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208June 1954
$0.10

Detective Comics #208

DC · June 1954 · on sale 1954-04-28

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#208
Publication date
June 1954
Key date
1954-06-00
On-sale date
1954-04-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Nine Worlds of Batman!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBinky Biggs
2The Nine Worlds of Batman!comic story12script: Ed Herron; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Karnes (space college director); Karne's assistants [Hawley; Wilson; Smith; Venner]; Groff (villain, a spy); Duke (villain); Duke's men (villains)
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Mechanical Crime-Buster!comic story6script: Jack Miller; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
9The Ship with the Magic Motor!comic story5.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaCaptain Compass [Mark Compass]
11The 22-Year Manhunttext article2script: Joe Madison
12Play Categoryactivity1Robin [Dick Grayson]
13School for Boy Magicians!comic story8script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrMysto
14Mutt & Jeffpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9
ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6
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