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Issue: Detective Comics #205
Publication Date: March 1954
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Issues: #205 of 883 Issues (1409 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: 01/27/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
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
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The Origin of the Batcave!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jeremy Coe
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Pages: 1
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The Origin of the Bat-Cave!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed museum curator; Professor Carter Nichols; Jeremy Coe (doubles as an Indian); a tribe of Indians (villains)
Synopsis: When the Caped Crusaders discover an ancient piece of pottery in the Bat-Cave, they have Professor Nichols send them back in time to see if they can discover the origin of this artifact.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #1 published January 1961
as The Origin of the Bat-Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1971
as The Origin of the Bat-Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition #[nn] published August 1999
as The Origin of the Bat-Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 published June 2009
as The Origin of the Bat-Cave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This story claims that Bruce Wayne bought Wayne Manor after he became Batman. Later stories contradict this account of events.
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Egypt sure is an interesting country...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Superman DC National Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Buzzy Says "Start the Day Off Right!"

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Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
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Pages: 1
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The Puzzle of the Blind Artist!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond
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Pages: 6
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Genres: western
Character(s): Hopalong Cassidy [William Boyd]
First Line: Did you hear the exciting news, 'Topper'?
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Disclose Notes: Includes a small line-drawn version of the photo cover from Hopalong Cassidy #87.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: I arrested this man, Sarge.
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Mission to Mystery!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
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Pages: 5.67
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Writer(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Penciller(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Inker(s): ? [as Al Capp]
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Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Fearless Fosdick
First Line: Egad!! One must be Detective Fosdick...
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Pages: 0.33
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Robot Detective

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Genres: crime, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

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The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians!

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Genres: mystery, occult
Character(s): Mysto
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #421 published March 1972
as The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Superman on Television! Is Super-TV

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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