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Issue: Batman #74
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #74 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/22/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Movie That Killed Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Skid Turkel
First Line: They don't know I'm the real Skid Turkel - and that...
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The Crazy Crime Clown!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Minos the Mind Reader]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Mrs. Bromley; Mr. Bromley; unnamed police officer; unnamed psychiatrist; unnamed judge; Dr. Reed (Director of Gotham's Institute for the Insane); Franz the Strangler; James Derek
First Line: Baw! The Joker stole my mud-pies, Batman!
Synopsis: When the Joker commits seemingly crazy crimes he is sentenced to an insane asylum. Batman realizes it is a ruse to get close to a patient who knows where a fortune is buried, so Batman goes undercover as a patient in the asylum to expose the Joker.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #D2939 published March 1966
as The Crazy Crime Clown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published February 1988
as The Crazy Crime Clown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaped Crusader Classics! #1 published August 1988
as The Crazy Crime Clown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as The Crazy Crime Clown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published November 1990
as The Crazy Crime Clown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils credit verified by Sprang. Inks credit verified by Paris.
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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Pud
First Line: Whoopee! This is the real wild west!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!

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Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lee
First Line: Gosh, we saw nearly everything...
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop; Sarge; Muggsy O'Doul
First Line: Hello, Sarge. Casey reporting - What's new?
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Pages: 2
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The Movie That Killed Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred; Skid Turkel (villain, introduction); Wingate (movie producer)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin agree to participate in a movie about death row prisoner Skid Turkel to show that crime does not pay. Chosen to play the role of Turkel is Alfred! When Turkel finds out about the movie he breaks out of prison with the intention of making sure the movie ends with the real life deaths of Batman and Robin.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #2/1954 published March 1954
as Filmen som drepte Lynvngen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9.67
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Pete
First Line: This is fun!
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: Pardon me. Where is the Greek literature kept?
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Smoking Out Smugglers

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Genres: crime, non-fiction
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The Water Crimes of Mr. Hydro!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Hydro [Tim Flagg] (villain); Champ Dexter; James Hobbles; Mrs. Hobbles
First Line: Had enough of the water yet, Batman?
Synopsis: Batman and Robin face the threat of Mr. Hydro who uses water in various ways to help him commit crimes.
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Now More Than Ever

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Feature(s): House of Mystery
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jerry the Jitterbug; Susan
First Line: Hello!" "Jerry, this is Susan...
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Character(s): Red Ryder
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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