Detective Comics #183 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Famous Name Crimes!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; James Lincoln
1	Happy Hobby Time!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy; Frank
2	Famous Name Crimes!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Earl Warwick]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Caesar; Mr. Bonaparte; Mr. Lincoln; Victor Casabianca; John Cook; Walter Hamilton; Mr. Drake; Mr. Hood; Arthur Moore
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	The Man in the Iceberg!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond; Karen; Petersen; Pirate Dick Flint
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	The Wrecking of Robotman!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Robotman [Paul Dennis]; Duke Danvers (crook); Goon Paris (crook)
13	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
14	Phony Documents	text article	2	script: Dan Keene
15	Manhunt in Manhattan!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr	Pow-Wow Smith

Plus 5.32 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #249	1957	On eBay ›
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World's Finest Comics #146	1964	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #8 ISBN 978-1-4012-9968-2	2020	On eBay ›

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