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123May 1947
$0.10

Detective Comics #123

DC · May 1947 · on sale 1947-03-24

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#123
Publication date
May 1947
Key date
1947-05-00
On-sale date
1947-03-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2S Is for Skunkpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Dawn Patrol Crimes!comic story12pencils: Paul Cooper; inks: Ray BurnleyBatman [Bruce Wayne; also as Limpy]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mart Morris (airplane pilot); Sam (airplane pilot); Mr. Ross (President of Ross Radium Company); Eddy Bacher (airplane pilot); Blacky Cain (villain); Shiner [Mr. Smythe] (villain, Ross' manager); Limpy (villain, ra
6South of the Border!comic story7pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalySlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
8Talent Hunttext story2script: Max Olin
9Batman and Robin Fans! Attention!promo (ad from the publisher)1
10Heroes for a Day!comic story11pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve BrodieThe Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]
13The Voices of Spooky Sommers!comic story7pencils: Lee Harris; inks: Lee HarrisAir Wave [Larry Jordan]
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Batman Archives #6
ISBN 1-4012-0409-0		2005On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5
ISBN 978-1-4012-7870-0		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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