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Issue: Detective Comics #62
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #62 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: 02/21/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (12 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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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]; The Joker
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #62 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Layout art verified by Fred Ray.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Bob and the Railroad

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Genres: opinion
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. The book, "Bob and the Railroad", by Sanford Tousey is reviewed.
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Laugh, Town, Laugh!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Happy Hanson (comedian, death); Hanson's lawyer; Freddie Banter (comedian, death); Denny Jackson (comedian); Jackson's butler; Claude S. Tilley (comedian, death); Buster Parks (comedian); Ted Allenby (comedian, death); The Joker (villain)
Synopsis: Comedian Happy Hanson passes away, but leaves behind a strange will. A clause states that 5 top-notch comedians have the chance to tell the funniest joke in a contest, thereby winning clues Hanson has left leading to a fabulous fortune. Then...the Joker enters the contest and all bets are off!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 published July 1991
as Laugh, Town, Laugh [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: This house looks okay!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Winning Team!

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Feature(s): Batman
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The Counterfeiters

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Tommy Carson; Schultz
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Pages: 6
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Genres: sports
Feature(s): "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
First Line: Gosh! That ice cream hi-ball tasted good!
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Pages: 1
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The Adventure of the Champagne Corks

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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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grandpa Peters
Character(s): Grandpa Peters
First Line: Easy, bub!
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Crazy Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Joe Mogul (villain)
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Pages: 10
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
Character(s): Silly Willy
First Line: Hmm- Looks like rain!
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Pages: 0.5
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Here's Top Value!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Mr. Mystery

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; District Attorney Cole; Mayor Boggins (of Vine Springs); Mr. Mystery (villain)
Synopsis: Vine Springs receives a huge entitlement for a defense industry plant that the criminal element is interested in making money off of.
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Pages: 7
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The Thief

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 1.75
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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Case of the Murdered Commander

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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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rollin Stone
First Line: Yeah - Stone's training the baby elephant!
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Hogan's Happy Hollow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Gloomy Gus
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Pages: 8
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Now on Sale

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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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