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Issue: Detective Comics #269
Publication Date: July 1959
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Issues: #269 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: 05/26/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (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 1,000 Deaths of Batman and Robin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
Synopsis: When the clubhouse boys jump to conclusions and believe Jim stole the club's money, Buzzy advises them to stay calm and double-check before making accusations.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1952.
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The Thousand Deaths of Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Green Hood Mob [Haley] (introduction, villain); The Big Guy (introduction, villain); The Director (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: When Batman and Robin learn of an underworld theatre that is producing a show depicting Batman and Robin getting killed over and over again, they go undercover as themselves in order to capture a major crime boss who will be in attendance at the show. However, they are unaware that the director is on to them and has arranged for real death traps to replace the staged ones.
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In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #1/1965 published January 1965
as Lynvingens tusen liv [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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[untitled]

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Pages: 0.33
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Operation Blackhawks!

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Blackhawk (DC,1957 series) #138.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis; 1207
First Line: What a nice, clean kitchen!
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Pages: 2
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The Menace of the Magnetic Meteorite!

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen Duncan (supporting); Borgal (introduction, villain)
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Tootsie Roll Pop
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: A radio playing at this time of night in the warehouse?
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #317 published October 1964
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Be My Guest at Palisades Amusement Park

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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Your Passport to Strange Journeys...

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #106 and House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #22.
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Make-Believe Bandit

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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The Man Who Exposed John Jones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Jeff Hoyt (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: A former film executive is operating a blackmail racket and he thinks he can blackmail Detective Jones with proof he is a Martian.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Man Who Exposed John Jones [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Pages: 0.33
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Mistaken Identity!

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Synopsis: The story of Adolph Beck, arrested more than once for various crimes, yet eventually exonerated when a man with identical features was discovered.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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