Batman Comic Book Values & Prices Issues #151 – 160

Batman #151

 

Published: November 1962
Story: Bill Finger
Art: Charles Paris
Cover: Sheldon Moldoff

Ungraded – $20.00 – $50.00

Batman comic issue #151 features “Batman’s New Secret Identity!”. Batman and Robin’s secret identities are compromised, forcing them to adopt entirely new identities in order to continue their war on crime.


Batman #152

 

Published: December 1962
Story: Bill Finger
Art: Charles Paris
Cover: Sheldon Moldoff

Ungraded – $7.50 – $40.00

In this issue, Batman goes undercover as a member of the False Face Society in order to get the goods on and capture their leader.


Batman #153

 

Published: February 1963
Story: Bill Finger
Art: Charles Paris
Cover: Sheldon Moldoff

Ungraded – $20.00 – $125.00

This issue features “Prisoners of Three Worlds”.  A strange alien arrives on Earth and begins stealing silver; When the caped crusaders begin pursuing him, they are all transported to different dimensions.


Batman #154

 

Published: March 1963
Story: Bill Finger
Art: Charles Paris
Cover: Bob Kane

CGC 5.5 – $300.00
Ungraded – $25.00 – $65.00

In this issue, Batman and Robin look for Dr. Dorn, but they found his creation instead. A large green creature is menacing Gotham City, so the Dynamic Duo are called in to assist, and they discover a way to get the creature to pass away, leaving Dr. Dorn free without any effect.


Batman #155

 

Published: May 1963
Story: Bill Finger
Art: Charles Paris
Cover:  Sheldon Moldoff

CGC 7.0 – $500.00 – $649.95
CGC 5.5 – $300.00
CGC 3.5 – $120.00
CGC 2.0 – $88.00
Ungraded – $40.00 – $404.00

This issue has two big stories, first is “Batman’s Psychic Twin” and “The Return of the Penguin” (1st Silver Age appearance of the Penguin) starring Batman, Robin, and Vicki Vale. Emerging from semi-retirement, due to the mocking of the underworld, the Penguin renews his battle of wits with the Caped Crusaders with a series of new bird-related crimes.


Batman #156

 

Published: June 1963
Story: Bill Finger
Art: Charles Paris
Cover:  Sheldon Moldoff

CGC 8.0 – $432.06
Ungraded – $20.00 – $275.00

Batman #156 features “Robin Dies at Dawn”. Batman undergoes a test simulation for a situation that astronauts may one day face alone in outer space, and during that simulation he sees Robin dies; After the test is over, Batman faces the terrible side-effects of his simulation, believing that Robin will actually die, and it so complicates his fight against crime, he then decides to retire.


Batman #157

 

Published: August 1963
Story: (The Hunt for Batman’s Secret Identity)-Bill Finger, (The Villain of the Year)-Dave Wood.
Art: Charles Paris
Cover:  Sheldon Moldoff

CGC 8.0 – $79.00 – $123.50
Ungraded – $16.70 – $38.75

This issue features two stories, “The Villain of the Year” and “The Hunt for Batman’s Secret Identity”. When Mirror Man escapes from prison and reforms his gang, he once again tries to prove his belief that Batman is Bruce Wayne.


Batman #158

 

Published: September 1963
Story: Dave Wood
Art: Charles Paris
Cover:  Sheldon Moldoff

Ungraded – $12.95 – $46.00

In this issue, Bat-Mite shows up again to have some fun and decides to give Ace some super powers, which he uses to aid the Caped Crusaders; However, when Ace chases crooks into a cave, the mine fumes cause havoc with the dog’s super powers, and he turns on the Dynamic Duo.


Batman #159

 

Published: November 1963
Story: Bill Finger
Art: Charles Paris
Cover:  Sheldon Moldoff

Ungraded – $25.00 – $125.00

This issue features “The Great Clayface – Joker Feud”. After escaping from prison, Matt Hagen finds a way to synthesize the liquid that turns him into Clayface, and once more takes up crime; The Joker, meanwhile, objects to Clayface getting all the headlines, so he starts a feud with Clayface.


Batman #160

 

Published: December 1963
Story: Dave Wood
Art: Charles Paris
Cover:  Sheldon Moldoff

CGC 6.5 – $105.99
Ungraded – $12.00 – $36.00

This issue features “The Alien Boss of Gotham City”. Batman and Robin face a gang led by an apparent alien brandishing amazing weapons, but Batman suspects the alien is a phony and proves it.

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