture, and then free them from prison soon afterward. Despite repeated attempts by Batman and Robin to apprehend the criminals, the Penguin succeeds in surrendering his three companions to the authorities — each in a different state — and then engineering their escapes as soon as he has collected the reward money.... However, the Dynamic Duo apprehend the Penguin's accomplices, paving the way for Batman's final battle with the Penguin himself. Sensing that defeat is imminent, however, the Penguin breaks off the fight and leaps... into the river." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, p. 297.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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