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Issue: Batman #48
Publication Date: August 1948
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Issues: #48 of 715 Issues (1343 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/09/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed by Mortimer.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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For Thrills and Action Read

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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Fowls of Fate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Duke Malliny; Dodds; Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis: Believing that basing his past crimes on birds is what got him caught, Penguin escapes from prison and plans a new series of crimes that are not related to birds.
Reprinting
In Content Item: Flag3-D Batman #[nn] published January 1966
as The Fowls of Fate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit verified by Mooney. Ink credit verified by Paris.
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Bob Elliott

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Character(s): Bob Elliot
First Line: We gotta win today, gang!
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Pages: 1
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The Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Old Nick
Character(s): Old Nick
First Line: The mighty midgets hurtle into the...
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Pages: 1
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The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Wolf Brando (villain, introduction, death); Commissioner James Gordon; Reilly (police officer); Two-Face [Harvey Dent] (image); The Joker (image)
Synopsis: An escaped convict on the run accidentally discovers the entrance to the Batcave and learns the secret identities of Batman and Robin, and attacks the dynamic duo using their own weapons and trophies against them.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #203 published July 1968
as The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1968 published November 1968
as Die Geheimnisse der Bat-Höhle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #2 published November 1979
as The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as The 1,000 Secrets of the Batcave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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The Man with the Purple Hand

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Character(s): Sam Spade; Effie
First Line: Hey... Mr. Spade!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win (signed)
Inker(s): Lit-Win (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Lit-Win
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
Character(s): Daffy; Doodle
First Line: I'm starved, Doodle...
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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There She Blows: Whales and Whaling

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Two thousand yards offshore, the ocean...
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Pages: 2
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Feature(s): Scribbly
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Look at this, Tuffy!
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Pages: 2
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Pages: 1
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Crime from Tomorrow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Morton (villain, introduction); Future-Bandits (introduction); James Lewes (inventor, introduction); Chairman Wilson (chairman of World of the Future Fair, introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (voice on phone)
Synopsis: Batman and Robin pursue a gang of thieves who use futuristic tech in their robberies.
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In Content Item: FlagStålmannen #1/1952 published June 1952
as Framtidsbandittene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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Feature(s): Rollfast
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen
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Feature(s): Dale Evans Comics
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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