Detective Comics #199 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Invisible Batman!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2	The Invisible Batman!	comic story	12	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Ray Burnley, Stan Kaye	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Big Jack Baker (villain); Verne Lever (villain, criminal attorney)
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	Buzzy Asks: How Safe Is Your Driving?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Gaspar Saladino
6	The Girl Who Became a Witch!	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond
7	The Line of Stars Presents	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	-	activity	0.5	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
9	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
10	The Robber Robot!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Robotman [Robert Crane]
12	Cracking the Blackmail Bandits	text article	2	script: John Marston
13	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14	The Thunder Warrior of Hollow Mountain!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr	Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
80 Page Giant Magazine #5	1964	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6	2021	On eBay ›

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