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Cover: Mike Kaluta

Batman #253

Nov 1973 · DC · 0.20 USD

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“Who Knows What Evil--?”

A 1973 DC treat that brings together two of fiction's greatest creatures of the night, Batman #253 pairs the Caped Crusader with the legendary Shadow for a tantalizing mystery. Mike Kaluta's cover — inked by his own hand — is a striking composition: a towering, red-scarfed Shadow looms over rain-slicked train tracks, twin pistols leveled at the reader, while a crouching Batman watches warily against a city twilight backdrop. With Denny O'Neil writing and Irv Novick and Dick Giordano handling interior art, this is a genuinely compelling entry in Batman's Bronze Age run.

writer Denny O'Neil · artist Irv Novick · inker Dick Giordano · letterer Milt Snapinn · cover Mike Kaluta

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Fine) $20

CGC 9.8 · 8 in census $863*

CGC 9.6 · 42 in census $372

CGC 9.4 · 63 in census $148

CGC 9.2 · 52 in census $130

CGC 9.0 · 49 in census $106

CGC 8.5 · 60 in census $93

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CGC 8.0 · 31 in census $77*

CGC 7.5 · 27 in census $77

CGC 7.0 · 23 in census $44

CGC 6.5 · 14 in census $44*

CGC 6.0 · 13 in census $44

CGC 5.5 · 5 in census $36

CGC 5.0 · 6 in census $31*

CGC 4.5 · 4 in census $28*

CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $27*

CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $22*

CGC 3.0 none in existence

CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $20*

CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $20*

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Full credits

writer Denny O'Neil

artist Irv Novick

inker Dick Giordano

letterer Milt Snapinn

cover pencils, inks Mike Kaluta

Reprints

Reprinted in The Comic Reader #99 (1973), Batman (Edição especial em côres) #42 (1974), Batman Bimestriel #4 (1975), Batman Classics #74 (1976), Läderlappen #5/1976 (1976), Lynvingen #5/1976 (1976), الوطواط [Al-Watwat / The Batman] #112

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