Detective Comics #118 (1946) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Royal Flush Crimes	cover	1	pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
2	The Royal Flush Crimes!	comic story	12	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jack Barnes [aka Diamond Jack] (baseball tycoon); Harley Cottonworth (jewelry dealer); Mazie; Roxane Wilder; Rupert Dazel [aka The Match King]; Beetle (Dazel's butler); Eddie Hoyle (ranch owner, ex-Air Force ace); The Joker (villain); Joker's gang [Sparks;
5	Crime Is All Wet!	comic story	7	pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
7	N Is for Newfoundland	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
8	Small Crime	text story	2	script: Pace Cummings
10	Moon Rocketeers!	comic story	7	pencils: Lee Harris; inks: Lee Harris	Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static (his parrot); Dunkel; Alex Q. Griggs (villain)
12	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
14	The Invisible Commando	comic story	12	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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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