Detective Comics #181 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Amazing Crimes of the Human Magnet!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; the Human Magnet [David Wist]
1	The Team's the Thing!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Crimes of the Human Magnet!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Human Magnet [David Wist] (villain, intro); Charles; Frenchy Day
4	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
5	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7	Roy Raymond's Perfect Double	comic story	5.67	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond
9	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	The Safest Safe in the World!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Robotman [Paul Dennis]
14	How Forgers Are Caught	text article	2	script: David Kahn
15	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
17	Pow-Wow Smith, Medicine Man!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

Plus 6.65 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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