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Issue: Detective Comics #390
Publication Date: August 1969
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Issues: #390 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: 06/26/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Adventure Comics #383 and copyright registration.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Masquerader
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #4 published September 2009
as Detective Comics #390 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-203
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics
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If the Coffin Fits -- Wear It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Masquerader [Sam Tweed]
Synopsis: The Masquerader's gang of crooks keep trying to destroy Batman's costume. It's a ploy to force him to wear a new costume which will constrict and eventually kill him. The Masquerader is eventually revealed to be Batman's tailor Sam Tweed, who devised the deadly costume.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #12/1969 published December 1969
as En skredderskydd kiste [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #1 published January 1980
as Ein Sarg nach Maß [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #4 published September 2009
as If the Coffin Fits -- Wear It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14.17
Job Number: S-155
Disclose Notes: Page 6 is a 2/3-page and page 15 is a 1/2-page.
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Summertime Begins with...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #20, on sale June 10.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-206
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Steven Carlberg, Martin Pasko, and Gary Kuhlmann.
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Dynamite's Coming!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for DC comics featuring logos and partial cover art for several current issues.
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Countdown to Chaos!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sandy Cole; Craig Rockland
Synopsis: Dick's date with Sandy is interrupted by a gang from a rival school who try to crash the Gotham school dance. Meanwhile, someone is blackmailing the school's administrator to force him to break off talks with the teacher's union.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #144 published August 1971
as Countdown To Chaos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Taschenbuch #18 published January 1982
as Cowntdown zum Chaos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Sixties #[nn] [1st Printing] published March 1999
as Countdown to Chaos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 published March 2008
as Countdown to Chaos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: S-164
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Detective Comics #391.
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Who Are the Gorgeous Girls in the Life of Jimmy Olsen?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #122 [Giant #G-62], on sale June 19.

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