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Issue: Detective Comics #212
Publication Date: October 1954
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Issues: #212 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: 08/25/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (3 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
Format Notes:  
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The Puppet Master!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Batman and Robin face the menace of... ''The Puppet Master!"
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #16 published May 1955
as El Amo de los Títeres [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
First Line: Gosh, Joe, you can't quit school just like that!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover contains a PSA produced in comics-form style.
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The Puppet-Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
First Line: Everyone has laughed at puppet-shows, with the lifelike little figures that walk and talk when their masters pull the strings!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #16 published May 1955
as El Amo de los Títeres [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #23 published January 1966
as The Puppet Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Peanuts popcorn and Tootsie Rolls
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: Look - There's Ruffy!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Polio research will mean victory!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for polio research.
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Death at Ten Fathoms!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
First Line: Go ahead, my finny murderer... kill Captain Compass now!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #16 published May 1955
as La muerte a diez brazas de profundidad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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Superman on Television! Is Super-TV

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
First Line: See your newspaper for time and channel!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Join Congo Bill and Janu the Jungle Boy...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a preview of Congo Bill #2's cover artwork.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Batman Whirly-Word Game
First Line: You won't go sailing without this!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: puzzle
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Catching the Car Crooks

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Thanks to the clever work of a little known group of crime-busters, auto thieves find their work getting tougher
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mysto -- Country Slicker!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
First Line: So long, Mysto!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #16 published May 1955
as Mysto, disfrazado de granjero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: How in 10 minutes of fun a day you can become an amazing new 3-D he-man like we did
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Members of the football squad give this glove grain shoe the nod.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover advertisement for three different shoe styles.

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