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Issue: Detective Comics #164
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Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 08/21/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Tomahawk
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (Writer B)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; J.R. Melton (Gotham City Gazette City Editor); Dave Purdy (Gotham City Gazette reporter); Tiger Bishop (villain); Big Red (villain, flashback); "Killer" Craig (villain, flashback); unnamed police officers; unnamed criminals; unnamed firefighters; unnamed boy scouts
News reporter Dave Purdy is given a seemingly easy assignment: he must find and report on a case in which the Bat-Signal ALONE saved a person's life.
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FlagBatman Archives #8 published August 2012
FlagBatman Annual #1 published January 1961
as Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGiant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition #[nn] published August 1999
as Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 published June 2009
as Untold Tales of the Batsignal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Pencil credit verified by Schwartz.

Pictured in the story is a detailed schematic of the Bat-Signal.

The last 1/3 of page 12 is an illustrated sub-feature titled "Extra! How the Bat-Signal Caught a Killer!"
[untitled]

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typeset
Subject Matter
Schwinn
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Miscellaneous
1
Thrills and Chills

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Subject Matter
Strange Adventures
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Miscellaneous
1
The Case of the Talking Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
Roy Raymond
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Miscellaneous
8
$100,000 in Smuggled Diamonds!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Ray-o-Vac
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Peg
Oh, Mother, will the dress be finished in time?
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.5
The Robot-mobile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
I got the knot hole first!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Little Orville
Orville
Oh, Mr. Bray, c'n I borrow your ladder?
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Bonny
Bonny
Oh, goodness! There's Leopold-- Fighting in the street!
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Miscellaneous
1
The Lady with a Gun

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
crime
Annie Oakley
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Casey the Cop
There are some special paintings here...
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Miscellaneous
0.75
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Columbia
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Miscellaneous
0.25
School Children 'Round the World

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
1
The Warriors in Wampum!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Pow-Wow Smith
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Miscellaneous
10
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Shorty
That's right, sir...
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Miscellaneous
0.75
The Day's Best Bite!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Nestlé's Crunch
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Miscellaneous
0.25
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Quicksand!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Another Exciting "R. C." and Quickie Adventure; Royal Crown Cola
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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