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Issue: Detective Comics #52
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #52 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: 04/30/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (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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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Loo Chung
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #52 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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The Secret of the Jade Box

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Achmed; Mr. Potter (death); Thomas (Potter's butler); Achmed (curio shop owner); Thomas; Loo Chung (villain, unofficial Mayor of the Oriental Quarter); Chung's gang (villains); Ghengis Khan (villain, flashback)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin must solve the mystery of the "Khan" ring, a ring that once belonged to Ghengis Khan, and whose relative now wears it, and has started a protection racket.
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as The Secret of the Jade Box [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Just for You!

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Feature(s): Superman
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The Winning Team!

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Feature(s): Batman
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The Secret Flame

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Energy in the Pinches

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Deanna the Bareback Rider

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Deanna
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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Facts
First Line: The menu was reputedly invented...
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Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
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The Case of the Cunning Crooks

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Financial Advice
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Feature(s): Model Airplane News
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The Hidden Treasure

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
First Line: Through the dark night Cliff and Kay Nevers race...
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Proof of a Champion

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Writer(s): Joseph Stone (credited)
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Genres: adventure
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Hear Superman on the Radio!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone
First Line: A storm lashes a few scattered yachts...
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Lucky Arthur

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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At the Top of the Field!

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Feature(s): Home Recording Co.
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Feature(s): Spencer Fireworks Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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