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170April 1951
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Detective Comics #170

DC · April 1951 · on sale 1951-02-26

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#170
Publication date
April 1951
Key date
1951-04-00
On-sale date
1951-02-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Flying Dutchman IIcover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Tomahawkpromo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Flying Dutchman II!comic story12pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hans Van Dirk (villain; Flying Dutchman II captain); Grimes (villain, Flying Dutchman II crew member, death); unnamed socialites; unnamed criminals (Flying Dutchman II crew members); unnamed pirate captain; unnamed pirate crew members
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
6The Ship That Defied Timecomic story8pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Ramona FradonRoy Raymond
8-cartoon0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
10The Racing Robot-Car!comic story6pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BolleRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
12Fingerprint Factscartoon0.5
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
14New Tool for Medical Sciencetext article2letters: typeset
15-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
17-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
18The Sheriff Who Was Blind!comic story10pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno PremianiPow-Wow Smith
19Mystery in Spacepromo (ad from the publisher)1
21Superman Says: "Human Rights for All!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]

Plus 6.08 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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