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Batman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 1-1ST

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Batman The Dark Knight Returns (1986) 1-1ST
    Auction opens May 6
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4404322017
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    Current bid: $80.00
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    • CGC Signature Series
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    • Signed and Sketched by Frank Miller on 10/27/18 and Signed by Klaus Janson on 10/27/18.
    • Label #1323193014
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    • CGC Signature Series
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) inner well; Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Signed by Klaus Janson and Frank Miller on 04/17/2023.
    • Label #4232721001
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    • CGC Signature Series
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
    • SIGNED & SKETCH BY FRANK MILLER ON 10/27/18 & SIGNED BY KLAUS JANSON ON 10/27/18.
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    • Label #4404322020
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    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    • Name & "To Wolfgang" written in pen on page 1.
    • Label #3794254019
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    1st printing. NOTE: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th printings of #1 are labeled as such on the inside cover. Cover by Frank Miller. "The Dark Knight Returns," script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson; Set 20 years in the future, this story finds that in the absence of superheroes, criminals have run amok, and a gang called the Mutants are terrorizing Gotham City; Bruce Wayne has been retired from super-heroing for 10 years following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin; Despite Wayne's funding of the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent (Two-Face), Dent returns to being a super-villain; Bruce, overcome with the grief over what Gotham has become, dons the Batman costume again and captures Dent. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.95.