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Title: DETECTIVE COMICS No. 113
Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: July, 1946
Description: CGC certified: VG (4.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Chews right top of back cover; light creasing to cover; light spine splits to cover; light staple tears; light tears to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.
 
CGC Census: 66 graded copies (60 Universal, 2 Qualified, 4 Restored).
 
GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 3.5 sold for $288 in 8/23; a 4.5 sold for $367 in 7/19. 
 
Credits: Cover: Dick Sprang. Scripts: Bill Finger. Art: Dick Sprang (ghosting for Bob Kane), Lee Harris, John Daly, Curt Swan.Bat-cyclopedia: "In July 1946 Batman and Robin battle the oyster racketeer BLACKHAND.... the leader of a band of ruthless 'oyster pirates' who terrorize local oyster fishermen by boarding their ships at the end of each fishing day and making off with their day's oyster catches. 'See this hand?' exclaims Blackhand at one point, indicating the horribly burned hand that has given rise to his bizarre name. 'I was handcuffed to a detective. I shoved both our hands into a fire! The copper fainted and I got the cuff key!' Blackhand and his henchmen are finally apprehended... through the heoic efforts of BATMAN, ROBIN, and Josephine Jibbs, a courageous lady oyster fisherman." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 119, 149.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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