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DETECTIVE COMICS No. 89 Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: July, 1944 Description: CGC certified: VG+ (4.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Piece out top of spine; stain bottom of front cover; stain left center of back cover; stain left center of front cover; stain left top of back cover; light finger bends on cover; moderate creasing to cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 66 graded copies (61 Universal, 1 Qualified, 4 Restored). GPAnalysis: A 4.5 sold for $430 in 9/22. Credits: Cover: Dick Sprang. Scripts: Don Cameron, Jack Farr. Art: Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, George Roussos, John Daly, Martin Naydel, Louis Cazeneuve. Overstreet: "Last Crimson Avenger; 2nd Cavalier cover & app." Bat-cyclopedia: "In July 1944, Batman and Robin match wits with the CAVALIER.... [who] attempts to steal another item for his private museum, the first working model of an old typewriter invented by Dr. Helmar Helstrom.... The cavalier is surprised by Batman and Robin, who are on the verge of taking him into custody.... but the villain nevertheless makes good his escape. In the hope that the Cavalier might stop at the home of his alter ego, Mortimer Drake, in order to salvage some belongings before fleeing the city. Batman and Robin race to the Drake home, but the Romantic Rogue is nowhere to be found." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 118, 175. 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. Enjoying PBA's Batman sale? A very small number of softcover and limited edition hardcover auction catalogues are available for purchase. The catalogues are fully illustrated, thoroughly researched, and make excellent reference works for Batman fans. To order a copy, or to inquire about consignment opportunities, contact Ivan Briggs, PBA's Director of Comics: ivan@pbagalleries.com. Item#: 360063 Headline: DETECTIVE COMICS #89 * 2nd Cavalier; Last Crimson Avenger