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154December 1949
$0.10

Detective Comics #154

DC · December 1949 · on sale 1949-10-19

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#154
Publication date
December 1949
Key date
1949-12-00
On-sale date
1949-10-19
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2Underground Railroad of Crime!comic story12pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne; also as Jim Millan]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed State Prison Warden; Mary Holmes (Millan's sweetheart); Jim Millan (reformed villain); Hatch Marlin (villain)
5The Riddle of the Ruby!comic story8pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Sy BarryRoy Raymond
7The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kidpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Ira SchnappGreen Arrow
8Robotman, Mind-Readercomic story6pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy ThompsonRobotman [Paul Dennis]
10-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
12Science Is Champtext article2script: Quincy Howe
14Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
16Death in the Northwoods!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Carmine InfantinoPow-Wow Smith

Plus 10.75 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Detective Comics #2231955On eBay ›
Batman Archives #7
ISBN 978-1-4012-1493-7
2008On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7
ISBN 978-1-4012-8965-2
2019On eBay ›

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