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Issue: Detective Comics #97
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #97 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/22/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpecial Edition, Detective Comics #4 published February 1945
as Detective Comics #97 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #4 [unnamed variant] published August 1998
as Cover - Detective Comics #97 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Sprang.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Buzzy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret of the Switch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Oscar the Weasel (villain, informer); Benny the Gimp (villain); Joe the Nutcracker (villain); Nick Petri (villain); The Slasher (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Batman tracks down the unusual safe that holds the loot taken years before by the Slasher's mob. With the Slasher supposedly dead, the villain has left behind a note leading the Caped Crusaders to that safe: a safe having 7 switches, only one of which opens the safe; the rest are connected to a bomb!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #4 [unnamed variant] published August 1998
as The Secret of the Switch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Pst -- Don't bring in any prisoners right now...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Call of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: That sure is a remarkable machine!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Hey, look! A runaway truck...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags, Groans 'n' Giggles
First Line: I got the idea from a steam ship!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 7 gags.
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Too Much for Granted

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Fido the Gabber

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Three-Ring" Binks
Character(s): Three-Ring Binks; Fido
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Doubling in Danger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tom Edison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Billy Brand
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Pages: 1
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He Swings through the Air!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Look, kids!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: What'll I do with it, Sarge?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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