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Issue: Detective Comics #164
Publication Date: October 1950
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Issues: #164 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: 08/21/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (7 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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Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tomahawk
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Pages: 1
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Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (Writer B)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; J.R. Melton (Gotham City Gazette City Editor); Dave Purdy (Gotham City Gazette reporter); Tiger Bishop (villain); Big Red (villain, flashback); "Killer" Craig (villain, flashback); unnamed police officers; unnamed criminals; unnamed firefighters; unnamed boy scouts
First Line: We all know of the fabulous equipment...
Synopsis: News reporter Dave Purdy is given a seemingly easy assignment: he must find and report on a case in which the Bat-Signal ALONE saved a person's life.
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #1 published January 1961
as Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition #[nn] published August 1999
as Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 published June 2009
as Untold Tales of the Batsignal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit verified by Schwartz.

Pictured in the story is a detailed schematic of the Bat-Signal.

The last 1/3 of page 12 is an illustrated sub-feature titled "Extra! How the Bat-Signal Caught a Killer!"
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
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Thrills and Chills

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Adventures
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Talking Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond
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Pages: 8
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$100,000 in Smuggled Diamonds!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Peg
First Line: Oh, Mother, will the dress be finished in time?
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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The Robot-mobile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: I got the knot hole first!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Orville
Character(s): Orville
First Line: Oh, Mr. Bray, c'n I borrow your ladder?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bonny
Character(s): Bonny
First Line: Oh, goodness! There's Leopold-- Fighting in the street!
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The Lady with a Gun

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: crime, non-fiction
Character(s): Annie Oakley
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: There are some special paintings here...
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Columbia
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Pages: 0.25
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School Children 'Round the World

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Pages: 1
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The Warriors in Wampum!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: western
Feature(s): Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Character(s): Pow-Wow Smith
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Pages: 10
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: That's right, sir...
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The Day's Best Bite!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Feature(s): Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Quicksand!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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