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Issue: Detective Comics #139
Publication Date: September 1948
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Issues: #139 of 883 Issues (1408 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: 07/19/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (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
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Crimes in Jade

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Shing Far
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #7 published January 2007
as Cover - Detective Comics #139 [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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Let the Facts Speak for Themselves--

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Feature(s): Real Fact Comics
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Pages: 0.67
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The Crimes of Jade!

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; Detective Ling Ho (introduction); Mr. Ho (Ling's father, curio store owner, introduction, death); Shing Far [Nick Baily] (villain, introduction); Ding How (villain, introduction); Wong How (villain, Ding's brother, introduction)
Synopsis: When a brazen crime involving the theft of jade rocks Chinatown, Batman teams up with a Chinese detective to track down the criminals.
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as Crimes of Jade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Ewell Blackwell

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Sam Takes Himself for a Ride

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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A Bid for Robotman?

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Look at those weights and dumbbells...
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Shorty Rides a Winner!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
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Pages: 7
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Captain Tootsie Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Coon Tail Charlie
First Line: Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion are camping in the mountains.
Synopsis: While camping in the mountains, Captain Tootsie uses an Army Sniperscope to hunt down a killer bear at night.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Ozzie
Character(s): Ozzie
First Line: Hello, there, sonny. Is your mother home...
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Secret Codes -- A Hobby for All

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Arizona Ranger

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Genres: non-fiction, western
Character(s): Burt Mossman
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Everything You Want in a Magazine!

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Feature(s): Gang Busters; Mr. District Attorney
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Dr. Z, Future Criminal!

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Tex; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]; Dr. Z (villain)
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Western Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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