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195May 1953
$0.10

Detective Comics #195

DC · May 1953 · on sale 1953-03-25

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#195
Publication date
May 1953
Key date
1953-05-00
On-sale date
1953-03-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Original Batman!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat Man [Hugo Marmon]
1Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Original Batmancomic story12pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat Man [Hugo Marmon]; Commissioner James Gordon; John Vulney; Lefty Lane
3-cartoon0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Magic Wandcomic story5.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11Robotman-Guided Missilecomic story5.67pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
13The Precincttext article2script: Jack E. Miller
14The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1
15The Ghost Riders of Weeping Valleycomic story8pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrLuke; Everett; Hank

Plus 4.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Superboy #681958On eBay ›
Falling in Love #241959On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9
ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6
2021On eBay ›

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