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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1

Maker
DC Comics
Year
1986
Rank
77 of 100

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 by DC Comics (1986) is ranked 77 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It carried a market asking price of $720 in September 2025, which is not a sale. Frank Miller's genre-redefining Batman; first appearance of Carrie Kelley.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

Frank Miller's genre-redefining Batman; first appearance of Carrie Kelley.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 (1st printing), CGC 9.8

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$720
Kind
Market asking price, not a sale
Date
September 2025

CGC 9.8 first-printing white-pages sold $719.99 (eBay, ended Sep 20 2025), corroborated across two searches. Treat as high-confidence; the exact sold permalink could not be independently re-opened.

This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind 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.
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2026-08-08