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Issue: Detective Comics #201
Publication Date: November 1953
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Issues: #201 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/28/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (5 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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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagLäderlappen #2/1978 published February 1978 as Mysteriet med den osynlige mannen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Human Target!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
First Line: Danger threatens Batman and Robin when they become bodyguards of the reckless man who made himself...
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Pages: 1
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United Nations Day -- October 24th

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
First Line: It's a far cry from the ancient Tower of Babel, with its confusion of many tongues...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover contains a PSA that is produced in sequential comics-art style.
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Human Target!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Prince Michael Gruyere; Fred Venable [the Human Target; also as Prince Michael Gruyere; Perry Davison; Moreno the Magician; Tom Baker; Jim Lovett]; Marianne Venable; Turk Vincent; Blinky Groves; Moreno the Magician; Detective Barnes; Midget Matson
First Line: He was a man who laid his life on the line...
Synopsis: Batman and Robin encounter Fred Venable, an impersonator who takes the place of people who have been targeted for death by criminals in order to earn enough money for his daughter's operation. However, soon he comes to the attention of a mobster who forces Venable to take his place to face syndicate hit-men.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #54 [6D Cover Price] published November 1954
as Human Target [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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First Line: There's everything every boy wants in... Lionel trains with magne-traction
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: Let's hurry-we'll make the native village by nightfall-
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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The Riddle of the Unseen Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
First Line: Thanks for the water, Karen!
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In Issue: FlagLäderlappen #2/1978 published February 1978
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #2/1978 published January 1978
as Gåten med den usynlige mannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #30 [Direct] published November 1982
as The Riddle of the Unseen Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Feature formerly called "Impossible-- But True."
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Hey kids! Bike back to school on the best!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Schwinn Phantom bicycle.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: The police department put up a lot of new no parking signs!
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Pages: 1
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Safety-First Robot!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Don't worry about Robotman, fellers! He's through!
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Pages: 5.67
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First Line: It's easy to see which one of these guys uses Wildroot Cream-Oil!
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Pages: 0.33
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Convict Without a Number

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): John Bradley
First Line: The new type of prison instills within the inmates a new code of ethics
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Pages: 2
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The Line of Stars Presents

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First Line: Tomahawk also appears in "World's Finest" comcis
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad featuring the cover artwork from Tomahawk (1950 Series) issue #20.
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Deadline in Red Deer Valley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
First Line: Imagine...a newspaper printed in Red Deer Valley!
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Art credits per Craig Delich.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scripto
First Line: Scripto guarantees the best...in writing!
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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First Line: He won by 6 points with AMF Roadmaster!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for AMF bicycle.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: How to fix any part of any car
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Tootsie Roll Contest

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Nothing beats the mouth-watering, chocolaty flavor of Tootsie Roll.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The back cover features a contest to win a variety of prizes from Tootsie Candies.

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