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Issue: Detective Comics #57
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #57 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/20/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (10 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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[untitled]

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: FlagSuperboy [ashcan] #[nn] published January 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagLeading Comics [ashcan] #[nn] published January 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #57 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Another Message to Our Readers

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): William Moulton Marston; W.W. Sones
Synopsis: Biographies of two more members of DC's Editorial Advisory Board are featured.
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Pages: 1
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Twenty-Four Hours to Live!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Jasper Sneed's doctor; Lucille Sneed (Jasper's orphan niece, opera singer); Mrs. Biggs (Jasper Sneed's widowed sister); Stanley Bigg's (Mrs. Bigg's son); John Harvey (Jasper Sneed's former business partner); Hosmer Clay (Jasper Sneed's cousin, undertaker, death); Jasper Sneed (villain, death); Richard Sneed [also as Barkis, Jasper Sneed's butler] (villain, Jasper's twin brother and poisoner, death); Jasper Sneed's hired killers [Hagar the Waxman; others un-named] (villains)
Synopsis: Jasper Sneed has been given an oriental poison, a poison that will kill him within 24 hours and for which there is no known cure. The Batman investigates and discovers the man's twin brother has committed the foul deed.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as Twenty-Four Hours to Live [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Paste This in Your Hat

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Feature(s): Batman
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3 Brand New Features!

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Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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The Fencer

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Vortex; The Fencer (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Smoke Blows West

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.33
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New Films for Your Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Daisy Mfg. Co.
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Jerry Siegel Does It Again!

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Feature(s): The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy; Star Spangled Comics
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The Carson Kidnapping Case

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in costume, no cape); Wing
Synopsis: Lee Travis is accused of being involved in a kidnapping.
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Pages: 5
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Superman Is in the Movies!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 1
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The Adventure of the "Spider Girl"

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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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The Case of Double Trouble

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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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Action! Thrills!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lionel
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Pages: 0.33
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Murder in the Tropics

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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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Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Retribution

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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The White Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Jones Case

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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 Case of the Talking Dummy!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 8
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Choose Your Prize

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Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Plenty of Energy

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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