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190December 1952
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Detective Comics #190

DC · December 1952 · on sale 1952-10-29

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#190
Publication date
December 1952
Key date
1952-12-00
On-sale date
1952-10-29
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0How to Be the Batman!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2How to Be the Batman!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Stan KayeBatman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap); Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin re-cap); Commissioner James Gordon; Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, flashback, death); Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, flashback, death); Joe Chill (villain, flashback); Dr. Sampson (villain); Dr. Evarts; Walter Nelson
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman
6The Man with the Life Raycomic story5.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
8Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
9Robotman's Robot!comic story5.5pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaRobotman
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12Whistling Murdertext article2script: Joseph Macklin
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14Mission with the Mounties!comic story7.67pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrPow-Wow Smith

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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