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166December 1950
$0.10

Detective Comics #166

DC · December 1950 · on sale 1950-10-23

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#166
Publication date
December 1950
Key date
1950-12-00
On-sale date
1950-10-23
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man with a Million Faces!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1A Date with Judy; World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Man with a Million Faces!comic story12pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Hubert Harper (movie star); John Gillen [aka "the Man With a Million Faces"] (ex-convict); Mr. Corkin (jewelry salesman); unnamed circus prop man; Carey (villain, assistant circus prop man); Withers (villain, assistant circus pro
4-cartoon0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
6The Machine from Which No Man Can Hide!comic story8pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan BarryRoy Raymond
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
10The Robot Robberies!comic story6pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
12Your United Nations at Workpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
13"...Of Sailing Ships and Wax"text article2letters: typeset
14-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
16The Indian Who Had to Get Rich!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno PremianiPow-Wow Smith
19Special Bargain Offer!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 8.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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