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Issue: Batman #142
Publication Date: September 1961
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Issues: #142 of 715 Issues (1363 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: 07/13/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Ruler of the Bewitched Valley!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hartley
First Line: Fools! You were warned of my powers!
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Complete 4 Piece Matched Set of Luggage

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Inside front cover.
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Batman's Robot-Guardian

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tal-Dar (alien); a robot guardian (death); several crooks (villains)
First Line: From the vast reaches of outer space it came!
Synopsis: Having received a guardian robot from an alien he once befriended, Batman discovers the creature will not allow the Caped Crusader to put his life on the line in fighting crooks.
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Pages: 7.67
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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: See the many fantastic faces of Superman...
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman Annual 3.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Secret Origins
First Line: At Last!
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The Right to Be Different!

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Character(s): Pete; Fred; Sam
First Line: Come on, Pete, we're going for a swim!
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The Crimes of the Ancient Mariner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Dutton (owner of Dutton Shipyards, introduction); Mr. Stubbs [aka The Ancient Mariner] (retired sea-Captain, introduction); Davy Jones (Stubbs' pet albatross); Ancient Mariner [Tom Travis] (villain, boarding house manager, introduction); Travis' henchmen (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Some clever crooks, intent with making off with a company payroll, fool the Caped Crusaders into believing that an old seafarer is a crook.
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First Line: There's more than meets the eye...
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150 Civil War Soldiers!

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Josely Company.
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First Line: Free! World-wide stamps... just released!
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Character(s): Batman
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Butch Shaw, Beatrice Thorpe, Danny Evers, Edward Calazzo, Aaron Bridges, Sid Kane, Harry Finch, and George Kelsey.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: The untold stories of Batman and Robin's top secrets...
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Batman Annual #1.
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First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
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Ruler of the Bewitched Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Regan (detective); Hartley (villain, renegade scientist); Hartley's thugs (villains)
Synopsis: The Caped Crusaders follow a renegade scientist to Central America, where he has created a series of automated robots that fool the superstitious natives.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #28 published November 1961
as Ruler of the Bewitched Valley [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Charles Paris credit verified by Charles Paris.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Guaranteed to make you smile...
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Frontier Cabin

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[untitled]

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First Line: If you know just 20 people...
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First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Free! Zodiac ring...
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Company.
Inside back cover.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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