Batman: The Killing Joke
- Maker
- DC Comics
- Year
- 1988
- Rank
- 50 of 100
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: The Killing Joke by DC Comics (1988) is ranked 50 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It carried a market asking price of $158 in September 2025, which is not a sale. Alan Moore / Brian Bolland's definitive Joker story; one of the most acclaimed Batman one-shots ever.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Alan Moore / Brian Bolland's definitive Joker story; one of the most acclaimed Batman one-shots ever.
Batman: The Killing Joke (1st printing, unsigned), CGC 9.8
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $158
- Kind
- Market asking price, not a sale
- Date
- September 2025
CGC 9.8 first-print unsigned white-pages sold $157.50 (eBay, Sep 4 2025), corroborated across two searches. The 9.8 first-print market is roughly $150-250.
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.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08