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Issue: Batman #53
Publication Date: June 1949
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Issues: #53 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: 04/11/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Lefty (Joker henchman); Commissioner James Gordon; Maharajah of Nimpah
Synopsis: Determined to prove himself as the greatest master of comedy ever, the Joker launches a series of crimes stealing seemingly worthless items, while Batman and Robin try to uncover a pattern to the crimes.
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Lightning Speed...Heroic Deed!

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Genres: adventure
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The Portrait of Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Dapper Bandit [Frank Fabian] (villain, introduction); Carl Marlin (artist); Greta Marlin (Carl's wife); Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis: Artist Carl Marlin captures the soul of a man when he paints a portrait of him. After painting Frank Fabian, Fabian kills Marlin, and then Fabian's portrait starts to change to show Fabian's evil side.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Pardon me, officer - Can you give me a hand?
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How Baseball Began

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Genres: non-fiction, sports, superhero
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Peg
First Line: Telephone for you, Peg!
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Adventure of the Shipwrecked Pirates

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Batman Under the Sea!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Phaeton (villain, introduction); Stack Hawley (villain, introduction); Theta (introduction, mermaid scientist); Sarin (introduction, ruler of the sea people)
Synopsis: While pursuing a villain on the ocean, Batman is thrown overboard and awakens to find himself in an undersea city with a race of mer-people who, to save Batman's life, have converted him into a mer-man!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Daffy; Doodle
First Line: The game warden!
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Ruining the Ransom Plan

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At the Radar Station

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Feature(s): Superboy
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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