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Issue: Detective Comics #106
Publication Date: December 1945
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Issues: #106 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: 10/22/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 24 in ad in Flash Comics #68.
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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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The Phantom of the Library

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Todd Torrey
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagO Lobinho (2ª Série) #68 published ?cover
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #5 published May 2001
as Cover - Detective Comics #106 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #5 published May 2001
as Backcover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover is definitely NOT by Sprang, despite his verification. It is Burnley and Paris and was on the list Burnley provided, though with a question mark after pencils.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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C Is for Cat

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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Phantom of the Library!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Police Inspector Laurence; Judge Logan; Todd Torrey (villain, librarian, introduction, death)
Synopsis: While visiting the local library, Bruce and Dick witness an attempt to kill a police inspector who, years before, had brought a criminal to justice that escaped and swore revenge on him.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #5 published May 2001
as The Phantom of the Library [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Hey, I said send up some quinine...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Three-Ring" Binks
Character(s): Three-Ring Binks
First Line: For thirty years, (man and boy)...
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: That's the kind of cramming I like to see!
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Pages: 1
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The Legal Pickpockets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 6.67
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hingees
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Pages: 0.33
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Clay Pigeons

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: What a swell pet...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Lit Win] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Lit Win] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
Character(s): Daffy; Doodle
First Line: I've been doing some glass...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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No Miracles for Muggs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Bronko Nagurski

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Pages: 1
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Meet the Commandos from Nippon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Ben Turpin]; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan; Andre Chavard]; Admiral Bulldog Mitchell; Bugi (villain); Fugi (villain); Mugi (villain); Yugi (villain)
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
Character(s): Volto
First Line: His marvelous magnetic powers...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page sequential panel art done for Grape-Nuts Flakes cereal.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Surging Energy

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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