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Issue: Detective Comics #237
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 09/23/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
The Search for a New Robin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Batman is testing those boys--and the winner is going to take my place!
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Miscellaneous
1
Draw Me

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
You may win a $375.00 scholarship in commercial art
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Search for a New Robin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; group of racketeers (villain)
For years, Batman and Robin had fought side by side.
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Miscellaneous
10
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Casey the Cop; Mr. Van Moolah
There's Mr. Van Moolah.
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Miscellaneous
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Wings and Winnie Winchester Help Capture Gorilla

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Winnie Look! The escape gorilla!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Bunky's Special Election Exhibit

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
opinion, teen
Binky Biggs
Hi, kids! Are you old enough to vote?
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Miscellaneous
1
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Casey the Cop
Hmm - I guess the doctor was right!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
No. 1965 Daisy Frontier Shootin' Kit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
western
for harmless fun...
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Miscellaneous
0.5
from Daisy Manufacturing Company
Fingers of Flame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
Roy Raymond; Karen; Dutch Jones (villain, introduction)
Roy!... It's true! You set fire to anything you touch!
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Miscellaneous
5.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Airline Detective

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
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typeset
Subject Matter
mystery, non-fiction
When crooks began to hijack cargo in flight a new kind of sleuth emerged to foil them
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Miscellaneous
2
Second page appears after the following sequence.
Here Are the Prizes in the Giant Slogan Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Over 5000 prizes
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Miscellaneous
3
The Sleuth Who Went to Jail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; group of mobsters (villains)
Get up, you oaf!
Jones is captured and placed in a prison run by the Underworld.
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Sleuth Who Went to Jail [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?; ? (photo)
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typeset
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Subject Matter
100 toy soldiers $1.25
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Free! Treasure chest of prized stamps from pirate strongholds!
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Boys girls get these prizes it's quick and easy
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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