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Issue: Detective Comics #243
Publication Date: May 1957
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Issues: #243 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: 03/19/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (6 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 Giant Batman!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Batman the Giant!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Dr. Greggson (scientist); Jay Vanney (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin are invited to his lab to witness inventions he has just created to aid law enforcement: the Maximizer and the Minimizer. Unfortunately, the Maximizer plays on the Caped Crusader, who begins to grow uncontrollably, and finds he must leave Gotham City for the people's protection, allowing crime to seemingly run rampant.
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #1/1961 published January 1961
as Läderlappsjätten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #5 published January 1963
as The Giant Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as The Giant Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Retitled in Batman Annual #5 and DC Comics Classic Library as "The Giant Batman."
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Golly, after that sudden shower my suit could stand a pressing!
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Pages: 0.67
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Wings and Winnie Winchester Do a Good Deed

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis
First Line: Warden Willis, come quick!
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Pages: 1
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The Amazing Growth Machine

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; John Sawyer (villain, introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #2/1959 published January 1959
as Maskinen som fick saker att växa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Hands up, bud!
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Winners of the DC Slogan Contest

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Criminal from Outer Space

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Tor (villain, a robot, introduction, death); Marty Kirk (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Tor, an indestructible robot that the Martian Manhunter defeated on Mars, tries to get his revenge on the Manhunter.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Criminal from Outer Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Toys! Tricks! Fun!

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[untitled]

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A Date with Effie

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Genres: opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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