Damian Wayne First Appearance: Batman #655 (2006) Value

Damian Wayne first appears under his name in Batman #655, cover-dated September 2006, the opening chapter of Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert's "Batman and Son" (Wikipedia). PriceCharting's listing and the sales it records describe #655 as his first appearance in cameo. A baby son of Batman and Talia al Ghul had already appeared, unnamed, in the 1987 graphic novel Batman: Son of the Demon; Morrison's story made that child Damian (Wikipedia).

PriceCharting values for Batman #655 (2006), based on recorded sales, retrieved September 25, 2026:

• Ungraded: $34.00
• CGC 4.0: $20.60
• CGC 6.0: $38.17
• CGC 8.0: $53.47
• CGC 9.2: $56.53
• CGC 9.8: $199.00

The low-grade figures sit below the ungraded one because few worn copies are ever slabbed; a 2006 book is mostly bought in high grade. The issue also had variant covers, and PriceCharting's sales mix standard, foil and red variant copies, so match the cover before you compare prices.

Damian is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. How he was conceived has been retold: Morrison first wrote that Batman had been drugged, later called that a canonical error, Batman Incorporated then restated the drugging, and Peter J. Tomasi's Batman and Robin presented the encounter as consensual (Wikipedia). Talia raised him in the League of Assassins before bringing him to his father in Batman #655.

• Batman: Son of the Demon (1987): unnamed baby, the earliest version of the character.
• Batman #655 (September 2006): first appearance as Damian.
• Batman and Robin #1 (2009): first time as Robin, with Dick Grayson as Batman.
• Batman Incorporated vol. 2 #12 (September 2013): his death, killed by the Heretic.
• Batman and Robin vol. 2 #37 (February 2015): his return, via the Chaos Shard.

Dates and issue numbers from Wikipedia.

His first film was the animated Son of Batman (2014), where Stuart Allan voices him (Wikipedia). He has appeared in several other animated films and series. A live-action film, The Brave and the Bold, is planned for DC Studios' DCU (Wikipedia).

• Indicia: the small print on the first page or inside cover gives the title, issue number, date and publisher; reprints and facsimiles say so there.
• Cover price and barcode: a price or barcode that did not exist in the cover year means a later edition.
• Paper: decades-old newsprint tans at the edges; bright white pages on an old date are a warning sign.
• Restoration: color touch, trimmed edges and replaced covers are common on expensive keys; a grading service such as CGC or CBCS can detect them.

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Research and drafting were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed on this page. Prices are the figures shown by the named source on the date given; they change with the market.