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Issue: Detective Comics #88
Publication Date: June 1944
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Issues: #88 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: 04/23/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (8 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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Big-Hearted John
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #4 [unnamed variant] published August 1998
as Cover - Detective Comics #88 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Sprang.
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Tops in Comics!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Merchants of Misery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kelly (candy store owner, death); George Simpson; Mary Simpson; Big-Hearted John (villain, death)
Synopsis: Bruce and Dick go undercover to get the goods on a loan shark who gladly makes loans to people down and out on their luck. But the loans have huge interest rates attached to them, and if the borrower refuses to pay those rates, they are eliminated.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #4 [unnamed variant] published August 1998
as The Merchants of Misery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Letterer verified by Dick Sprang. Prepared earlier and held in inventory in case Bob Kane got drafted.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: I studied that book on semaphore code...
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Pages: 1
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Escape from Two-Way Death!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
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Underworld Jam Session!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Snake Eyes Bentley (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #212 published June 1972
as Underworld Jam Session! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Mar-Vee-Ello the Magician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Three Ring" Binks
Character(s): Three-Ring Binks; Mar-Vee-Ello
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Pages: 5
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Stick around fellas...
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Pages: 1
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The Impostor of Newspaper Row!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Binks; Forrester
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Pages: 5.67
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion
First Line: Wow! You sure are in a hurry, my friend!!
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Pages: 0.33
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Futures for Sale!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Inda Hinda (villain)
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Pages: 7.67
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Feature(s): Batman
First Line: Look, Butch - There's no use arguin'!
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Pages: 0.33
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Somebody Plenty Smart

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Battle of Wales!

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Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard]; Mag Llewellyn; Agent Axis (villain)
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Pages: 12
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Yours Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: You're violating the blackout, Sergeant.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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