Detective Comics #148 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Experiment of Professor Zero	cover	1	pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Zero
2	The Experiment of Professor Zero	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Carlyle (banker); Mr. Gresham (financier); Mr. Parnell (automobile magnate); Professor Zero (villain, introduction, death); Beefy (villain, death)
5	The Metal Man's Sportsathon!	comic story	6	pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson	Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
8	A Bicycle Built for Sleuths	comic story	6	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
10	Sarge	comic story	1	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube; letters: Phil Berube	Sarge
11	A Policeman's Lot	text story	2	script: Lee Goldsmith
12	"Gosh, they certainly are funny looking!	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
14	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry
15	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
16	The King of the Animals!	comic story	10	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: George Klein	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Tex; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]]
21	Superboy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 11.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Detective Comics #244	1957	On eBay ›
Superboy #66	1958	On eBay ›
Batman #182	1966	On eBay ›
Batman Archives #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-1493-7	2008	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 ISBN 978-1-4012-8438-1	2019	On eBay ›

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