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Issue: Detective Comics #163
Publication Date: September 1950
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Issues: #163 of 883 Issues (1408 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]
First Line: Beware of Batman! He's a walking bomb!
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Tomahawk
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Feared Metal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed sanitarium doctors; "Slippery Jim" Elgin [aka "The Man of 1000 Faces"] (villain, death); unnamed criminals; unnamed construction workers; unnamed bum; unnamed hay wagon driver; unnamed police officers
First Line: What would you do if your life depended on your ability to stay clear of anything metallic?
Synopsis: In a quirk of fate, a wanted criminal, seriously injured in an explosion, has a metallic splinter driven into his skull, which has queer magnetic properties, requiring him to stay away from anything metal.
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In Issue: FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
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Pages: 12
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
First Line: Look, gang! There's a real live Indian...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Fleer.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Danger Is Where You Find It!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Danger Trail
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Pages: 1
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The Anti-Gravity Man!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Max Mauler (villain); Nikko (henchman); Karen; Harper; Abner Drake; Felix Jasper
First Line: Suppose you could take off like a bird simply by swallowing a pill!
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Pages: 8
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Myrtle asked me to come over...
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Robotman Meets Robotrobber!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robotrobber [actually Runt Gartery]; Ratface Underwood (crook)
First Line: When one man of metal meets another...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: I cannot pin down the artist, but I see no evidence whatsoever of Elias in this.
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Science Snaps
First Line: A single bacterium weighs...
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Pages: 0.67
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Pages: 0.33
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No Kidding!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dover; Clover; Silas Kornkrib; Matildy Kornkrib
First Line: If someone steals your goat's kid...
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Pages: 4
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Travels of a Diamond

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? [spot illustration]
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: One of the tiniest of world travelers is a diamond.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Peg
First Line: I gave Bill the gate...
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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As Long as the Grass Shall Grow!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: western
Character(s): Pow-Wow Smith; Many Feathers; Mantogee
First Line: The treaty between red men and white men was to stand unbroken forever...
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The Dodo and the Frog Ask "How Are Your Manners Out-of-Doors?"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
Character(s): Dodo; Frog
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Rope 'Em Both, Partner!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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