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Issue: Detective Comics #78
Publication Date: August 1943
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Issues: #78 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: 06/19/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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The Bond Wagon

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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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]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Cover - Detective Comics #78 [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
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Indian Paint -- The Story of an Indian Pony by Glen Balch

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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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, "Indian Paint: The Story of an Indian Pony" by Glen Balch is reviewed.

Includes "Superman's Secret Message" and an enrollment coupon for Supermen of America.
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The Bond Wagon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Matt Wilkins [as Captain John Paul Jones] (ex-sea Captain); Passin' Pete Arnold [as Nathan Hale] (former football player); ? [as General George Washington]; ? [as Ethan Allen]; Baron von Luger (villain); Karpf (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain, image); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Batman hires some men down on their luck to dress as famous Americans from Revolutionary War days to man a Bond Wagon in order to sell more bonds to the people. However, the Nazis plan to sabotage this effort!
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #3 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as The Bond Wagon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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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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The Meanest Muggs in the World!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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The Prevue Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Jo-Jo Jordan; Mad Dog Larsen (villain)
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jerry
First Line: This is a nice job - Delivering meat for the butcher!
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Outlaw Serenade

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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Menace of the Mouse-Traps!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static
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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 awfully peppy today!
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Boy Commandos; Batman
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Pages: 0.5
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Freedom Station

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard]; Adolf Hitler (villain)
Synopsis: The Commandos try to set up an underground radio station in Germany.
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Pages: 12
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Feature(s): Lightning Ju-Jitsu
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Publishers Art Service
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls
Character(s): Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Monster Man (villain)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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