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Issue: Detective Comics #48
Publication Date: February 1941
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Issues: #48 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/27/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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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]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #48 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret Cavern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Lewis (singer, Henry's daughter); Henry Lewis surveyor); Renaldo (villain, club owner); Nick (villain); Blackie (villain)
Synopsis: A man accidentally discovers a huge cave under the gold vaults of Fort Knox, and a group of crooks put that knowledge to use when they convince the man's daughter that she has killed a man, hoping to get him to reveal the cave's location.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as The Secret Cavern [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Coming at You!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 1
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Alien Smugglers

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Gary; Rodriguez
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Pages: 6
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Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Superman Krypto-Raygun
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The Case of the Fugitive Killer!

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
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Tightfist Baker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers; Blackbeard; Tightfist Baker (villain)
Synopsis: Cliff solves his father's murder, inherits a newspaper and becomes a crusading publisher.
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Pages: 1
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Featherton Appleby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders
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Pages: 6
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Athualpa's Treasure

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone
Synopsis: Steve hunts for Incan treasure--in Maine.
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Pages: 6
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G-Man's Revenge

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.5
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Superman Is on the Radio

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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A Man Named Twist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Twist
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Pages: 5
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Here You Are, Fans!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Superman
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Adventure Comics; The Hourman
First Line: What gives the Hourman...
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The Narwak Mines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; W. T. Ward
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Pages: 8
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At the Top of the Field!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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