Detective Comics #209 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man Who Shadowed Batman!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Inventor
1	Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Man Who Shadowed Batman!	comic story	12	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commission James Gordon; The Inventor (villain)
5	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
6	The Doubles of Doom!	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira
9	The Case of the Cowardly Crew!	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
11	Whiz Cop	text article	2	script: Joe Masters
13	The Three Feats of Peril!	comic story	7.5	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr
16	Now 10¢ Attention-- Superman and Batman Fans!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer

Plus 7.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
80 Page Giant Magazine #5	1964	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #30	1982	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6	2021	On eBay ›

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