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213November 1954
$0.10

Detective Comics #213

DC · November 1954 · on sale 1954-09-27

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#213
Publication date
November 1954
Key date
1954-11-00
On-sale date
1954-09-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mysterious Mirror-Man!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Mirror-Man [Floyd Ventris]
1Buzzy Finds "The Key to Success!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Mysterious Mirror-Man!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne] Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Weldon (newspaper reporter); The Mirror-Man [Floyd Ventris]; Mirror-Man's gang (villains); The Joker (villain, image only)
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The World Without Ships!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaCaptain Compass [Mark Compass]
8Little Alexandercomic story1script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil BerubeLittle Alexander
9Supermarket Sleuthtext article2script: Jim Malone
10The Return of Ben Franklin!comic story6script: Jack Miller; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond; Karen Duncan; Benjamin Franklin [Ben Jones]; Roger Denning
11Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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