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176October 1951
$0.10

Detective Comics #176

DC · October 1951 · on sale 1951-08-27

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#176
Publication date
October 1951
Key date
1951-10-00
On-sale date
1951-08-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Underworld Crime Committee!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Lost -- A Free Education!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Underworld Crime Committee!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick SprangBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Velvet; Big Joe; Mug Morgan; Ace Dower; Louie; Blue-Eyes Baker; Fog Raymond; Rider; "Dapper Tim" Williams; unnamed chief investigator; Sunshine; Weasel; "Prexy" Bolton; unnamed criminals
3-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Man Who Was 300,000 Years Old!comic story8pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraKaren Duncan, Roy Raymond
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
10The Testing of Robotman!comic story6script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BolleRobotman [Paul Denis]; Sir John Lockwell; Tsin Tao; Rene Duplenin
12A Fish That Has Both Eyes on One Side of Its Bodyactivity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
14-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
15Vigilantes of the Air Wavestext article2script: Ben Banks
16Grass from the Sky!comic story10pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrPow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]; Flying Cloud; Jed Barkin; Lon Dorman; Mocopee
17-activity0.67script: Horace Elmo; pencils: Horace Elmo; inks: Horace Elmo; letters: Horace Elmo

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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