Detective Comics #117 (1946) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Steeplejack's Showdown	cover	1	pencils: Paul Cooper; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	M Is for Mule	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	Steeplejack's Showdown!	comic story	12	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Paul Cooper; inks: Ray Burnley	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bob Skelly (steeplejack company owner, war veteran); Ben (steeplejack); Bob's fiancee; Madame Nadir (fortune teller); Red (villain, steeplejack); Logan (villain, steeplejack, death)
6	Three's a Mob!	comic story	6	pencils: Lee Harris; inks: Lee Harris	Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static (his parrot)
8	The Fastest Snails in the World!	comic story	6.67	pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
9	Real Fact Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
10	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
12	Three-Ring Binks	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Three-Ring Binks
13	Sunshine Nelly	comic story	1	script: Jack Callahan; pencils: Jack Callahan; inks: Jack Callahan	Sunshine Nelly
14	Glass Clue	text story	2	script: Tom Neill
15	The Man No One Could See	comic story	11	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Jan Haasan; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard]
17	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
World's Finest Comics #47	1950	On eBay ›
Batman Archives #5 ISBN 1-56389-725-3	2001	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-7870-0	2018	On eBay ›

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