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DETECTIVE COMICS No. 106 and 107 * Lot of Two Comics Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: December, 1945-January, 1946 Description: DETECTIVE COMICS #106: CGC certified: Good- (1.8). Purple label: Restored (C-4). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Tape cover; tape interior cover; glue on spine; large crease right center of front cover; light soiling on cover; moderate creasing to cover; pieces added interior cover C-4; small piece out right top of back cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 58 graded copies (55 Universal, 3 Restored). GPAnalysis: No reported sales of restored copies in any grade. For comparison purposes, here are recent Universal sales: A 1.8 sold for $104 in 6/19; a 2.5 sold for $288 in 9/22. Credits: Cover: Jack Burnley (Charles Paris inks). Scripts: Don Cameron, Jack Farr. Art: Bob Kane (Ray Burnley inks), Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos, Louis Cazeneuve. DETECTIVE COMICS #107: CGC certified: Good- (1.8). Purple label: Restored (C-2). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Reattached with tape cover; staple detached cover; tape cover; tape interior cover; pieces added left center & left bottom interior front cover C-2; small amount of color touch on top & right center & right bottom front cover; small piece out right bottom of back cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 78 graded copies (74 Universal, 4 Restored). GPAnalysis: Only one reported sale of a restored copy in any grade: a 6.5 (MP) sold for $150 in 4/06. For comparison purposes, here are recent Universal sales: A 1.8 sold for $184 in 3/23; a 1.0 sold for $205 in 1/23. Credits: Cover: Dick Sprang. Scripts: Don Cameron, Jack Farr. Art: Win Mortimer (ghosting for Bob Kane), George Roussos, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, Louis Cazeneuve. #106 Bat-cyclopedia: "In December 1945, Batman and Robin battle fanatical bibliophile TODD TORREY.... who was employed as a librarian at the Gotham City Public Library until seven years ago, when he was tried for murder and sentenced to be executed after killing a library official who had been on the verge of discharging him 'from the job [he] loved!' Somehow, Torrey escaped from the authorities before his death sentence could be carried out, and for seven years he has lived clandestinely in the library, reading books, moving about in secret passageways he has built in the library's hollow walls, and plotting a twisted revenge against the men responsible for his arrest and conviction." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 119, 356-357. #107 Bat-cyclopedia: "In January 1946, Batman and Robin match wits with BUGS SCARPIS.... a wily confidence man who, employing the alias Scorpio, poses as an alchemist and, by means of hypnosis, successfully dupes a number of prominent people into believing that certain magical secrets, which he alone possesses, enable him to transform ordinary substances — such as clay, glass, and coal — into precious gems and other treasures. For a time, Scarpis bilks his victims of large sums by selling them his magical 'secrets,' but he and his henchmen are finally apprehended by BATMAN and ROBIN." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 119, 335. 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