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Issue: Batman #37
Publication Date: October 1946
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Issues: #37 of 715 Issues (1363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/07/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
First Line: In this issue the Joker steals the Batman's thunder!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1971
as Batman No. 37 Oct-Nov 1947 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson. Letterer credit verified by George Roussos.
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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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L Is for Lion

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Calling Dr. Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (mention only); Dr. Avery Burton (chief of Gotham Hospital); Dr. Phil King (intern at Gotham Hospital); Jerry Marshall; Noreen O'Day (nurse at Gotham Hospital); Lou Darrell (villain, Gotham Hospital employee, introduction)
Synopsis: Dr. King tries out his new radiotherapy machine on patient Jerry Marshall, and, while it is successful, its ray negatively affects a hospital worker, Lou Darrell, but not for the better.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: There's a swell movie playing. If only I had the day off!
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Pages: 1
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Vern Stephens

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop
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Pages: 1
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Hollywood Hoax!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Stephen Morgan (President of Mammoth Pictures); E. J. Loring (villain, film director, introduction); Sluggsy (villain)
First Line: Hollywood!
Synopsis: A group of criminals plan to steal an unreleased as yet film "Heart's Desire" from the movie set of "Crime Doesn't Pay", where Batman and Robin are in attendance to film a sequence.
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In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Robinson.
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From "Lead Foot" to Anchor Man

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
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First Line: For spine-tingling action...
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Pages: 1
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Killing Does'nt [sic] Pay

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This text story is NOT reprinted in the Archive edition.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Willie
Character(s): Little Willie
First Line: I got an idea!
Reprinting
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Not reprinted in the Archives edition.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
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Pages: 0.5
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The Joker Follows Suit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain); Pete the Plumber (villain); Smoky (villain); Needles (villain)
Synopsis: The Joker institutes a mad scheme to use the very symbols of Batman: the Bat-Signal, Batmobile and Batplane, against the Dark Knight detective that he calls "Make Crime Pay the Joker Way"!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBatman: The Dark Knight Archives #8 published March 2013
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as The Joker Follows Suit! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.

The splash page almost replicates the cover in reverse.
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Giving a Heel the Boot!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
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How Thom McAn Stopped the Cattle Stampede

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
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Tops in Comics!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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