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Issue: Detective Comics #43
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #43 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 10¢ Cover Price
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/02/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #43 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as Detective Comics #43 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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The Case of the City of Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ryder; Carter; Mayor Harliss Greer (villain, former City Council President); "Bugs" Norton (villain); Norton's gang [Blackie; others un-named] (villains)
Synopsis: Bruce and Dick head out on a cross-country vacation to get away from crime, but when they arrive in a small town, they discover that a new Mayor has ties to organized crime, and has established gambling dens and other rackets in town, all protected by Police officer's on the take.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as The Case of the City of Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as The Case of the City of Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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The First Issue Was a Sellout!

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Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #2, with cover repro.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Situations
First Line: Darling, do you find it necessary to yell...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 4 separate gags.
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A MacBeagle Can Smell a Bargain!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brakes
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Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Hlak Sisto (villain)
First Line: What's up, Bart?" "Got an assignment in New York...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red Logan, Ace Reporter
Character(s): Red Logan
First Line: The Christopher Archer kidnapping case has not yet been solved...
Synopsis: Red quits his job and goes undercover.
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Pages: 6
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Theft in the Abbey

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? [as Kenny] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Kenny] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1.5
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Superman Is on the Radio!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Sponsored by the makers of Force over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 14 stations in California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. airing the Superman radio show, along with times and days, sponsored by Force cereal. Text at the bottom encourages readers to write their local stations and ask for the show, sponsored by Force cereal.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the bottom of the last page of the previous story sequence. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #26 but with schedule changes of some stations and reformatted text.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Hop Yin (villain)
First Line: It is midnight on the waterfront...
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Pages: 6
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders
First Line: In the 'big house' up the river, two men who look much alike...
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Pages: 6
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Dr. Evans; Jonas Henkel (villain)
First Line: Even a busy private detective gets an evening to himself...
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Pages: 6
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For Swell Vacation Reading, Don't Miss These Two!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; Mutt & Jeff
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #1 and Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #2.
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On Sale Aug. 2nd

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All ads.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Young America's Hero, Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; The Skull (villain)
First Line: What's cooking, Chief?" "Look at this report, Cliff!
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Jessica Mason; Gerard Winters; Gregor Winters
First Line: Slam Bradley and his partner-pal, Shorty Morgan, are trying out Slam's new sailboat...
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Pages: 8
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The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: House ad for Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Detective Comics, All-American Comics, More Fun Comics, and Flash Comics.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 0.25
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Advertisement  on  Inside Back Cover (IBC)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
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Gator Toughness - Cat Grip!

Advertisement  on  Cover, Back
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): U. S. Bicycle Tires
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Pages: 1

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