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Issue: Batman #48
Publication Date: August 1948
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Issues: #48 of 715 Issues (1363 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: 06/09/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
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The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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For Thrills and Action Read

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The Fowls of Fate!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Duke Malliny; Dodds
Synopsis: Believing that basing his past crimes on birds is what got him caught, Penguin escapes from prison and plans a new series of crimes that are not related to birds.
Reprinting
In Content Item: Flag3-D Batman #[nn] published January 1966
as The Fowls of Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit verified by Mooney. Ink credit verified by Paris.
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Bob Elliott

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Character(s): Bob Elliot
First Line: We gotta win today, gang!
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The Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Old Nick
Character(s): Old Nick
First Line: The mighty midgets hurtle into the...
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Pages: 1
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The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wolf Brando (villain, introduction, death); Reilly (police officer)
Synopsis: An escaped convict on the run accidentally discovers the entrance to the Batcave and learns the secret identities of Batman and Robin, and attacks the dynamic duo using their own weapons and trophies against them.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #203 published July 1968
as The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1968 published November 1968
as Die Geheimnisse der Bat-Höhle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #2 published November 1979
as The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Man with the Purple Hand

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Character(s): Sam Spade; Effie
First Line: Hey... Mr. Spade!
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm starved, Doodle...
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There She Blows: Whales and Whaling

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Genres: adventure, superhero
First Line: Two thousand yards offshore, the ocean...
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Look at this, Tuffy!
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Crime from Tomorrow!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Morton (villain, introduction); Future-Bandits (introduction); James Lewes (inventor, introduction); Chairman Wilson (chairman of World of the Future Fair, introduction)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin pursue a gang of thieves who use futuristic tech in their robberies.
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In Content Item: FlagStålmannen #1/1952 published June 1952
as Framtidsbandittene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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Feature(s): Rollfast
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Feature(s): Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen
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Feature(s): Dale Evans Comics
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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