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Issue: Detective Comics #159
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #159 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: 03/20/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bruce Wayne; T. Worthington Chubb
First Line: What happens when the underworld learns Batman's secret identity?
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1953 published April 1953
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Kodak
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Bruce Wayne -- You Are Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; T. Worthington Chubb (villain); Chubb's gang [Lefty; Joe; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: Bruce Wayne receives a special delivery letter in which the writer claims to know that he is Batman and warns him not to interfere with crimes being committed or his true identity will be revealed to the world.
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit by verified by Schwartz.
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Pee Wee Reese

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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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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The Case of the Human Dolls!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond
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Pages: 8
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Lassoing the Lion

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Bazooka
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The Strongest Scoundrel on Earth!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Columbia
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Home, Sweet Home!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
Character(s): Binky Biggs; Lucy Biggs; Li'l Allergy; Mr. Biggs; Mrs. Biggs
Synopsis: Everyone in Binky's family learns a lesson about being more thoughtful and accommodating to one another.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations.

Art credits from Bob Hughes, Gene Reed, Merlin Haas, Edgar Loftin, and Allen Ross. Loftin and Ross question Mayer inks credit. Bob Bailey argues Bob Oksner base with Mayer heads.
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Up to Your Elbows in Fun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Now in the job here, one thing is important...
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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Stampede!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
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Crime among the Cliff-Dwellers!

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Character(s): Pow-Wow Smith
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Feature(s): Shoot-a-Plane
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2 Smash Hits!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Alan Ladd; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hollywood Film Studios
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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