Detective Comics #140 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Riddler!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma]
2	The Riddler	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Mayor of Gotham City; Harrison Eagle (millionaire collector, introduction); The Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain, origin, introduction)
5	Robotman's Double Trouble!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson	Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
7	For Thrills! For Action!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Al Wenzel, Wayne Boring, Harry Peter; inks: George Roussos, Stan Kaye, Harry Peter	Superboy; Miss Davis; Superman; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
8	Dog for a Day!	comic story	7	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
9	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
11	To the Moon and Back	text story	2	letters: typeset
14	The Dictator from Alcatraz!	comic story	12	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Tex]
15	Scribbly	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Scribbly Jibbet; Ma Jibbet; Red Rigley; Snoony Jibbet; O'Hara

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman from the 30s to the 70s #[nn]	1972	On eBay ›
Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-198-0	1995	On eBay ›
Batman Archives #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-1493-7	2008	On eBay ›
Batman Arkham: The Riddler #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5513-8	2015	On eBay ›
Batman: The TV Stories #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4495-8	2013	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 ISBN 978-1-4012-8438-1	2019	On eBay ›
Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-8538-8	2019	On eBay ›
Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) #[nn]	2023	On eBay ›

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