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Title: DETECTIVE COMICS No. 61
Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: March, 1942
Description: CGC certified: Good (2.0). Purple label: Restored (C-2). Off-white pages. Grader notes: "Tape cover; tape interior; tape interior cover; creasing to cover; small amount of color touch on front cover; tears to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.
 
CGC Census: 61 graded copies (49 Universal, 12 Restored).
 
GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A restored 5.0 (SA) sold for $283 in 9/10; a restored 5.5 (C) sold for $700 in 2/20. 
 
For comparison purposes, here are recent Universal sales: A 1.0 sold for $270 in 10/20; a 4.0 sold for $950 in 9/21.
 
Credits: Cover: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks, George Roussos backgrounds). Scripts: Bill Finger, Jack Lehti, Murray Boltinoff? Art: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks, George Roussos backgrounds), Louis Cazeneuve, Pierce Rice, Jack Lehti (Charles Paris inks), Cliff Young, Lee Harris (Charles Paris), Howard Sherman.Bat-cyclopedia: "In March 1942 PROFESSOR POST and 'CRAFTY' CAL CLATE recall their past encounters with Batman and Robin.... [Professor Post is] a renegade scientist who developed 'a drug that acts on a man's brain—slows up his reflexes—and makes him lazy....' Post administered the drug to key members of major brokerage houses, thereby rendering them incapable of conducting their daily business, and then extorted money from the firms in return for providing their employees with the antidote.... ['Crafty' Cal Clate is] the leader of a gang of criminals who successfully lured policemen away from the scenes of their intended crimes by sending out false police calls on a transmitter hidden inside a laundry truck." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 116, 177, 309.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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