Detective Comics #102 (1945) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The House That Was Held for Ransom	cover	1	pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	You Don't Need a Telescope!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	The House That Was Held for Ransom!	comic story	12	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Pat Gordon	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; J. Bullion Stickney; Dodder (Stickney's servant); The Joker [as Reginald P. Parker] (villain); Snoozer (villain)
5	Smash Your Baggage!	comic story	6.67	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
6	How Would You Like to Read Batman and Robin Every Day?	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
9	Crime's Henchman	text story	2	script: Ted Loury
10	"Three-Ring" Binks	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Three-Ring Binks
12	The Floating Evil!	comic story	11	pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis Cazeneuve	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan]
14	Of Mice and Muggs!	comic story	6	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; colors: George Roussos; letters: George Roussos	Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman Archives #4 ISBN 1-56389-414-9	1998	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-7359-0	2018	On eBay ›

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