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Issue: Detective Comics #54
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #54 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/27/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (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 #2 [unnamed variant] published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #54 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An homage to the cover of Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #33.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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]; Linda Page; Mr. Sale (store owner); Hook Morgan (villain); Mr. Conroy (villain, merchadise store owner)
Synopsis: When Linda is told that harbor pirates have absconded with special cloth she had ordered, and Bruce notices that cloth is in the window of a store, the Batman takes over to to get to the bottom of the mystery, nearly losing his life in the process.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published July 1991
as Hook Morgan and his Harbor Pirates [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): It's a Fact
First Line: We need more cards!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Winning Team!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 0.5
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Protecting the Panama Canal

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Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Pages: 6
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Good Movies and Books
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Robbery at the Bursar's Office

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Costume change. 1st issue the Crimson doesn't have a cape.
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Oddities
First Line: The flag that inspired the writing...
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"In the Name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!"

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Famous American Words
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A Peach of a Pair!

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Feature(s): All-Flash Quarterly; Mutt & Jeff
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The Case of the Bitter Almonds

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): In the News
First Line: Idaho Falls, Idaho - A canary refuses to sing...
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The Spectre

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Feature(s): The Spectre; More Fun Comics
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Murder in the Skies

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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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Who Killed Major Morley?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
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Pages: 6
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Without Fear

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 0.25
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First Line: Listen to the thrilling adventures of the Man of Steel over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 31 stations in the United States airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. It also mentions there are 25 stations in Canada sponsored by Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd.
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Who Killed Holt?

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone
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Pages: 6
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Death Under the Big Top!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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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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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Bike Tires Built Like Planes

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): United States Rubber Company
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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