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Issue: Detective Comics #142
Publication Date: December 1948
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Issues: #142 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/20/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (5 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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The Riddler's Puzzle Contest

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma]
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #142 published September 1949
as The Riddler's Puzzle Contest [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 142 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #7 published January 2007
as [Cover - Detective Comics #142]; The Riddler's Puzzle Contest [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
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Crime's Puzzle Contest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain)
Synopsis: The Riddler returns from the "dead" to continue his campaign of puzzle contests to baffle the police and the Dynamic Duo.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #7 published January 2007
as Crime's Puzzle Contest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The final story title does not match the cover title.
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Bobby Dodd

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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The Farmer in the Till!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 7
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Gene Autry Sweatshirt
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The Robot Bandit!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Erector
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry
First Line: Pete asked me to meet him downtown!
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Most Exciting Boot You Ever Saw!

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Feature(s): Hood Rocket Boot
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When You Close Your Mind

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): William Morrison (credited)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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The Mystery of Secret X

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Tex; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]
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Pages: 12
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Feature(s): Action Comics; Sensation Comics; Adventure Comics
First Line: For thrills...
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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