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Issue: Detective Comics #165
Publication Date: November 1950
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Issues: #165 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: 09/18/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 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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The Strange Costumes of Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Three of the four figures of Batman list a story title: "North Pole Crimes," "Crimes of the Future," and "The Modern Midas."
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Action! Thrills! Excitement!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Alan Ladd
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Strange Costumes of Batman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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; Dr. Robert Darcy (villain, expert technician and chemist); King Midas [George Midas] (villain, flashback]; Reggie Layton (millionaire); unnamed criminals; unnamed ocean liner crewmen; unnamed reporters; unnamed doctor; unnamed police officers; unnamed citizens; The Joker (villain, image)
First Line: What is it that terrorizes crooks?
Synopsis: While making an inspection of equipment in the Bat-Cave, Bruce and Dick also must inspect the various costumes Batman and Robin use in their fight against crime for leaks and tears, and, as it turns out, a never before used costume saves the day for the Batman, who has been seriously wounded.
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #1 published January 1961
as The Strange Costumes of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #259 published November 1974
as The Strange Costumes of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #4/1976 published January 1976
as Läderlappens olika dräkter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1976 published April 1976
as Draktene til Lynvingen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition #[nn] published August 1999
as The Strange Costumes of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 published June 2009
as The Strange Costumes of Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Saving the Farmer's Crop

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
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Disclose Notes: Sequential art advertisement for U. S. Royal bike tires.
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Thrills and Chills

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Adventures
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The Man Who Never Slept!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Columbia
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One-Man Fire Department!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: H'lo, Shorty!
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Pages: 0.75
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Overboard About It!

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Cabbages and Kale!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dover and Clover
Character(s): Dover; Clover
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Let 'Em Eat Wood

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
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Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble
First Line: This ought to keep those durn girls away!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sequential art ad for Fleer's Dubble Bubble gum.
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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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Pages: 0.5
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The Riddle of Fort Brave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Character(s): Pow-Wow Smith
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Pages: 10
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Nature Loves a Nature-Lover

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, informational, opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy B-B Guns
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hollywood Film Studios
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