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164October 1950
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Detective Comics #164

DC · October 1950 · on sale 1950-08-21

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#164
Publication date
October 1950
Key date
1950-10-00
On-sale date
1950-08-21
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: George Roussos; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Tomahawkpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2Untold Tales of the Bat-Signal!comic story12pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; J.R. Melton (Gotham City Gazette City Editor); Dave Purdy (Gotham City Gazette reporter); Tiger Bishop (villain); Big Red (villain, flashback); "Killer" Craig (villain, flashback); unnamed police officers; unnamed cri
4Thrills and Chillspromo (ad from the publisher)1
5The Case of the Talking Dead!comic story8pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan BarryRoy Raymond
7-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeg
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9The Robot-mobilecomic story6pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
11-comic story0.5Orville
12-comic story1Bonny
13The Lady with a Guntext story2letters: typesetAnnie Oakley
14-cartoon0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
16School Children 'Round the Worldpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]
17The Warriors in Wampum!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno PremianiPow-Wow Smith
18-cartoon0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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