Detective Comics #91 (1944) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Case of the Practical Joker	cover	1	pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	letters: typeset
3	The Case of the Practical Joker	comic story	13	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Dick Sprang	Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as a prison guard]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Joker (villain)
4	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
6	The Chicken and the Yegg!	comic story	6.67	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
7	-	public service announcement	0.33
9	Loot for Laughter!	comic story	6	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; colors: George Roussos; letters: George Roussos	Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
10	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry
11	Money in the Bank	text story	2	script: Stan Carter
12	"Three-Ring" Binks	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Three-Ring Binks
14	Retreat to Paradise!	comic story	11	pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis Cazeneuve	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan; Andre Chavard]

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

Collection	Year
Batman Archives #4 ISBN 1-56389-414-9	1998	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-6902-9	2017	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age #6 ISBN 978-1-4012-9416-8	2020	On eBay ›

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