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Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #186

Aug 1952 · DC · 0.10 USD
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In "The Flying Bat-Cave!", Batman faces his most cunning test yet when criminals kidnap Robin and force him to swear he’ll stay out of Gotham for a full week. With the city wide open to chaos, the Dark Knight surprises everyone by building a flying Bat-Cave, turning the skies into his new battlefield. Written by John Broome and illustrated by Lew Sayre Schwartz, with inks by Charles Paris, this 1952 classic features a bold new twist on Gotham’s guardian, all capped by Win Mortimer’s dynamic cover art.

Contains 8 stories
The Flying Bat-Cave!
12 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Commissioner James GordonRocky"Diamond" Lang"Big-Time" Gateson

In "The Flying Bat-Cave!", Batman faces a daring twist when criminals kidnap Robin and force him to promise not to set foot in Gotham for a week. With his usual ground-based tactics out, Batman surprises the villains by constructing a flying Bat-Cave, turning the skies into his new battlefield.

The Man Who Could Imitate Anything!
5.67 pp · Detective-Mystery
Roy Raymond
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Little Pete
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Shorty
The Man Who Could Read Robotman's Mind!
6 pp · Superhero
Robotman [Robert Crane]
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Professor Eureka
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Casey the Cop
The Mystery of the Stolen Arrows!
8 pp · Western-Frontier
Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $39
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $928*
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $920
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $673
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $497
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $398
CGC 6.0 · 5 in census $352
Show all 17 grades
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $311
CGC 5.0 · 4 in census $279
CGC 4.5 · 5 in census $240*
CGC 4.0 · 5 in census $209*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $186*
CGC 3.0 · 5 in census $165*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $133*
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $114*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $87*
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $57*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available
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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

Reprints

Reprinted in Batman #32 (1953), Lynvingen #12/1953 (1953), A Date with Judy #60 (1957), Tales of the Unexpected #17 (1957), The Hundred Comic Monthly #15 (1957), Gang Busters #62 (1958), Sugar & Spike #13 (1958), Century Comic #93 (1965), Batman #203 (1968), MV Comix #11/1969 (1969), Lepakkomies #4/1970 (1970), Läderlappen #4/1970 (1970), Lynvingen #4/1970 (1970), Batman: Secrets of the Batcave #[nn] (2007), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #8 (2020)

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