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Issue: Detective Comics #246
Publication Date: August 1957
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Issues: #246 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: 06/23/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (7 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 Murder at Mystery Castle!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #13/1957 published December 1957
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Murder at Mystery Castle

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Barham (mention only, death); James Barham (millionaire, death); Adam Barham (Jame's cousin); John Gorley; Sheriff Martin; Robert Cray (villain, introduction); Vance Sonderson [as Jay Sonderson] (villain, gun smuggler, introduction)
Synopsis: The murder of John Barham in his own castle that he had dis-assembled in Europe and re-built in America draws the Caped Crusaders into a murder mystery that nearly costs them their lives.
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #13/1957 published December 1957
as Mördaren på medeltidsslottet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #6 published January 1963
as Murder at Mystery Castle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1968 published April 1968
as Das unheimliche Schloss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #2 published November 1979
as Murder at Mystery Castle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as Murder at Mystery Castle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Part of a page of ads for 4 different products sold by Josely Company.
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Earn While You Learn!

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Genres: informational, opinion
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Hmm - That window looks open!
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1979 published January 1979
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Man with the Magic Camera

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Homer Woods (introduction, villain); Mr. Walters (introduction, villain)
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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #17 published February 1958
as L'homme á la caméra magique [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #29 published February 1959
as The Man with the Magic Camera [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis; Slugs McSpade
First Line: Slugs McSpade keeps very busy with his garden.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Quick! Give me a big juicy steak!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #28 published January 1959
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A Counterfeiter Takes the Count

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Genres: crime
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John Jones' Female Nemesis

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Diane Meade (intro); Tiger Raffity (intro, villain); Morris (intro, villain); Scanlon (intro, villain)
Synopsis: Diane Meade is assigned to help Detective Jones track down the burglars after a museum robbery.
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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #17 published February 1958
as Le martien chasseur d'hommes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as John Jones' Female Nemesis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Junior Sales Club Batting Tips

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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