Cover: Bob Kane & Charles Paris
Batman #51
📊 ~101,922 copies sold its debut month
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free In "Pee-Wee, the Talking Penguin!", a humble carnival handyman with a heart full of heroics finds his fantasy taking flight when fate hands him an unexpected opportunity to step into the spotlight. Bob Kane’s dynamic art, with inks by Charles Paris and lettering by Ira Schnapp, brings to life a whimsical yet thrilling adventure, all captured in a cover by Kane and Paris that perfectly captures the story’s playful mystery.
Contains 6 stories
Pee-Wee, the Talking Penguin!
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain)Sad-Eyes (criminal)Mope (criminal)
Untitled Humor story
Bebe
The Stars of Yesterday!
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Rufus Lane (villain, introduction)Mr. RolfeToto (actor)Harmac the Magicianthe Flying Carrolls (acrobats)Trigger (criminal)
Untitled Humor story
Shorty
The Wonderful Mr. Wimble!
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Mr. Wimble (introduction)Terrible Toby (villain, introduction)The Joker (wax figure)Penguin (wax figure)Catwoman (wax figure)Warts (villain, introduction)Glossy (villain, introduction)Dirty Dan (criminal, in Wimble's dream)
Untitled Humor story
Little Pete
ComicBooks.com Value
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Raw (Good) $191
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $8,051*
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $5,151*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $3,627
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $3,058
CGC 8.5 · 4 in census $1,771
CGC 8.0 · 10 in census $1,259
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CGC 7.5 · 7 in census $1,031
CGC 7.0 · 7 in census $1,031
CGC 6.5 · 11 in census $672
CGC 6.0 · 10 in census $665
CGC 5.5 · 15 in census $418
CGC 5.0 · 13 in census $379
CGC 4.5 · 10 in census $342
CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $342
CGC 3.5 · 12 in census $321
CGC 3.0 · 11 in census $284*
CGC 2.5 · 5 in census $230*
CGC 2.0 · 4 in census $196*
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 · 3 in census $126*
CGC 0.5 · 2 in census $98
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Full credits
artist Bob Kane
artist Lew Sayre Schwartz
inker Charles Paris
letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils Bob Kane
cover inks Charles Paris
Reprints
Reprinted in スーパーマン [Superman] [Suupaaman] #1 (1949), スーパーマン [Superman] [Suupaaman] #8 (1949), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2019), Batman #51
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