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Issue: Batman #173
Publication Date: August 1965
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Issues: #173 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: 06/03/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Detective Comics #341 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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Secret Identities for Sale!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Incognito [James Carter]
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Batman #173 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Secret Identities for Sale!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mayor of Gotham City; Johnny Jason (movie Star); Myra Holt (actress); Mr. Incognito [James Carter] (villain, introduction); Incognito's gang (villains, introduction for all); Elwood Pearson (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: While the Caped Crusaders are raiding the hideout of Mr. Incognito, a photographer takes pictures of the action with a special x-ray film, revealing the criminal's identity. The man offers to provide the identity to the Police for a million dollars while also offering the secret identities of the Dynamic Duo to the underworld for a price.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #77 published January 1966
as Secret Identites for Sale! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Secret Identities for Sale! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.34
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 in in two parts: unnumbered Part 1 (7.67 pages) and Part 2 (4.67 pages, title is same as for 1st part but without exclamation point).
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Flight of the P-26

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Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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How to Build Prrrrfect Models

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Well Worth Digging For...

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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: There is enough gold in all the oceans...
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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 1
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Walk, Batman -- To Your Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. John Grover; Gotham City District Attorney; Franklin Knott (villain, former lab assistant of Dr. Grover); Bunky Galliver (villain); Galliver's gang (villains)
Synopsis: Batman is asked to investigate when four air-tight cases are blown when the juries involved return "not guilty" verdicts. Batman soon discovers that one juror, Franklin Knott, has been on all four juries in disguise. Knott, who is running for Governor, was a former lab assistant of a Dr. Grover, who had discovered E-rays (which can influence human behavior), and which rays Knott has been using on jury members.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #14530 [unnamed variant] published November 1977
as Walk Batman - To Your Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Walk, Batman -- To Your Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
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.
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Feature(s): 80-Page Giant; Jimmy Olsen
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 7 and page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Feature(s): Detective Comics; Justice League of America
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The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!

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Genres: anthropomorphic
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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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