Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #1
Book One · Cover C · Frank Miller & Jock variant · original first printing · first appearance of Crytoon · DC Black Label · Collect Forever Soft Slab
16 September 2023
Original first-print Cover C of Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #1, Rafael Grampá's DC Black Label 'Book One', released for Batman Day 2023. This regular $6.99 variant pairs Frank Miller's Batman drawing with Jock on the finished cover treatment.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1
- Publisher
- DC Comics / DC Black Label
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance, provisional and ungraded inside Collect Forever Soft Slab.
- Completeness
- Complete under standing TMR accession rule. No missing issued component is reported; comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab.
Catalogue note
Original first-print Cover C of Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #1, Rafael Grampá's DC Black Label 'Book One', released for Batman Day 2023. This regular $6.99 variant pairs Frank Miller's Batman drawing with Jock on the finished cover treatment. The issue opens Grampá's four-part alternate-Gotham vision and introduces Crytoon, a new villain in that continuity. A later second printing of #1 was issued in December 2023, so this copy preserves the original first-print state before the single-issue bibliography branched.
Writer: Rafael Grampá
Artist: Rafael Grampá; Matheus Lopes (colors); John Workman (letters)
Cover: Frank Miller with Jock
Edition: Cover C · Frank Miller & Jock variant · original first printing
Why this object matters
The Miller/Jock cover provides a specific artist dialogue around Grampá’s alternate Gotham launch. It is a strong companion to the held Noir version, but a new villain and first printing do not justify near-Gold importance for this regular variant.
Evidence limits: Complete under standing TMR accession rule. No missing issued component is reported; comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8 / 10.
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Writing credit: Rafael Grampá Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Rafael Grampá; Matheus Lopes (colors); John Workman (letters) Original catalogue credit
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