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Issue: Detective Comics #171
Publication Date: May 1951
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Issues: #171 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: 04/02/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (7 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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Batman and Robin vs. The Penguin Man on 1,000 Umbrellas!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
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Pages: 1
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First Line: These top favorites plus 23 other great comics magazines...
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Pages: 1
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The Menace of the Giant Birds!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; unnamed prison guard; unnamed henchmen; unnamed bank manager; John Willis (jewel importer); unnamed metal refinery manager; unnamed night club manager; unnamed curio shop manager
First Line: Every great metropolis attracts human birds of prey...
Synopsis: Released from prison, the Penguin pledges to go straight and sets up a bird refuge, but Batman doesn't believe him. Batman and Robin follow the Penguin and stop him as he goes to a bank, a jewel importer, a metal refinery, a night club, and a curio shop, but in all cases it turns out Penguin is there not to rob, but to return items previously stolen by him. However, Batman soon discovers that the items returned are key to the Penguin's latest scheme.
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Pages: 12
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Danger! in the Deep

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: What's that on the ground?
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Pages: 0.75
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The Hit of the Lot!

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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Pages: 0.25
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The Amazing Mr. Planet!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; Professor Sherman; Mr. Planet; Jim Coleman; Absforth; Hobart
First Line: Mr. Raymond, I presume!
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Pages: 8
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: We're lost!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: How many gallons of sap are required to make...
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Pages: 0.67
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Feature(s): Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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The Powerless Robot!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; Paul Dennis]; Pete Merrick; Swipes (crook); Grabber (crook)
First Line: What happens when a bullet shatters the amazing electronic "heart"...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #92 published October 1956
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Help! Police; Sounds like a woman up there!
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Bendix Coaster Brake
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Buzzy Says "Get It Off Your Chest!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
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Pages: 1
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Black and Blue!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dover and Clover
Character(s): Dover; Clover
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Pages: 4
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From Table Top to Battlefield

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, non-fiction
First Line: Modern science has brought us such an abundance of things...
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Pages: 2
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Indian Posse!

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Character(s): Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]; Sheriff Ames; Raynor (crook), Collins (crook)
First Line: Out of the towns they looted...
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Pages: 10
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
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Sabotaging the Saboteurs

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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