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Issue: Special Edition, Detective Comics #4
Publication Date: February 1945
 
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Issues: #4 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/26/1945
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.00 USD
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Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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The on sale date is from the publication date as reported to the U.S. Copyright Office in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 40, January-December 1945, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration #B 666537.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (7 1/4" x 10 1/8")
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Detective Comics #97

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #97 published March 1945
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
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To the Instructor:

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Editorial advisory board information, indicia, and an introduction to instructors on how to use the comic.
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The Seventh Switch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Oscar the Weasel (villain, informer); Benny the Gimp (villain); Joe the Nutcracker (villain); Nick Petri (villain); The Slasher (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Batman tracks down the unusual safe that holds the loot taken years before by the Slasher's mob. With the Slasher supposedly dead, the villain has left behind a note leading the Caped Crusaders to that safe: a safe having 7 switches, only one of which opens the safe; the rest are connected to a bomb!
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Pages: 12
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How Well Did You Read?

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Call of Death!

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Genres: mystery
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Pages: 6.67
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How Well Did You Read?

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Pages: 1.33
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Using Words You Know

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Pages: 2
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Making Words

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Three-Ring Binks
Character(s): Three-Ring Binks; Fido
First Line: Mr. Binks, this is my dog, Rover-...
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Pages: 4
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Air Wave Double!

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 6
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How Well Did You Read?

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Using Words You Know

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Danger at the Circus!

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Genres: adventure, war
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Pages: 11
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How Well Did You Read?

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Synopsis: A quiz for reading comprehension concerning previous story.
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Word List (330 words)

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

A listing of 330 words used in the comic stories.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Yellow crossed anchors (representing the U.S. Navy) against a solid blue background, with the following text:
"This book has been prepared by the publisher, with the cooperation of the Training Activity of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, for use as a supplementary reader and workbook in Special Navy Training Units."

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