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Issue: Detective Comics #239
Publication Date: January 1957
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Issues: #239 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: 11/25/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 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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Batman's Robot Twin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: You can't defeat me, Batman, because I know how you think--our minds are exactly alike!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #54 published July 1958
as El robot gemelo de Batman [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Batman's Robot Twin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Batman's robot twin; Professor Carden; Dr. Dall (villain)
First Line: My robot twin... he can do everything I can--and he's overtaking me!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #54 published July 1958
as El robot gemelo de Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Help" "What's the trouble?
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #54 published July 1958
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Wings Winchester; Winnie Winchester
First Line: Boys and girls, here's your best way to get a pair of fast rollin' Winchester skates this Christmas!
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Pages: 0.5
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Meet the League of Death-Cheaters!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Showcase
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; Prof. Haley]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: advertisement for Showcase #6
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Roy Raymond's Strange Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; Walt Mason; Al Griffin; Jimmy James (villain, introduction); Simpkins (villain, introduction)
First Line: Introducing "Hurricane Harry!" He huffs and he puffs and he blows the house down!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #54 published July 1958
as La venganza de Raimundo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: To the boys and girls of America...
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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: 500 free large glossy pictures of world's greatest sports heroes
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction, opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
First Line: In what story did a cabin boy become captain of a large schooner after a mutiny?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
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How Police Catch Crooks at Work

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: mystery, non-fiction
First Line: In developing new ideas, they are perfecting plans to capture them red-handed.
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Pages: 2
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Ordeal by Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; Burke (introduction)
First Line: Fire -- the enemy of all Martians! I can't run through it to capture that criminal!
Synopsis: Jones is assigned to the Arson Squad.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #11 published April 1957
as Ordeal by Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #54 published July 1958
as La prueba de fuego [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as Ordeal by Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman (cameo)
First Line: Boys and girls! Now you can get the official Superman playsuit... and join my fan club, too!
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Pages: 1
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First Line: A new scientific toy!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Pick your Christmas Daisy from these...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The back cover contains a Christmas-themed advertisement for guns and rifles from Daisy manufacturing.

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