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Detective Comics #638
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Scott Hampton's cover for Detective Comics #638 captures Batman mid-stride against a billowing cloud of smoke and debris, his cape sweeping dramatically as he hauls an incapacitated figure along the ground — all urgency and grim purpose. It's a fittingly tense visual for a story called "The Bomb," with writer Peter Milligan and artist Jim Aparo bringing the heat inside. A solid November 1991 entry in one of DC's longest-running titles.
writer Peter Milligan · artist Jim Aparo · inker Mike DeCarlo · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer John Costanza · cover Scott Hampton
ComicBooks.com Value
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Raw (VF) $2
CGC 9.8 · 5 in census $89*
CGC 9.6 · 3 in census $41*
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $30*
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $30*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $30*
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $30*
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writer Peter Milligan
artist Jim Aparo
inker Mike DeCarlo
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils, inks Scott Hampton
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Reprinted in Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #7 (2023)
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