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Issue: Detective Comics #168
Publication Date: February 1951
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Issues: #168 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: 12/20/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (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 Man Behind the Red Hood

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Red Hood [The Joker]
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Big Town
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Behind the Red Hood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dean Chalmers (of State University); Paul Wong (student); Jimmy Kale (student); Earl "Farmerboy" Benson (villain, ex-con, university gardener); The Red Hood [The Joker] (villain, origin); unnamed crime victim; unnamed police officer; unnamed college students; unnamed night watchman
Synopsis: Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
In Content Item: FlagBatman #213 published July 1969
as The Man Behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1970 published January 1970
as Der Mann mit dem roten Helm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1971
as The Man behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-39 published October 1975
as The Man Behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published February 1988
as The Man Behind the Red Hood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1989
as The Man Behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told #[nn] published November 1990
as The Man Behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Fifties #[nn] published June 2002
as The Man Behind the Red Hood! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Peg
First Line: Dad, how would you like to take a walk?
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Pages: 1
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Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Tootsie
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie brings a sled to the orphanage so the children can play in the snow.
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Pages: 1
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The Electric Thinking Cap!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Mr. Churney; Karen
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Pages: 7.67
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Lucky Block

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Character(s): Straight Arrow
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Fleer.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Return of the Iron Man!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Pages: 6
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Genres: childrens, non-fiction
First Line: What causes tides?
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The World of Adventure in Books

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Pages: 1
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Your Thinking Cap

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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry
First Line: I'll pick up some easy money shovelling snow!
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Feature(s): Tomahawk
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Ten Little Indians!

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Genres: western
Character(s): Pow-Wow Smith
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Pages: 10
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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