Detective Comics #149 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Sound Effect Crimes	cover	1	pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker
2	The Sound-Effect Crimes!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (villain); Joker's gang (villains)
5	The Lost Evidence!	comic story	6	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson	Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
7	Shorty Grows Up!	comic story	7	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty
10	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
11	Science Question Box	text article	2	letters: typeset
12	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic
15	The Case of the Ex-Boy Commando!	comic story	10	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Tex; Andre Chavard]
16	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey
19	A Superman DC Publication means the Best in Westerns	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

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

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