Detective Comics #158 (1950) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Hall of Trophies	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker (image)
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman!	comic story	12	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Doom (villain, smuggler, death); The Joker (villain, image)
4	Star Spangled Comics; Action Comics; Adventure Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	The Impossible Murder Case!	comic story	8	pencils: C. Infantino; inks: Dan Barry	Roy Raymond
7	Felony and Fun!	comic story	6	pencils: Tom Cooke; inks: Tom Cooke	Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
8	2 Smash Hits!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	Clue Crazy!	comic story	4	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Dover; Clover
10	Winner Take All No 2	text article	2	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
11	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete
13	The Brave Who Was a Coward!	comic story	10	script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Carmine Infantino	Pow-Wow Smith
14	Superman's Code for Buddies	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superman [Clark Kent]

Plus 4.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0659-X	2005	On eBay ›
Batman: Secrets of the Batcave #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1370-1	2007	On eBay ›
Batman Archives #8 ISBN 978-1-4012-3376-1	2012	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-8965-2	2019	On eBay ›

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