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194April 1953
$0.10

Detective Comics #194

DC · April 1953 · on sale 1953-02-25

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#194
Publication date
April 1953
Key date
1953-04-00
On-sale date
1953-02-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Stolen Bank!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Stolen Bankcomic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Martin Duff [James Hollinger]; Sammy Sabre; James Maury
3-activity0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
5Superman Says: "People Are People!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Man in Ice!comic story5.67pencils: Howard Sherman, Bruno Premiani; inks: Howard ShermanRoy Raymond
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11The Crime Collectorcomic story6script: Carmine Infantino, Jack E. Miller; pencils: Sid Check; inks: Moe Worthman
12-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13Extinguishing the Firebugstext article2script: John Marlowe
14Return of the Killers!comic story8pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
World's Finest Comics #2261974On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9
ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6
2021On eBay ›

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