Batman (1940) #25

DC 1940–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Oct 1944

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Batman #25 (1940) is issue #25 of DC's Batman (1940–2011), with a cover date of October 1944. Written by Henry Boltinoff, Don C. Cameron, Bill Finger and others and drawn by Henry Boltinoff, Jack Burnley and Jerry Robinson.

Creators

Writers: Henry Boltinoff, Don C. Cameron, Bill Finger, Al Schwartz
Pencillers: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Burnley, Jerry Robinson
Inkers: Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Robinson
Letterers: Henry Boltinoff, George Roussos
Cover artist: Dick Sprang

Characters

The stories

“Knights of Knavery”

Batman's attempt to set a trap to catch the Penguin and the Joker backfires and the two criminals form a partnership to commit crimes and outwit the Caped Crusaders.

“The Sheik of Gotham City!”

An evil, former Sheik in Bagdad (sic) learns that the true Sheik, once thought dead, is alive and well, living in exile in Gotham City as a cab driver, so he travels to Gotham to find this man and kill him. But when the real Sheik is injured and taken to a hospital, Batman takes over driving the man's cab in disguise and is taken prisoner by the evil Omar El Kobra, who believes Bruce Wayne to be the man they are after.

“The Mesmerized Manhunter!”

Alfred decides to go to the theatre one night to use his detective skills to expose the tricks of a stage magician, and ends up capturing a thief who stole the box office receipts while being hypnotized!

“The Kilowatt Cowboys!”

The Caped Crusaders are sent to investigate the thefts of valuable copper wire from the Rocky Dam Light and Power Company, which is erecting a power cable into a new territory.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.