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Issue: Detective Comics #156
Publication Date: February 1950
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Issues: #156 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/19/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Batmobile of 1950

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
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Pages: 1
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National Comics Takes "Top Place As the Choice of Parents and Children."

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The Batmobile of 1950!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): unnamed magician; Smiley Dix (villain); Snake (villain); Zoot (villain); unnamed doctor; unnamed nurse; Detective Cramer; unnamed police officer
Synopsis: After being injured in a wreck involving the Batmobile while chasing some crooks, Batman finds himself laid up, unable to fight crime...or so is thought by crookdom, who are soon introduced to the fearsome capabilities of the new Batmobile!
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-14 published February 1973
as The Batmobile of 1950! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Fifties #[nn] published June 2002
as The Batmobile of 1950! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics; Action Comics; Adventure Comics
First Line: You don't have to wait 2 months...
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Pages: 0.67
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The Beauty Who Talked with Beasts!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Malana; Professor Anton Carey (death); Larry Devoe (villain)
Synopsis: Roy Raymond uses a woman who can supposedly talk to animals to flush out the murderer of his good friend, Professor Carey.
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Bear Trapped!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mac; Ray
Synopsis: Mac and Ray are saved from a bear attack by using an old flashlight whose Ray-O-Vac batteries still work.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Whaddaya think of our new advertising campaign?
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To Arms!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Merton (arms manufacturer); Wilkins (butler); Moose (gangster)
Synopsis: Robotman uses his extra robotic arms to capture a band of gangsters who have stolen arms to create a prison break.
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Here's Good News for Batman and Robin Fans!

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Feature(s): Batman; World's Finest Comics
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Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!

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Genres: opinion, superhero
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Doris
First Line: Don't forget, Doris, I'm picking you and your folks up...
Synopsis: Vic tries to impress his girl Doris by inviting her and her parents to a football game with seats on the 50-yard line.
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TV Quiz

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The First!

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Emory Sekaqwaptewa
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Disclose Notes: Mini-biography of Emory Sekaqwaptewa, of the Hopi tribe, the first Native American to graduate from West Point.
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The Great Gold Robbery!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Harry (robber); Deuce (robber); Rigger (robber leader)
Synopsis: A shipment of gold is stolen from a train and it falls to Pow-Wow Smith to use all his wits to track the gold to a remote Indian reservation.
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Disclose Notes: From Rubber-for-Molds Inc., 6044 Avondale Ave., Dept. 171M, Chicago 31, Ill.
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Disclose Notes: From MoTor's Book Dept., Desk 9B, 250 West 55th Street, New York 19, N.Y.
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Disclose Notes: Ad features the No. 111 Daisy Red Ryder Carbine for $4.95 from Daisy Manufacturing Co., Dept. 1525, Union St., Plymouth, Michigan.
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