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Issue: Detective Comics #68
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #68 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/22/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Man Who Led a Double Life!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Two-Face [Harvey Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #68 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] published August 1995
as Covers [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Pages: 0.33
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The Mail Wagon Mystery by May Justus

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: opinion
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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The Man Who Led a Double Life!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Gilda (Harvey's fiancee); Henry Logan (matchstick object collector); Henry Logan's double; Gotham City's Mayor; a mask maker; mask maker's son; Two-Face [Harvey Kent] (villain); Al (villain); "Getaway" George (villain); Two-Face's criminal combine (villains)
Synopsis: Two-Face gets away from Batman and resumes his criminal career, but, in the end, is double-crossed by one of his own men!
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In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-20 published September 1973
as The Man Who Led a Double Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC-serier #1/1989 published January 1989
as Dubbelansiktet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC presenterer #2/1989 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1 removed
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as The Man Who Led a Double Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] published August 1995
as The Man Who Led a Double Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Detective Comics #66.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
Character(s): Silly Willy
First Line: Costumes for Hire
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Extra!

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Feature(s): Batman
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The Treachery of Osuki!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan]; Osuki (villain)
Synopsis: The boys end up shipwrecked in the Pacific with a Japanese pilot, but without Rip Carter.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
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Pages: 12
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Energy to Get There!

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Scoopy
Character(s): Scoopy
First Line: Mrs. Goldrocks was just robbed...
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How Do They Think 'Em Up?!

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Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Tommy; Uncle; Trigger (villain); Shorty (villain)
Synopsis: Two crooks sell an old man and a young boy a treasure map and then decide they want it back.
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Pages: 10
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
Character(s): Silly Willy
First Line: I think I'll mosey around the circus...
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Feature(s): Prize Comics
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Adventure of the Peglegged Wildcat

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Pages: 6
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Escape from Death

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Talking Gun!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static (his parrot); Ebenezer Rood (Morning Star editor, death); Burt Benson (newspaper editor); Jimmy Pardee (newspaper crime reporter); Mrs. Pardee (Jimmy's mother); Porky; Wilbur
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Say, Chief - Mow your lawn for a quarter?
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Biggest and Best!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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The Case of the Cultured Crooks!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 8
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Now on Sale

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Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Feature(s): Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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