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Issue: Detective Comics #44
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #44 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/30/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #44 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as Detective Comics #44 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inker credits verified by Robinson and Roussos.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Land behind the Light!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Marko (inventor); Gorl (villain, official hunter to the King); un-named King (villain)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin follow Dr. Marco into his invention, which hurls them into the 4th Dimension, which is inhabited by a race of giants and a race of midgets. They discover, upon their capture, that the King of the giants intends to invade their world.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as The Land Behind the Light [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as The Land behind the Light! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Get Your Copy Today!

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 0.5
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New!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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The Immigration Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Homer Winslow; Judge Greene
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth; Butterfinger
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Pages: 1
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The Inevitable Nephew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Voney; Kit Walters
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
First Line: Quick, Wing, get me new costume ready...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Avenger sports a new costume in this story: red and yellow tights with a cape.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders
First Line: At the Midtown Bank during the noonhour...
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Pages: 6
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Death of a Star

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as Kenny] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Kenny] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone
First Line: Your patient is ready, Doctor...
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Pages: 6
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The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Monthly Book Review
Synopsis: Brief synopsis of the Edgar Allan Poe book, "The Gold Bug".
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Pages: 0.5
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Superman Is on the Radio!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Sponsored by the makers of Force over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 11 stations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island airing the Superman radio show, along with times and days, sponsored by Force cereal, and one in Arizona, sponsored by Martin Oil and Gas Co. 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: Below the Monthly Book Review feature. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #27 but with fewer stations and reformatted text.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All ads.
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The Isle of Vampires

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Young America's Hero, Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Dr. Banzor (villain)
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Pages: 6
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The Kidnapping

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Marda Erich; Billings; Paul Erich
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Pages: 8
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Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Now on Sale

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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