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Issue: Detective Comics #56
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #56 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: 08/19/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
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 #56 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Introducing the Editorial Advisory Board

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Bios of Robert Thorndyke; Ruth Perl; Gene Tunney; C. Bowie Millican; Josette Frank. DC establishes their own code to ensure nothing untoward appears in their comics.
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The Stone Idol!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ghost Gulch Mayor; Mad Mack (villain, death); The Iron Idol (villain, circus strongman)
Synopsis: On vacation, Bruce and Dick come across a near-deserted silver mining town, Ghost Gulch. Above the town is a mysterious stone idol that one day comes to life, and Batman and Robin must get to the bottom of this mystery.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published July 1991
as The Stone Idol [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Jules Vortez

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Pages: 6
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Who Rides in the Dark? and The Reluctant Dragon

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Good Books and Movies
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The book "Who Rides in the Dark" by Stephen W. Meader, and "The Reluctant Dragon" are examined.
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Muscles Moran

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in costume with cape); Wing; Muscles Moran (villain)
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Pages: 5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Wotta tip!
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Pages: 0.5
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Another Hit

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 0.5
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Energy to Perform

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele
First Line: Night... In the salon of Pierre Farnee...
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Pages: 6
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The Death from the Honeybee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders
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Pages: 6
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Two-Fisted Action!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Starman; Adventure Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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New! Sensational!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): For Fun
First Line: My pop is a very smart man...
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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The Lightning Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
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Pages: 6
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Beautiful Friendship

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Who Killed Serge Kamroff?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone
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Pages: 6
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The Practical Joker

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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!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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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 back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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