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185July 1952
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Detective Comics #185

DC · July 1952 · on sale 1952-05-28

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#185
Publication date
July 1952
Key date
1952-07-00
On-sale date
1952-05-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Secret of Batman's Utility Beltcover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt!comic story11.67script: John Broome; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Paul Henson; Jimmy; "Nimble" Hyle; "Drum" Carter; unnamed hobo; Jack Fenley; Henry Worthing; Rocky; Phil; Bill Weaver; Don Weaver
6The Three Impostors!comic story5.5pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
9The Case of the Modern Aladdin!comic story7.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
12He Foresaw Wonderstext article2script: David Kahn
13The Man Who Killed Pow-Wow Smith!comic story7.5pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrPow Wow Smith; Jo-Jo; Muley; Snake; Blue Fox
15The Craziest Pair in Historypromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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