Batman #1
- Maker
- DC Comics
- Year
- 1940
- Rank
- 5 of 100
Batman #1
Batman #1 by DC Comics (1940) is ranked 5 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $2,220,000 in January 2021. First self-titled Batman comic; first Joker and first Catwoman.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
First self-titled Batman comic; first Joker and first Catwoman.
Batman #1, CGC 9.4
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $2,220,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- January 2021
CGC 9.4 (finest known) realized $2,220,000 at Heritage Jan 14 2021. The same finest-known copy later changed hands for $6,000,000 in a Feb 2026 private sale (Heritage/SemperFi); the $2.22M figure is the documented public-auction record.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08