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Issue: Detective Comics #55
Publication Date: September 1941
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Issues: #55 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: 07/23/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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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 published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Brain Burglar!

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] [also as Dr. Mason]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Professor Jon Henry (scientist); Professor Dodge; Dr. Mason (scientsist); Dr. Deker (villain); Deker's gang (villains); un-named Zeppelin Commander (villain, death); Zeppelin crew (villains, all die)
Synopsis: The invention of a machine by a noted professor, that forces one to tell the truth, is snatched by an evil doctor who kidnaps noted scientists and inventors, as well as key individuals in the Defense Department, and uses the machine on them in order to obtain their secrets.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as The Brain Burglar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
First Line: Between Birmingham and Washington, Bart Regan relaxes...
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Pages: 6
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-And This Is It!

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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Karon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (no cape); Dr. Karon (villain); Wing
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Pages: 5
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How They Blazed the Trail by J. Walker McSpadden

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.5
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Hear Superman on the Radio!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Another Hit

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Batman
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Two-Fisted Action!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Starman; Adventure Comics
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The Case of the "Killer Horse"

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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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Murder Without Harmony

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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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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mom 'n' Pop
Character(s): Mom; Pop
First Line: I wonder what Mom's fixing on our new trailer?
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The Riddle of the Missing Masterpiece

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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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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Syncro Devices, Inc.
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Getaway

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Cooper (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Yank and Doodle; Prize Comics
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Pages: 0.22
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.45
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Who Killed Hank Allen?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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The Gambling Ship

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 8
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Action! Thrills! Adventure!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Take a Tip from a Navy Torpedo

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): United States Rubber Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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