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79September 1943
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Detective Comics #79

DC · September 1943 · on sale 1943-07-20

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
September 1943
Key date
1943-09-00
On-sale date
1943-07-20
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Destiny's Auction!cover1pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Augustus Helps the Armyin-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
3Destiny's Auction!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Madame Calagra (seeress); Judy O'Casson (a dramatist); Tremaine Wentworth (actor); Mrs. Midge (Judy's landlady); Diamond Pete Ransome (villain); Ransome's gang [Lefty; other unnamed] (villains)
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1
5Two Tickets to Trouble!comic story7.67pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanSlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
6Like Action? Here's Plenty of It!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
7The Case of the Advertising Crook!comic story10pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Adder (villain, introduction)
9Return to Pridetext story2script: Eric Carter
10The Tenderfoot Gets Tough!comic story7script: Joe Samachson; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; colors: George Roussos; letters: George RoussosAir Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static; Spur Sanders; Zeke Mullins
11Life's Little Laffscartoon1script: Ray Houlihan; pencils: Ray Houlihan; inks: Ray Houlihan; letters: Ray Houlihan
12Time Marches Bow-Legged!comic story1script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr
13The Duce Gets a Hotfootcomic story12script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon; inks: Joe SimonBoy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard]; Professor Ferno

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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