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Issue: Detective Comics #342
Publication Date: August 1965
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Issues: #342 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/24/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Batman #173 and copyright registration. On-sale date of June 26 in ad in Justice League of America #37.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Issue: FlagBatman #312 published March 1966
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as Detective Comics #342 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as Detective Comics #342 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Summer at Home Can Be Fun!

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Chip Keller gang; Commissioner Gordon; Tom Willard; Al Craig; Human Bear (wrestler); Golden Inca (wrestler)
Synopsis: Dick tries to talk one of his friends out of dropping out of school and stumbles into a crime spree, masterminded by Al Craig. Craig plans to use drop-outs, dressed as Robin, to commit burglaries all over Gotham at midnight.
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In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #12/1967 published December 1967
as Robin-bandens midnattsraid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #1 published October 2006
as The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.34
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. Pages 10 and 14 of story are each 0.67 page art, 0.33 ads.
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Flight of the P-26

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.
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First Line: Put your nose to the dot
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 10 of the previous story sequence.
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How to Build Prrrrfect Models

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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be my guest at world's famous amusement park
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.
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How's Trix?

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Genres: anthropomorphic
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 11 of the previous story sequence.
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Types of Soil Bacteria

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: It has been estimated that every gram of the Earth's soil...
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 11 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: What do you have when you cut a Tootsie Pop in half?
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
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The Bandits and the Baroness!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Elongated Man #1 published September 2006
as The Bandit and the Baroness! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Join the fun with G.I. Joe!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 2 and page 3 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
First Line: We screened hundreds of Olsen adventures!
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Fooey! Fooey! Chewy!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Green Lantern
First Line: For the very best in comics reading
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Frank Tower, Guy H. Lillian III, Ben Creisler, and Joel Pollack.
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The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!

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[untitled]

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First Line: 10 issues of Detective for only $1.00
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Boys, girls, men, women...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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