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Issue: Detective Comics #349
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 01/27/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (3 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]
Reprinting
FlagBatman #338 published ?
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as Detective Comics #349 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond] (villain); Roland Desmond; the Outsider
After months of living in an underground cavern, Blockbuster re-emerges while Batman and Robin are in the middle of thwarting a robbery. Speaking in the voice of Blockbuster's brother Roland Desmond saves the Batman from certain death. When Batman next encounters Blockbuster, he is knocked out and placed in a coffin by an obscured figure. After a confused Blockbuster turns on the mystery villain, Batman frees himself and knocks out Blockbuster. The mystery villain, however, now revealed as the Outsider, walks away more determined than ever to defeat Batman.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Supacomic #85 published September 1966
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Batman Family #9 published January 1977
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman in the Sixties #[nn] [1st Printing] published March 1999
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Batman #2 published August 2007
as The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13.34
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two part of 5.67 and 7.67 pages.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Casey the Cop
Here sonny, give me your hand. I'll take you across the street.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Painting a Model Car! Part 1

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Miscellaneous
0.5
6364
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters of comment from Richard Flinchbaugh, Marvin Opotowsky, Gregory Kopko, Max Southall and Henry Goldman.
The 13 O'Clock Robbery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny
The Elongated Man and his wife Sue decide to go fishing at Lake Cherokee without knowing that the lake is dry. There, they observe a man fishing in the mud with a magnet who eventually snares a key. The Elongated Man follows the fisherman to the house of Elmer Ewell, where the fisherman knocks out the caretaker before breaking in. Following, Elongated Man hears a clock strike 13 before he is kayoed by the anti-theft system of the house. Awakening in a vault, Elongated Man escapes through the light fixture, tracks the fisherman to his hideout, and recovers the loot stolen from Ewell's home.
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: The Elongated Man #1 published September 2006
as The 13 O'Clock Robbery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9.67
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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