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Issue: Detective Comics #84
Publication Date: February 1944
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Issues: #84 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: 12/21/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 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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Artists in Villainy

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Cover - Detective Comics #84 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Feature(s): Books for Your Christmas List
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. One of the books reviewed is "Great Caesar's Ghost" by Manning Coles.
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Artists in Villainy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Police Captain; Ivan Krafft (villain); Krafft's gang [Burchall; Scarface; Dicer; Mike (death)] (villains); Trigger Stepke (villain, mention only)
Synopsis: The Dynamic Duo must stop Ivan Krafft, who has developed a "school", under the cover of a gentleman's sporting club, to train criminals on successful crime techniques then send them out on lucrative criminal endeavors.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Artists in Villainy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story prepared in 1941 and held in case Bob Kane got drafted. The next to last panel on Page 13 was used on the cover to Batman #18.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Gosh - What will they think of next!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 gags.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: Prof. Mago, the magician, is here to see you, sir!
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Pages: 0.5
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Here's Get Up and Go

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Bandits on the Beam!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; The Broadcaster (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Scoundrels in Society!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mrs. Bussy; Rusty Mulligan; Big Tim Barton (villain); Pearl Mulligan
Synopsis: "Retired" gangsters try to break into society.
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Pages: 6.67
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Leading Comics
First Line: Sir, may I please have my copy of Leading Comics??
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Pages: 0.33
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Birds of a Feather

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Shorty Falls in Love

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Scarpuss Malone (villain); Mrs. Mortimer Montmorency; Lucy
Synopsis: Criminals break into Mrs. Montmorency's house and leave emeralds.
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: Wow! You sure are in a hurry, my friend!!
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Pages: 0.33
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The Three Acrobats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Three-Ring" Binks
Character(s): Three Ring Binks
Synopsis: Binks tells the story of the three most amazing acrobats he's ever known.
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Pages: 5
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Never Say Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]; Aleta; General Yumasota (villain)
Synopsis: The Commandos avenge the deaths of American flyers executed in Tokyo.
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Weather Man
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hans
First Line: Good night, Rollo.
Synopsis: Nazi spies try to kidnap Rollo to discover his secret weapon, but they are foiled by Captain Tootsie.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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