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59January 1942
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Detective Comics #59

DC · January 1942 · on sale 1941-11-22

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#59
Publication date
January 1942
Key date
1942-01-00
On-sale date
1941-11-22
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Batman with Robincover1pencils: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry RobinsonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2The King of the Jungle!comic story13script: Joe Greene; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Lefty Larry (villain, murderer); Mike the Tramp (villain, arsonist); Bignose Murphy (villain)
4Facts!cartoon0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5Next Stop... Panama!comic story6script: Ed Moore; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed MooreBart Regan
7The Case of the Gangster Gauchoscomic story6pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff YoungLarry Steele
8Relax and Read!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9World's Finest Buy!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffClancy
11The Carlin Emeraldscomic story6script: Chad Grothkopf; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad GrothkopfCliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
12-in-house column0.67
13Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
14The Career of the Spurious Scribe!comic story10script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Charles ParisThe Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
16The "Big 7" Is Now the "Big 8"promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
18Murder of the Judgecomic story6pencils: Don Lynch; inks: Don LynchSteve Malone
19Night Meetingtext story2script: Eric Carter; pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff Young
20The Case of the Talking Dummycomic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Howard ShermanSlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
21Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Batman Archives #2
ISBN 1-56389-000-3		1991On eBay ›
The Batman Chronicles #5
ISBN 978-1-4012-1682-5		2008On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-6376-8		2016On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-7130-5		2017On eBay ›

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