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Issue: Detective Comics #285
Publication Date: November 1960
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Issues: #285 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: 09/27/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 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 Mystery of the Man-Beast!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Man-Beast
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products Corp.
Inside front cover.
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The Mystery of the Man-Beast

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harbin (introduction, villain); Drager (introduction, villain); Man-Beast (introduction, death); Professor Lacy (introduction, death)
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Pages: 12.67
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Feature(s): Batman; World's Finest Comics
First Line: This famous symbol...
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Pages: 0.33
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Keep Learning -- The Key to Success!

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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: Frank wants to quit school until he realizes how it will affect his future.
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Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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Just Imagine!

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Feature(s): Justice League of America
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The Good-Luck Prophet

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; Provo the Prophet (introduction, villain); Jonas (introduction, villain)
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #444 published December 1974
as The Good-Luck Prophet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #12/1977 published November 1977
as Lyckoprofeten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #10/1977 published November 1977
as Lykkespåmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A City 100 Miles Down!

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Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Cave Carson
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Bullet in the Boathouse

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis
First Line: I've got to see the warden right away!
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The Menace of the Martian Mandrills!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding; Martian mandrills (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Martian Mandrills crash land on Earth and are used by crooks to commit crimes. Jones sends them back in their rocket but chooses to remain on Earth until his work is done.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
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Pages: 6.67
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Feature(s): Tomahawk; Blackhawk
First Line: For the very best...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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