Detective Comics #216 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Batman of Tomorrow!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman (of the Future) [Brane Taylor]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1	My Greatest Adventure	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	The Batman of Tomorrow!	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman (of the Future) [Brane Taylor]; Vicki Vale; Commissioner James Gordon; Jackson Barrow (wealthy banker); Martin Vair (villain)
4	Binky's Special Christmas Quiz	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp	Binky
5	The Robot Sailors!	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
6	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Jack Liebowitz
7	Daffy & Doodle	comic story	0.5	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win; letters: Lit-Win	Daffy; Doodle
9	The Batman Whirly-Word Game	activity	1	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
10	The Most Robbed Bank in the World	text article	2	script: Joe Mabely
11	The Man No Prison Could Hold!	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond
12	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman #187	1966	On eBay ›
Batman in the Fifties #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-810-1	2002	On eBay ›
Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4758-4	2014	On eBay ›
Batman in the Fifties #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-950-5	2021	On eBay ›

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