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177November 1951
$0.10

Detective Comics #177

DC · November 1951 · on sale 1951-10-01

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#177
Publication date
November 1951
Key date
1951-11-00
On-sale date
1951-10-01
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Robberies in the Bat-Cavecover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Superman Says: "The World Is Our Schoolroom!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Robberies in the Bat-Cave!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Monroe Peel; Pirate Weaver (picture); Phil Argon (picture); Slim Dooley (picture); unnamed criminals
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Man No Prison Door Could Hold!comic story6pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
8Robotman Meets Robotgirl!comic story5.33pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BolleWizard (villain)
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
11-activity0.67script: Horace Elmo; pencils: Horace Elmo; inks: Horace Elmo; letters: Horace Elmo
13Keys for Any Kingdomtext article2script: Mort Weisinger
14Trail of the Secret Cave!comic story10pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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