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Issue: Detective Comics #349
Publication Date: March 1966
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Issues: #349 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/27/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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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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Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]
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In Issue: FlagBatman #338 published ?
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Detective Comics #349 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond] (villain); Roland Desmond; the Outsider
Synopsis: After months of living in an underground cavern, Blockbuster re-emerges while Batman and Robin are in the middle of thwarting a robbery. Speaking in the voice of Blockbuster's brother Roland Desmond saves the Batman from certain death. When Batman next encounters Blockbuster, he is knocked out and placed in a coffin by an obscured figure. After a confused Blockbuster turns on the mystery villain, Batman frees himself and knocks out Blockbuster. The mystery villain, however, now revealed as the Outsider, walks away more determined than ever to defeat Batman.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #85 published September 1966
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Family #9 published January 1977
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Sixties #[nn] [1st Printing] published March 1999
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.34
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two part of 5.67 and 7.67 pages.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Here sonny, give me your hand. I'll take you across the street.
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Pages: 0.5
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Painting a Model Car! Part 1

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Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6364
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Direct Currents
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Richard Flinchbaugh, Marvin Opotowsky, Gregory Kopko, Max Southall and Henry Goldman.
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The 13 O'Clock Robbery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
Synopsis: The Elongated Man and his wife Sue decide to go fishing at Lake Cherokee without knowing that the lake is dry. There, they observe a man fishing in the mud with a magnet who eventually snares a key. The Elongated Man follows the fisherman to the house of Elmer Ewell, where the fisherman knocks out the caretaker before breaking in. Following, Elongated Man hears a clock strike 13 before he is kayoed by the anti-theft system of the house. Awakening in a vault, Elongated Man escapes through the light fixture, tracks the fisherman to his hideout, and recovers the loot stolen from Ewell's home.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Elongated Man #1 published September 2006
as The 13 O'Clock Robbery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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