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Issue: Detective Comics #229
Publication Date: March 1956
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Issues: #229 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/24/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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 10,000 Secrets of Batman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mart Mathers
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Pages: 1
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Davy to the Rescue!

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Pages: 1
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The 10,000 Secrets of Batman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); John Creeden (villain); Mart Mathers (villain)
Synopsis: When the Caped Crusaders agree to allow a TV broadcast from the Bat-Cave, Batman discovers to his horror that his microfilm files have been stolen, something that could be of tremendous value to the criminal underworld.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #1 published January 1961
as Batman's Electronic Crime-File! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition #[nn] published August 1999
as Batman's Electronic Crime-File! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 published June 2009
as Batman's Electronic Crime-File! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Batman Annual #1, this story was re-titled "Batman's Electronic Crime File."
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Hot As a Firecracker!

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Feature(s): Showcase
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Batman Whirly-Word Game
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: This helps some people out!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: puzzle
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The Diamond Mine on Broadway

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; Joshua Maddern (villain)
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop; Lefty
First Line: It's your move now, Lefty!
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Pages: 0.67
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Writer(s): ? [as Al Capp]
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.33
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Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!

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Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Binky
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Pages: 1
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Sleuthing with Science

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Phantom Bodyguard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; Laurence Cowan (introduction); Drexel Mansfield (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Drexel Mansfield is convinced his business partner is trying to kill him, but Detective John Jones discovers the truth that Drexel has been trying to frame his partner.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Phantom Bodyguard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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