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Issue: Detective Comics #253
Publication Date: March 1958
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Issues: #253 of 883 Issues (1409 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: 01/28/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (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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The Fox, the Shark and the Vulture!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Terrible Trio [The Fox; The Shark; The Vulture]
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Terrible Trio [The Fox; The Shark; The Vulture] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: A weird trio hijacks artifacts from a world tour of historical artifacts exhibit. A sharp witted Batman figures out the trio's lair and overcomes them.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #176 published December 1965
as The Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Line of Stars

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: It's quiet here!
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In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #103 [1'- Cover Price] published January 1959
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Do You Know What's Behind a Law?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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The Fossil Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Acilio Scipio (flashback); Thor Dakar (intro, villain)
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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #24 published September 1958
as L'homme fossile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Warden Willis; Hogan; Smathers
First Line: The emergency siren!
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Pages: 2
Job Number: #3
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Bureau of Destroyed Money

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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The Super Reporter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Harry Moran (intro, villain); Jim Wade
Synopsis: Gangster Harry Moran starts his own paper in order to drive legitimate papers off the newsstands.
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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #24 published September 1958
as Super reporter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Super Reporter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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