Batman (1940) 287

Auction Item: VF/NM 9.0 View scans 8 bids Current bid: $56.00 Time left: 1d 22h 4m	Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $16.00 View scan Extra staples (manufacturing). Staple rust. Rust migration.	Add to cart Very Good $13.25	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $10.50
Add to cart CGC 9.4 $75.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #1156909013 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart VF- 7.5 $35.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Mike'sRack

Last 30-cent cover price. Cover art by Mike Grell. The Maltese Cup Cake Hostess snack cakes ad with Wonder Woman. "Batman-Ex--As in Extinct!", script by David Vern (as David V. Reed), pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Bob Wiacek; The Penguin uses robots of extinct birds or ancestors of birds, starting with a robot pterosaur, top commit crimes; The robot cracks out of a Napoleon statue at Gotham's La Galerie; Batman destroys the robot bird, but Penguin and his gang pull off a jewel robbery; Penguin sends an archeopteriz robot to panic the crowds at Gotham City Music Hall where a movie about Machiavelli is playing; Meanwhile, his gang robs a diner on 1805 Hamilton Street; Batman captures the crooks, but then learns of an attack on the schooner Nelson by a robot Diatryma. Statement of ownership; Average # of copies sold previous year: 178,000. Text article with photograph of publisher Jenette Kahn. Walt Simonson profile by Mike Gold. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.