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Issue: Detective Comics #71
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #71 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: 11/17/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited); Murray Boltinoff (assistant editor, uncredited); Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited)
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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A Crime a Day!

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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]; The Joker
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In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 71 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Cover - Detective Comics #71 [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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Pages: 0.33
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Government Hunter by M. M. Atwater

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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, "Government Hunter," by M. M. Atwater, is reviewed. Marvin Goldstein wins $5.00 for his book review.
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Crime a Day!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mrs. Smythe; Editor of the Gotham Gazette; The Joker (villain); Joker's henchmen (villains)
Synopsis: During a series of lectures, the Batman calls the Joker a fool for leaving clues behind that lead to his capture. The Clown Prince of Crime turns the tables on the Caped Crusader by leaving more clues and making the Batman and Robin look like fools.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
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Pages: 13
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pvt. Pete
First Line: Shh! Golly - This is more dangerous than I thought!
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Feature(s): Batman
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A Break for Santa

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett]; Olaf Hanson
Synopsis: Rip and the Boys steal an allied plane in order to rescue a sick boy's father from a Nazi prison camp.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
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How Well Do You Know Our War Weapons?

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Feature(s): Bendix
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Dizzy Data
First Line: Grizzly bears can run...
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Simon Bolivar

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Feature(s): Stamps
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The Unlucky Reporter

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Sam Carver
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A Real Prize Among Comics!

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Feature(s): Prize Comics
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Pages: 0.44
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Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Death on the Diamond!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Murder on the Campus

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Genres: adventure
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The Voice from Nowhere

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static (his parrot); George Paines (friend of Jordan); Virginia Owen (friend of Jordan); Baldy Biggs (villain)
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: This way!
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How Can They Do It??

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

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Case of the Missing Grin!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Risiblo the Clown
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The Boy Commandos Are Here!

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Feature(s): Boy Commandos
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Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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