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174August 1951
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Detective Comics #174

DC · August 1951 · on sale 1951-06-27

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#174
Publication date
August 1951
Key date
1951-08-00
On-sale date
1951-06-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Park Avenue Kid!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Park Avenue Kid!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre SchwartzBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Slug Dooley; H. J. Morrison (fight promoter); Commissioner James Gordon; Angie Cutter; Farley Wells; Winnie Goodloe; Sam Tufts; Joey Lang; Dagger [Ned Brann]; Muggsy
4-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Strange Bodies of Robotmancomic story6pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10The Man with the Bullet-Proof Heart!comic story8Roy Raymond
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13White Mysterytext article2script: F. Banks
14-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
16Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
17Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
18The Legend of the Stalking Ghost!comic story10pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani
19-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
22Sweet Land of Liberty!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 6.41 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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