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162August 1950
$0.10

Detective Comics #162

DC · August 1950 · on sale 1950-06-21

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#162
Publication date
August 1950
Key date
1950-08-00
On-sale date
1950-06-21
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Law of the Iron Roadcover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1New As Tomorrow!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Law of the Iron Road!comic story12pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; unnamed Railroad Protective Association Chief; Kip Naylor (Railroad Protective Association agent); Stranded Stan (con man); unnamed hobos; unnamed runaway boy; Miss Lawson (actress); Joe (railroad baggage man); Mr. Spangle (circus owner); Melville (villain
4-cartoon0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
6The Valley of Giant Insectscomic story8pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan BarryRoy Raymond, Professor Ogden Starr; Karen; Mr. Schultz; Frigo
7Star Spangled Comics; Adventure Comics; Action Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
8Chipcartoon0.5Chip
10The Disjointed Robotmancomic story6pencils: Tom Cooke; inks: Tom CookeRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Gladio the sword swallower (villain); Stellar; Atmar; Fisher
11Why You Are Youtext article2script: Earl Smith
12-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
13-cartoon0.75script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
15Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
16Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
17Cowboys and Indians!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrPow-Wow Smith; Jimmy; Biff Dillon; Jeff Dillon; Dale Dillon (villains); Silver Bear
18-cartoon0.5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
20Job Counselorpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy [Clark Kent]

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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