Detective Comics #120 (1947) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Fowl Play	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
2	Fowl Play!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane, Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Boyd (bird lore reseacher); The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Axel (villain)
4	Shorty Grows Up!	comic story	7	pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
7	P Is for Porcupine	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
8	Safe-Cracker by Proxy	comic story	6	pencils: Lee Harris; inks: Lee Harris	Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
9	Two of America's Most Famous Boys!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	Prof. Pipp	comic story	2	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Professor Pipp
11	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry; Varsity Vic
12	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
13	Tune of Death	text story	2	script: Stan Carter
14	The Rascals	comic story	0.5	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube; letters: Phil Berube	The Rascals
15	Brand New Animal Pals!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
16	The Fight before Christmas!	comic story	13	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Adventure Comics #302	1962	On eBay ›
Batman Archives #6 ISBN 1-4012-0409-0	2005	On eBay ›
The Gumps #5	1947	On eBay ›
Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0659-X	2005	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-7870-0	2018	On eBay ›

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