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Issue: Detective Comics #244
Publication Date: June 1957
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Issues: #244 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: 04/16/1957
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):  
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
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The 100 Batarangs of Batman!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Batman, you're not going to use Batarang X, are you?
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In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Joe Kubert [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Identify even the strangest stamps--at a glance!
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Pages: 1
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The 100 Batarangs of Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jay Garris (villain, introduction); Elmer Mason (Batman admirer); Lee Collins (Australian boomerang expert)
First Line: When we try to throw the batarangs, they come back to hit us!
Synopsis: Upon learning that crooks are planning to use batarangs against them, Batman and Robin review their past cases using specialized batarangs for clues. But they hope that the crooks have not learned the secret of Batarang-X.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #203 published July 1968
as The 100 Batarangs of Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #4/1970 published April 1970
as Läderlappens 100 bataranger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1970 published April 1970
as Lynvingens 100 bataranger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Fifties #[nn] published June 2002
as The 100 Batarangs of Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]June 1957
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Pages: 12
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You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt. Bilko

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Worldwide Adventures in Science!

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
First Line: What makes weather?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: We got your call! What's the trouble?
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The Super-Spectacular

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; Jonas Raymond (Roy Raymond's descendant from 2057)
First Line: R-Roy! You're actually writing on air! How are you doing it?
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry the Jitterbug; Dad
First Line: Say, Dad, can you advance me $25 on my allowance?
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First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Hit-and-Run Police Squads

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Lieutenant Roy Collins
First Line: Cropping up in large cities, these experts are responsible for cutting down accidents
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The Four Stunts of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Ted Martin (introduction); Eddie (stuntman)
First Line: In this scene, you surface in the middle of the burning oil and swim to the foundering tanker, Johnny!
Synopsis: While on vacation Jones takes a job as a movie stuntman.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Four Stunts of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis
First Line: Warden Willis, this is the new prisoner!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #101 [1' Cover Price] published October 1958
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun! Amuse and amaze your friends
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First Line: Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes
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First Line: 100 toy soldiers made of durable plastic...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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