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Issue: Detective Comics #63
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #63 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (11 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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Meet Mr. Baffle!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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: FlagBatman Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published July 1991
as Cover - Detective Comics #63 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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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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Little Eagle, A Navaho Boy by Armstrong Sperry

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. The book, "Little Eagle, a Navaho Boy" by Armstrong Sperry is reviewed.
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A Gentleman in Gotham

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Mrs. Davies; Mr. Baffle [Michael Baffle] [also as Charles Courtly, society reporter] (villain, introduction); Fish-Eyes (villain); Egg-Head (villain)
Synopsis: Charged with stealing jewels in a foreign dictator's land, Michael Baffle is supposedly shot and killed. But he cheats death and makes his way to America: the land of the free, and Baffle wonders just how free this land's wealth really is.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #2 [unnamed variant] published July 1991
as A Gentleman in Gotham [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jokes
First Line: Do you like the pickles?
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Pages: 0.5
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Whee! Another Big Hit!!

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Feature(s): Batman
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The Stumbling Saboteurs

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Pages: 6
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Death in the Lion's Cage

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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--And We Mean Adventure!

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Feature(s): Adventure Comics
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Pvt. Pete
First Line: It's a swell night to stand on guard duty!
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Dopey Dave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dopey Dave
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Pages: 0.44
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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 0.23
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[untitled]

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The Daily Crime

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Grabber (villain); Slimey (villain)
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Nothing can go wrong for you today...
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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The Case of Station X

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Danny Burns
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Pages: 7
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Doctor of Dishes

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Light That Blinds!

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Patty; Joe (a Policeman); The Seal (villain); Seal's gang (villains)
Synopsis: The Seal uses an invention to make the sun's rays glow extra bright to blind people so that his gang can commit robberies, and they are able to see only because of the smoked glasses they wear. When Larry gets too close to the truth of the situation, the Seal's men capture him and the villain has an explosive end in store for the detective.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last Larry Steele adventure in the Golden Age.

2nd appearance of the Seal.
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Case of the Wobbling Wizard

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 8
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Now on Sale

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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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Energy to Protect Your Welfare

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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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