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Issue: Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 1 #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2001
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue (2 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Comics Millennium EditionView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/22/2000
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194122439800111
Price: $6.25 CAD
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: "Special Thanks to Diamond International Galleries for source material."

Editing credits for Whitney Ellsworth and Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson are from the GCD index of the original Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #1, and do not appear in this issue.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
Format Notes:  
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DC Unveils the First Comic Dedicated to a Single Theme

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sen Yoi
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The original price has been deleted from the cover reproduction.
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Detective Comics #1 Pulp Fiction Comes to Comics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remembering the Millennium
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: An overview of the contents of this issue and the characters, stories, and credits. Appears on insides of front and back covers.
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The River Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cyril "Speed" Saunders (introduction); Mr. Moran (introduction); Cap'n Scum (introduction, villain)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The River Patrol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to E.C. Stoner, based on information Jerry Bails received from Stoner's widow. Ken Quattro in his book Invisible Men, (IDW 2020) however cites earlier interviews with Stoner himself wherein he states that his first comics work was for the Chesler shop in 1939. Quattro credits this story to Creig Flessel, reversing his previous opinion from Alter Ego #118 (July 2013). Stoner is given printed credit for script and pencils in this issue.
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The Rhangwa Pearls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cosmo, The Phantom of Disguise (introduction); Captain Burke (introduction); Gregory Billingwater (introduction); Taro (introduction, villain)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Rhangwa Pearls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This issue credits the script to Sven Elven, but Bails does not list Elven as the writer of any stories.
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The Peruvian Mine Murders, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Bret Lawton (introduction); Tim Morgan (introduction); Spider Malone (introduction, villain)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Peruvian Mine Murders, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story in black and white, and continued in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #2. Flessel is credited in this issue with inks only, while script and pencils are credited to "unknown."
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The Claws of the Red Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Bruce Nelson (introduction); Erick von Holtzendorff (introduction); Sigrid von Holtzendorf (introduction); Sen Yoi (introduction, villain); unnamed Chinese (villains, introduction for all)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Claws of the Red Dragon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story continued in Detective Comics (1937 series) #2.
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The Gotlotz Jewels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Gumshoe Gus (introduction)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Gotlotz Jewels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Balinoff Case, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bart Regan (introduction, origin); Sally Norris (introduction); Olga Balinoff (introduction, villain)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Balinoff Case, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story continued in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #2.
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The Gotrox Pearls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Eagle-Eyed Jake
Character(s): Eagle-Eyed Jake (introduction); Mrs. Gotrox (introduction)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Gotrox Pearls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Entire script written in rhyme.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Gus; Inspector Schmaltz; Reilly
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Bar S Rustlers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Buck Marshall (introduction); Sanders (introduction, villain)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Bar S Rustlers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story in black and white.
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The Streets of Chinatown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley (introduction); Shorty Morgan (introduction); Rita Carlisle (introduction); Sergeant Kelly; Captain Frawley; Fui Onyui (introduction, villain)
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #1 published March 1937
was The Streets of Chinatown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Shazam! Power of Hope

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shazam; Batman; Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Shazam! Power of Hope (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (November 2000). Appears on page 66 in this issue.
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Smuggler's Run

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: One-page ad for: Smuggler's Run (game, Rockstar Games). Appears on back cover.

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