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Issue: Detective Comics #240
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #240 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/22/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (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
Format Notes:  
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The Outlaw Batman!

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]; Burt Wever (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The National Sports Council
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Outlaw Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Burt Wever (intro, villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Roy Raymond's Greatest Challenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; Aloysius Twinning (introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #15 published August 1957
as Roy Raymond's Greatest Challenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On the two pages between page 3 and page 4 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop; Butch; J.B.
First Line: Hello, Butch!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Winter Sports Champions of the World

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion, sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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One-Man Detective Force

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 2
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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The Hero Maker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Pat Brady; The Storage House Thieves (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: John Jones helps a retiring police officer get one big bust on his last day on the force.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #28 published January 1959
as The Hero Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Hero Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Last original version of Manhunter's head.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis
First Line: My, my, there's lots of auto stealing going on now!
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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