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Issue: Detective Comics #178
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 10/31/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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The Defeat of Batman!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Don't shoot! We surrender!
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Enter Here -- If You Dare!

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House of Mystery
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Inside front cover.
The Defeat of Batman!

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superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Commander Barton Swayne; Lippy; Big Red; Parker; Dwyer; Archer; Hendrix; Wheeler; Wilcox; Blake
Oh, no! I never thought I'd see this! Batman has surrendered!
Batman and Robin face Commander Barton Swayne who runs an underground army with military precision with the objective of capturing Batman.
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Miscellaneous
9.67
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
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Pete the Flash Scores for Captain Tootsie

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superhero
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Miscellaneous
1
Otto Graham

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The Man with the X-Ray Eyes!

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Subject Matter
mystery
Roy Raymond; Karen; Kliff
What's wrong? Change your mind about shooting me?
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FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #10 published January 1957
as The Man with the X-Ray Eyes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
Out of This World

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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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The Robot Ghost!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Robotman [Paul Dennis]; "Larceny" Latham (crook); Torch (crook)
Haunting live outlaws is old stuff to Robotman!
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FlagAdventure Comics #413 published December 1971
as The Robot Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #85 published February 1974
as The Robot Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3.5
Editorial Advisory Board

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Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory

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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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How Yardsticks Caught Crooks

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non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

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Straight Arrow
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1
[untitled]

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childrens
I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!
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Sold by Fleer.
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Subject Matter
humorous
What will you have, Vic?
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The Tenderfoot Deputy!

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Subject Matter
western
Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]; Sheriff Tom Miles; Rudy Ransom; Highboy Higgins; Eddie Graves; Red-Eye (crook)
Your nephew from Boston's likely quite a youngster, Jim...
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FlagDC Special #6 published January 1970
as The Tenderfoot Deputy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
0.33
Red Hot Tip for Santa!

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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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humorous
It's quiet here!
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover.
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Ad for Sheaffer's Skrip pens.
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