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Issue: Detective Comics #104
Publication Date: October 1945
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Issues: #104 of 883 Issues (1408 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: An incorrect copyright registration date of "Oct. 20" is given in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1945 (B689268). The correct date of "August 20, 1945" is registered in the May 9, 1973 copyright renewal (R552105).
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Battle of the Billboards!

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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 #5 published May 2001
as Cover - Detective Comics #104 [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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A Is for Antelope

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The Battle of the Billboards!

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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Casey (Policeman); Seaver (Editor of Gotham Gazette); Edward Faraday (former Wayne business associate); Toby the Inchworm [aka Inchy] (villain); Fat Frank (villain); Keel (villain)
Synopsis: Batman turns the tables on some crooks who are using giant billboards to blackmail people.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #5 published May 2001
as The Battle of the Billboards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: So far it's been plenty walkie...
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Boy! What an improvement...
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Three-Ring" Binks
Character(s): Three-Ring Binks
First Line: Ace booking-agent for all and sundry...
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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The Buzzard and the Screech!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 6.67
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Feature(s): Hingees
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Meet a Bit-o-Honey
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Volto unleashes his magnetic powers...
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Swag That Stole Itself!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
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Pages: 6
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Clear Sailing

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Scuffy the Tramp
Character(s): Scuffy the Tramp
First Line: What a game!
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Your Coach: Bernie Bierman

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Crooked Ghost!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan]
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Pages: 10
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How Thom McAn Saved the Flaming "40"

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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