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Issue: Detective Comics #72
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #72 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: 12/19/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of December 23 in ad in Batman #15.
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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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License for Larceny

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(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]; Larry the Judge
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Cover - Detective Comics #72 [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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Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. The book "Young Mac of Fort Vancouver" by Mary Jane Carr is reviewed.

Raymond Buck wins $5.00 for his review.
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License for Larceny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; J. Spencer Larson [Larry the Judge] (villain, investment broker); Second Story Sam (villain); Iron Jaw (villain); Gas-Pipe Grogan (villain); Bigfoot (villain); Muggsy (villain); Lefty (villain); Shorty (villain); Tommy the Twitch (villain)
Synopsis: A dignified financier is in reality the notorious underworld czar, Larry the Judge, and Batman & Robin must somehow halt his plan to issue licences for only high class larcenies before a crook cashes in on the licence to kill the Caped Crusaders!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as License for Larceny [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: My wife and Mrs. Parker are always gossiping!
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 0.5
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Petals of Peril

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett]; Cheeder
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In Content Item: FlagThe Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published January 2010
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: All right, men - Everybody in...
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Brand New!

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Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
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John Cabot

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Adventure of the Wrong Numbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Clancy
First Line: Gosh - There goes 'Slugger'...
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Pages: 0.44
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Pages: 0.23
Disclose Notes: A pair of small ads.
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Feature(s): Victory Picture Frames
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Pages: 0.33
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The Target Murder

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan
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Pages: 6
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Baptism of Fire

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Larry Jordan vs. Air Wave!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static (his parrot); John Fields
Synopsis: The enigma exists when District Attorney Jordan is seen thwarting the law, trying to send an innocent man to the chair and wanting Air Wave dead!
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: It's my wife's birthday...
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Pages: 0.5
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Plenty of Punch!

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Feature(s): Adventure Comics; More Fun Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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The Mystery of the Missing Monkey!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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High in Energy

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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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