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Cover: Dick Sprang
Detective Comics #104
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Battle of the Billboards!", Batman outsmarts a gang exploiting massive billboards to intimidate and extort citizens, using the city’s own skyline as a weapon. Written by Alvin Schwartz and brought to life with dynamic art by Dick Sprang—both pencils and inks—this 1945 tale showcases the Caped Crusader’s sharp mind and resourcefulness in a classic noir-style showdown. The cover by Dick Sprang captures the tension with bold, striking visuals.
Contains 6 stories
The Battle of the Billboards!
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Commissioner James GordonCasey (Policeman)Seaver (Editor of Gotham Gazette)Edward Faraday (former Wayne business associate)Toby the Inchworm [aka Inchy] (villain)Fat Frank (villain)Keel (villain)
Untitled Humor story
Three-Ring Binks
The Buzzard and the Screech!
Slam BradleyShorty Morgan
Swag That Stole Itself!
Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
Untitled Humor story
Scuffy the Tramp
The Crooked Ghost!
The Boy Commandos [Rip CarterAlfy TwidgettAndre ChavardBrooklyn [Dan Turpin]Jan Haasan]
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Raw (Good) $166
CGC 9.2 · 3 in census $3,362
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $1,838
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $1,215
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 8 in census $671
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CGC 6.5 · 6 in census $546
CGC 6.0 · 7 in census $523
CGC 5.5 · 7 in census $422
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $389*
CGC 4.5 · 14 in census $339
CGC 4.0 · 7 in census $289*
CGC 3.5 · 4 in census $257*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $228*
CGC 2.5 · 7 in census $190
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $157*
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $101*
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $79*
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Reprinted in Batman Archives #5 (2001), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2018)
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