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Issue: Detective Comics #125
Publication Date: July 1947
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Issues: #125 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/21/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 31 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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The Citadel of Crime

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #6 published August 2005
as Cover - Detective Comics #125 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Kodak
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Never Miss - Do You, Champ?

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Character(s): two fellows
First Line: We simply couldn't get along without you or your snaps!
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover ad for Kodak's Brownie Reflex Synchro model camera.
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The Citadel of Crime!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Tom Horne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dan Briggs (ex-con, death); Tom Horne (ex-con); Smith (villain); The Thinker (villain, death)
Synopsis: Commissioner Gordon asks Batman to investigate when a series of cons are released from prison and suddenly disappear. The Caped Crusader discovers, after going undercover, that a criminal named the Thinker is gathering and using them to manufacture parts for equipment to be used by the underworld.
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Dave Ferriss

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Kid Pep Rescues a Steeplejack!

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Dave Ferriss

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Dave Ferriss (baseball pitcher, b. 1921 d. 2016)
First Line: But how about our slugging average?
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Prosecutor by Proxy!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
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Jack Treddle Gets Hero's Medal

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise Real-Life Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Kid Pep Rescues a Steeplejack!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Kid Pep; steeplejack; waiter; policeman
First Line: Look! The steeplejack's caught in his rope!
Synopsis: A worker is caught in his rope and hangs upside down on a church steeple.
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Feature(s): Columbia
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Jack Treddle Gets Hero's Medal

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jim Wise; Jack Treddle; Fred
First Line: It was mighty lucky the troop decided to hike that day...
Synopsis: Jack, running faster in P-F canvas shoes, saves the town of Haddonfield from a dam about to collapse.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Fireman, Save My Child!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Feature(s): Spalding
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Ace Pilots

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Genres: aviation, childrens
Character(s): Captain Ormond M. Gove (famous TWA pilot)
First Line: Yes sir! Knowing the traffic rules of the air...
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Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for 'Guide to Cycling Rules of the Road' from Columbia Bicycles, Box 26, Church Street Station, New York 8, New York.
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Outwitting the Kidnappers

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Effie; police officer; unnamed murderer
First Line: Lay off the Wildroot Cream-Oil, Sam-
Synopsis: Sam cracks the Davis murder case.
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Feature(s): Post's Grape-Nuts
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Safety in Numbers

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Genres: adventure
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Dapper Jack's Dream

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Famous Sport Flops; Thom McAn
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: A list of advocates which includes Dr. Lauretta Bender, Josette Frank, Dr. C. Bowie Millican, Dr. W. W. D. Sones and Dr. S. Harcourt Peppard.
Followed by a list of 26 current DC comic book publications.
W. W. D. Sones is also credited with scripting numerous 'Picture Stories from American History' for DC and EC comics publications.
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Learn Inside Baseball from Big League Stars

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Genres: sports
Character(s): George Henry "Snuffy" Stirnweiss (baseball player, b. 1918, d. 1958)
First Line: You'll star on the bases - be the envy of your team -
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Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for the book 'Circling the Bases' from A. G. Spalding & Bros., Dept. B, 19 Beckman Street, New York 8, New York.
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Outwitting the Kidnappers

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Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): "U. S." Royal; two boys of the Elm City Bike Club; two kidnappers; kidnapped girl; two policemen
First Line: When they find that ransom note, I'll be sittin' pretty...
Synopsis: Upon hearing a police radio flash about a kidnapping, "U. S." Royal sets up a traffic jam trap to catch the kidnappers.
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When Hitler Came Back!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan]
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Ready Now... Your Own Circus!

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First Line: Wow, what a show you can give with a home circus like this!
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Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for a die-cut lithographed durable cardboard circus for ten cents and one Grape Nuts box top from Post's Cereals Circus, Box 259-A, Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Dapper Jack's Dream

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Dapper Jack; unnamed current champ; coach
First Line: Out of the story-packed sports past...
Synopsis: Dapper Jack loses the fight while day-dreaming about winning the fight.
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Disclose Notes: A fictional story based remotely on "Dapper" Jack Johnson (b. 1878), an African-American boxer. The "Dapper Jack" in this story is white.
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Get This Handy 128 Page Daisy Handbook Pronto, Partner!

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Genres: western
First Line: You'll receive a comic book plus a popular...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover mail order ad from Daisy Air Rifles, Daisy Manufacturing Company, 807 Union St., Plymouth, Michigan
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Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party

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Genres: superhero
First Line: C'mon, gang! Let's drop into the gym an' see how the cooking class is doing with their set-up for the school party!
Synopsis: Kids from a rival school try to ruin an award sock hop party by stealing the ice cream and Tootsie Rolls. Captain Tootsie tracks them down and saves the ice cream and also replaces the Tootsie Rolls the thieves had eaten.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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