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Condition Profile
EDITORIAL NOVARO · 10/82 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-001815
BATMAN #352
Editorial Novaro's Mexican newsstand edition reprinting Batman's October 1982 team-up with Green Lantern, Sinestro, and Zatanna
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editorial Novaro | October 1982 | Bronze | Newsstand | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows significant vertical creasing and wrinkling across the upper half, with a noticeable crease running through the DC bat-symbol and title logo. There is a piece of tape or tape residue visible on the upper right corner area, and a small blue ink mark/scribble on the lower left portion of the cover. Corners show moderate wear with some softness, and the spine area exhibits stress lines consistent with reading wear. Interior and back cover were not assessed.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $1 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $4 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $60 |
// Archive commentary
Batman #352 (Editorial Novaro, October 1982) is a Mexican-market newsstand reprint of the contemporaneous DC Comics issue, bringing Gerry Conway and Don Newton's Batman run to Spanish-language readers. The story pulls Batman into a case that draws in Hal Jordan as Green Lantern, his adversary Sinestro, and the magician Zatanna, giving the issue a broader Justice League-adjacent cast than Batman's solo titles typically carried during this period. Novaro's foreign editions of DC content were common throughout the Bronze Age and served as the primary access point for Latin American readers, but they are treated by the collecting market as reprint curiosities rather than as the source material of record.
Market activity for this printing is thin and clustered almost entirely at the high end of the certified population; the bulk of recorded sales sit at 9.0 grade and above, with a $60 ceiling at CGC 9.8 across fourteen tracked sales. There is essentially no transactional data for mid- or low-grade raw copies, consistent with a book whose demand comes from a narrow band of grade-conscious completists rather than broad character-driven collecting. The presence of Green Lantern, Sinestro, and Zatanna on the cover and in the story adds modest crossover interest, but it has not translated into meaningful raw-copy demand.
This issue suits collectors assembling Novaro-specific Batman runs, Latin American comics specialists, or completists chasing foreign printings of a familiar Bronze Age Batman story, rather than mainstream key-issue buyers. Raw copies in low and mid grade trade as inexpensive filler with little price differentiation between them, while certified high-grade slabs command a real but modest premium driven by census scarcity at the top end. Overall, it is a marginal but recognizable piece for dealers cataloging international Batman material rather than a book expected to see broad open-market competition.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-001815 | ~4.5 | Newsstand | AVAILABLE |
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