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101July 1945
$0.10

Detective Comics #101

DC · July 1945 · on sale 1945-05-21

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#101
Publication date
July 1945
Key date
1945-07-00
On-sale date
1945-05-21
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick SprangBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2People Like to Laugh!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Tyrannical Twins!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Pat GordonBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Mike Ranier (a baby); Ike Ranier (a baby); un-named department store manager; Stella Ranier (twin's mother); Roger Ranier (twin's father, ex-con); Joe Bart (villain, print shop owner); Huggins (villain)
5Shoplifter's Holiday!comic story6.67pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanSlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
6-public service announcement0.33
9A Talking Doll!comic story6pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; colors: George Roussos; letters: George RoussosAir Wave [Larry Jordan]
11The Bonerscomic story1script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
12Desk Jobtext story2script: Tom Neill
13"Three-Ring" Binkscomic story4script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack FarrThree-Ring Binks
15Gangway, Tokyo!comic story10pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Jan Haasan; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]
17-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Batman Archives #4
ISBN 1-56389-414-9
1998On eBay ›
Batman: The War Years 1939-1945 #[nn]
ISBN 9780785832836
2015On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4
ISBN 978-1-4012-7359-0
2018On eBay ›

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