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Issue: Batman #171
Publication Date: May 1965
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Issues: #171 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/04/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in 80 Page Giant Magazine #9 and 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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Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #2 published August 2006
as [Cover - Batman #171]; Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #2 published August 2006
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Batman #171 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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What's Wrong with These Pictures!

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Genres: childrens, opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Inside front cover.
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Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Smiles Dawson (introduction); Roger Peale (introduction); The Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain, has 5-page history); Riddler's gang (villains); Molehill Mob (villains)
Synopsis: The Riddler is released from prison and informs the Dynamic Duo that he has turned from crime, and, as proof, leads them to the hideout of the Molehill Mob. But when the former felon begins deluging them with riddles, the Caped Crusaders aren't sure he really has reformed.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #2 published August 2006
as Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story across 25 pages in three parts of 7.67, 7.67, and 8.67 pages.

This story references both the first story in Detective Comics #140 and the first story in Detective Comics #142.
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Super Fun

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Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the main story sequence.
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Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 8 of the main story sequence.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): 80 Page Giant; Superman
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
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Bob Breaks the Barrier!

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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Robert Butts, John Pierce, 25 Members of Humboldt State College, and Phil Jubinville.

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 13 and page 14 of the main story sequence.
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Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 16 of the main story sequence.
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Disclose Notes: On the page between page 18 and page 19 of the main story sequence.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): 80 Page Giant; Superboy
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Disclose Notes: On the page between page 20 and page 21 of the main story sequence.
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Disclose Notes: On the page between page 20 and page 21 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Detective Comics; Justice League of America
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10 Issues of Batman for Only $1.00

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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