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Issue: Detective Comics #61
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #61 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: 01/20/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (8 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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The Three Racketeers

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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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 published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #61 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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The Three Racketeers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Charters; "Crafty" Cal Clate (villain); Professor Post (villain); unnamed racketeer (villain)
Synopsis: Three former racketeers sit about a table playing cards in prison discussing how the Batman and Robin brought their dreams of easy wealth to a disastrous end.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #258 published September 1974
as The Three Racketeers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as The Three Racketeers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The splash panel has a sign on a building that reads "Jack Miller", one of the writers for DC on Batman and other features. The splash page nearly replicates the cover.

Background credit by Craig Delich.
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Feature(s): Batman
First Line: Listen, all you Batman and Robin fans!
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Pages: 0.5
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Superman Is in the Movies!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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The Mysterious Green Bottle

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
First Line: Gosh that 'Hono-Lulu' tasted good!
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
First Line: Crime stalks the barnyard!
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Pages: 6
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Sons of Liberty by Gertrude Robinson

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Genres: opinion
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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The Beggars' Rebellion

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
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Pages: 10
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Nothing Like It!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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It Can't Help Being a Leader!

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Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.25
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How to Get a Prize

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Feature(s): Prize Comics
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The Seal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; The Seal (introduction, villain)
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Pages: 6
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Ghost Copper

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.67
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Pages: 0.33
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The Machine Man

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; D. A. Cole; Sandra Stowe; Professor Gurn (villain, renegade scientist, introduction); The Scarlatti Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Professor Gurn uses his science to build an exo-skeleton to combat Air Wave's technology.
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Pages: 8
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Chandra Chun

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Tom Hogan; Chandra Chun (villain)
Synopsis: Slam smashes a fortune teller's racket.
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Pages: 8
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Now on Sale

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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