DETECTIVE COMICS No. 81 Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: November, 1943 Description: CGC certified: VG (4.0). Green label: Qualified. Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Missing interior part/page/wrap (QUALIFIED); centerfold affects story; subscription crease front cover; moderate creasing to cover; moderate staining to cover; moderate wear all corners of cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 64 graded copies (55 Universal, 9 Restored). GPAnalysis: No reported qualified sales in any grade. A restored 6.0 (C) sold for $465 in 11/19; a restored 0.5 (incomplete) sold for $110 in 3/20. For comparison purposes, here are recent Universal sales: A 3.0 sold for $450 in 5/22; a 2.5 sold for $230 in 10/20. Credits: Cover: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks, George Roussos backgrounds). Scripts: Don Cameron, Joe Samachson, Joe Simon/Jack Kirby. Art: Bob Kane (George Roussos inks), Howard Sherman, John Daly, Chuck Winter, George Roussos, Jack Kirby/Joe Simon. Overstreet: "1st Cavalier." Bat-cyclopedia: "In November 1943, Batman and Robin meet the CAVALIER.... a gallant and courtly villain who speaks in flowery phrases and dresses in the colorful garb of a seventeenth-century musketeer.... The Cavalier sets in motion an elaborate scheme to gain possession of 'a collection of sports miniatures' — a set of relatively valueless silver trophy cups owned by former baseball pitcher Berry Berrigan. The Cavalier and his henchmen have just opened the safe in Berrigan's sporting goods store when they are surprised by Batman and ROBIN... but the Cavalier makes good his escape — albeit without the loot — by pinning Batman's cape to the wall with his plumed dart and riding to safety on a waiting motorcycle." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 117, 175. Cavalier with Feet of Clay: "The Cavalier, who got his start in Detective Comics #81... was Mortimer Drake, a prominent playboy like Bruce Wayne who adopted the guise of a swashbuckling seventeenth-century swordsman and became a thief, seemingly out of sheer boredom. He looked like one more tribute to Douglas Fairbanks, but fans apparently considered him something of a lightweight, and he lasted only four stories. Still, he managed to get away from Batman in the first three of them and was caught only after he kidnapped a whale and held it for ransom. The Cavalier may have been killed in prison, since — unlike so many colleagues — he apparently never got out." — Les Daniels, Batman: The Complete History. Chronicle: 1999, p. 56. 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#: 360055 Headline: DETECTIVE COMICS #81 * Batman vs the Cavalier
DETECTIVE COMICS No. 81 Provenance: DC Universe Collection Publisher: DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.] Date Published: November, 1943 Description: CGC certified: VG (4.0). Green label: Qualified. Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: "Missing interior part/page/wrap (QUALIFIED); centerfold affects story; subscription crease front cover; moderate creasing to cover; moderate staining to cover; moderate wear all corners of cover." Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION. CGC Census: 64 graded copies (55 Universal, 9 Restored). GPAnalysis: No reported qualified sales in any grade. A restored 6.0 (C) sold for $465 in 11/19; a restored 0.5 (incomplete) sold for $110 in 3/20. For comparison purposes, here are recent Universal sales: A 3.0 sold for $450 in 5/22; a 2.5 sold for $230 in 10/20. Credits: Cover: Bob Kane (Jerry Robinson inks, George Roussos backgrounds). Scripts: Don Cameron, Joe Samachson, Joe Simon/Jack Kirby. Art: Bob Kane (George Roussos inks), Howard Sherman, John Daly, Chuck Winter, George Roussos, Jack Kirby/Joe Simon. Overstreet: "1st Cavalier." Bat-cyclopedia: "In November 1943, Batman and Robin meet the CAVALIER.... a gallant and courtly villain who speaks in flowery phrases and dresses in the colorful garb of a seventeenth-century musketeer.... The Cavalier sets in motion an elaborate scheme to gain possession of 'a collection of sports miniatures' — a set of relatively valueless silver trophy cups owned by former baseball pitcher Berry Berrigan. The Cavalier and his henchmen have just opened the safe in Berrigan's sporting goods store when they are surprised by Batman and ROBIN... but the Cavalier makes good his escape — albeit without the loot — by pinning Batman's cape to the wall with his plumed dart and riding to safety on a waiting motorcycle." — Michael L. Fleisher, The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman. Macmillan: 1976, pp. 117, 175. Cavalier with Feet of Clay: "The Cavalier, who got his start in Detective Comics #81... was Mortimer Drake, a prominent playboy like Bruce Wayne who adopted the guise of a swashbuckling seventeenth-century swordsman and became a thief, seemingly out of sheer boredom. He looked like one more tribute to Douglas Fairbanks, but fans apparently considered him something of a lightweight, and he lasted only four stories. Still, he managed to get away from Batman in the first three of them and was caught only after he kidnapped a whale and held it for ransom. The Cavalier may have been killed in prison, since — unlike so many colleagues — he apparently never got out." — Les Daniels, Batman: The Complete History. Chronicle: 1999, p. 56. 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#: 360055 Headline: DETECTIVE COMICS #81 * Batman vs the Cavalier
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