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Issue: Detective Comics #59
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #59 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/22/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #59 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Robinson sneaked in his initials on the lamp.
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Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The King of the Jungle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Lefty Larry (villain, murderer); Mike the Tramp (villain, arsonist); Bignose Murphy (villain)
Synopsis: After escaping from prison and hopping a train, the Penguin discovers a few other criminals aboard the train. Then and there he decides on a nationwide scheme to turn crooks in for the reward on their heads then spring them from jail and split the take with them.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as The King of the Jungle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Facts!
First Line: I'll take a pound and a half of that, please!!
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Pages: 0.67
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Next Stop... Panama!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Pages: 6
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Energy to Do Big Things

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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The Case of the Gangster Gauchos

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele
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Pages: 6
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Relax and Read!

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Feature(s): Batman
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World's Finest Buy!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy
First Line: Say, Sonny, you're too little to be doing that...
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The Carlin Emeralds

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Good Books for Christmas
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Pages: 0.67
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Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics!

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The Career of the Spurious Scribe!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
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Pages: 10
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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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The "Big 7" Is Now the "Big 8"

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Feature(s): Wonder Woman; Sensation Comics
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Murder of the Judge

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone
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Pages: 6
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Night Meeting

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Writer(s): Eric Carter (credited)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Talking Dummy

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 8
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Now on Sale

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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