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Issue: Detective Comics #87
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #87 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: 03/21/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #4 [unnamed variant] published August 1998
as Cover - Detective Comics #87 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Sprang.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Weather Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man of a Thousand Umbrellas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mrs. Van Voort (cameo); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot; also as Mr. Feather; also as P. N. Quinn] (villain); Penguin's gang (villains)
Synopsis: Bruce and Dick disguise themselves as umbrella repairmen in order to get the Penguin to surface, but when he does, he has a surprise in store for the Caped Duo. He then buys an umbrella shop and does his own repairs, placing radio devices into umbrellas in order to direct his men on jobs.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #4 [unnamed variant] published August 1998
as The Man of a Thousand Unbrellas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit verified by Dick Sprang.
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In Paper There Is Power!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Johnny Smith
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: A guide tol' me she lost 'em in a Athens boarding house...
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Pages: 1
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Professor Long Sells Air Wave Short!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static; Professor Long
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Blazin' Brody the Fire Eater

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Three Ring" Binks
Character(s): Three-Ring Binks; Blazing Brody
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Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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Smugglers' Song!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
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Pages: 5.67
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: Excellent statue of true friend of Japan!
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Pages: 0.33
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Tuition Free!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 7.67
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Look for this trademark!
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Pages: 0.33
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Happy Goes Lucky

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Happy
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Pages: 2
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King Brooklyn the Foist!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Tex; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Jan Haasan]; King Mantobi (villain)
Synopsis: Brooklyn becomes king of a South Seas island.
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Pages: 12
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Invention Company
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Go to College
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Tell the Mess Sergeant to look up the recipe for turtle soup.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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