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Batman Adventures
#12 · 1993
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DC Comics · 1993 · CGC 9.6 · Universal Blue
Batman Adventures #12 (DC Comics, 1993) — 1st Harley Quinn. CGC 9.6 Near Mint+.
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Batman Adventures #12, published by DC Comics in 1993 (Modern Age). Listing notes: 1st Harley Quinn.
Graded CGC 9.6 Near Mint+. The book is sealed in its tamper-evident CGC holder.
This copy is encapsulated by CGC at 9.6 on a Universal Blue label. The holder is intact and has not been cracked, re-sealed or altered.
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Key issues
The Batman Adventures #12 (September 1993) is Harley Quinn's first appearance in comics, a year after her television debut in Batman: The Animated Series. It is the most valuable comic of the 1990s after New Mutants #98 and a standard Modern Age key. Because it was printed in large numbers, the value sits almost entirely in 9.8 copies, newsstand copies and the scarcer second printing.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
Characters
Harley Quinn's first comic-book appearance is The Batman Adventures #12, cover-dated September 1993, by Kelley Puckett, Mike Parobeck and Rick Burchett, in the tie-in series to Batman: The Animated Series. She was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for the television episode “Joker's Favor”, first broadcast in September 1992, a year before she reached print.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
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Values
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Updated Oct 11, 2026
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