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Issue: Detective Comics #138
Publication Date: October 1948
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Issues: #138 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagNational Comics Publications of Canada Ltd
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Ltd.
On Sale Date: 08/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Printed in Canada
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
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The Invisible Crimes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (silhouette)
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Pages: 1
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Secret Codes Can Be Fun!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Lysing
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Inside front- and backcover
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The Invisible Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger ?
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Dick Sprang
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Walter Timmin (scientist, introduction); Momty Laird (sports promoter, introduction); Mr. Stacy (magnate, introduction); Mr. Morse (shipping magnate, introduction); The Joker [also as J. O. Kerr] (villain); Joker's gang (villains)
Synopsis: The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit verified by Sprang.

Inker credit revised and verified by Craig Delich, previously given to Howard Sherman ? Gene McDonald ?

Splash somewhat replicates the cover.
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Shorty Meets the Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Slam Bradley
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Inker credit revised and verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to John Daly.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
Character(s): Shorty
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Pages: 1
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The Mystery of the Mary Celeste II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Steve Brodie
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): The Boy Commandos
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Tex]
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Pages: 12
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Top in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Backcover

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