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167January 1951
$0.10

Detective Comics #167

DC · January 1951 · on sale 1950-11-22

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#167
Publication date
January 1951
Key date
1951-01-00
On-sale date
1950-11-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Bodyguards for Cleopatra!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cleopatra
2Bodyguards to Cleopatra!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cleopatra [aka The Great One]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Professor Carter Nichols; Yati (Royal scribe); Sebek (manager of the graneries); Takeloth (Chief of the Royal Police); Ka-Ra (villain, chief irrigation engineer)
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The People Who Couldn't Grow Old!comic story8pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan BarryRoy Raymond
8-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10The Captured Brain!comic story6pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BolleRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
11-cartoon0.75script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffJerry
14Here Comes the Band!text article2letters: typeset
15Panic Stalks the Forest at the Dread Cry of "Warpath!"promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RayTomahawk [Tom Hawk]
16How to Bring Christmas Cheerpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Creig Flessel; letters: Ira Schnapp
17The Killer Cougar of Shoe Mountain!comic story10pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani
18New -- and Great! Big Townpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Sy Barry

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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