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Issue: Real Fact Comics #5
Publication Date: November 1946
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Issues: #5 of 21 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/11/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The True Story of Batman and Robin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley; Win Mortimer (inset)
Inker(s): Jack Burnley; Win Mortimer (inset)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tom Mix
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Batman and Robin image from cover of Batman #9 (February-March 1942), but reversed.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Real Fact Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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The True Story of Batman and Robin! How a Big-Time Comic is Born!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Bob Kane; un-named DC Comics editor; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain, image only); The Penguin [Oswald J. Cobblepot] (villain, cameo)
Synopsis: Totally fictional "true" story of how Bob Kane created Batman and Robin.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as The True Story of Batman and Robin! How a Big-Time Comic Is Born! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Bob Feller

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, sports
Feature(s): Highlights in Sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bo McMillin

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Paul Robeson, All-American Citizen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti ?
Inker(s): Jack Lehti ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Paul Robeson
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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If the Oceans Dry Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Virgil Finlay
Inker(s): Virgil Finlay
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Just Imagine
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Adventures #7 published April 1951
as If The Oceans Dry Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #7 published November 1957
as If the Oceans Dry Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #20 published January 1958
as Just Imagine-- If the Oceans Dry Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Tim Bain, Una Sherman, Mary Alice Dunn, Eddie Kania

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stookie Allen
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Inker(s): Stookie Allen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): The Junior Journal
Character(s): Tim Bain; Una Sherman; Mary Alice Dunn; Eddie Kania
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Small
Inker(s): Jon Small
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Quiz Corner
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Flash; Wonder Woman; Dover; Clover; Mr. Mxyztplk; Robin; Brooklyn; Boy Commandos; Rip Carter; T. E. Lawrence; Madame Curie
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Pages: 4
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The Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Otto Feuer ?
Inker(s): Otto Feuer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Know Your Animals
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
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Aviation, Railroads, Sports, World War II, History, Communications

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos (signed)
Inker(s): George Roussos (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Scoops... Pictures to Remember
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Mental Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Nat Edson (signed)
Inker(s): Nat Edson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Bruno Furst
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Pages: 5
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Mary Hamilton: New York's First Policewoman!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Penciller(s): Stookie Allen (signed)
Inker(s): Stookie Allen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Women of Daring
Character(s): Mary Hamilton
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Inker(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): You Tell Us
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Pages: 1
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The Andrews Raiders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Fred Ray [as Fray]
Inker(s): Fred Ray [as Fray]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): James Andrews; Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis: Story of daring plot to destroy the South's railroads during the Civil War.
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In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen och Robin #9/1951 published January 1950
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #155 published January 1950
as The Andrews Raiders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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First Glidermen!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Papp (signed)
Penciller(s): George Papp (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
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Pages: 1
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Magic

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hobbyland...
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Pages: 3
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Tom Mix, Greatest Cowboy of Them All!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle ?
Inker(s): Ed Smalle ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
Feature(s): Tom Mix
Character(s): Tom Mix; Theodore Roosevelt
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Utility Stores
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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How Thom McAn Stopped the Bus Smash-Up

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
Character(s): Thom McAn and his magic Bazooka-Shoes; H
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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