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119January 1947
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Detective Comics #119

DC · January 1947 · on sale 1946-11-20

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#119
Publication date
January 1947
Key date
1947-01-00
On-sale date
1946-11-20
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2The Case of the Famous Foes!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Gene McDonaldBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; sanitarium inmate [as Abraham Lincoln]; sanitarium inmate [as George Washington]; sanitarium inmate [as Benjamin Franklin]; sanitarium inmate [as Napoleon Bonaparte]; Wiley Derek [also as Lafayette] (villain)
4Danger -- Crooks at Work!comic story7pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalySlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
7The Talking Dog!comic story8pencils: Lee Harris; inks: Lee HarrisAir Wave [Larry Jordan]
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
10O Is for Opposumpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
11Gentlemen's Agreementtext story2script: John Osgood
12The Runaway Robotcomic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve BrodieThe Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Jan Haasan; Andre Chavard; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Batman Archives #5
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ISBN 978-1-4012-7870-0		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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