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178December 1951
$0.10

Detective Comics #178

DC · December 1951 · on sale 1951-10-31

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#178
Publication date
December 1951
Key date
1951-12-00
On-sale date
1951-10-31
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Defeat of Batman!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Enter Here -- If You Dare!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Defeat of Batman!comic story9.67pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Commander Barton Swayne; Lippy; Big Red; Parker; Dwyer; Archer; Hendrix; Wheeler; Wilcox; Blake
6The Man with the X-Ray Eyes!comic story5.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond; Karen; Kliff
10The Robot Ghost!comic story3.5pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BolleRobotman [Paul Dennis]; "Larceny" Latham (crook); Torch (crook)
11Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
14How Yardsticks Caught Crookstext article2script: Norman James
17-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
18The Tenderfoot Deputy!comic story7.67pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrPow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]; Sheriff Tom Miles; Rudy Ransom; Highboy Higgins; Eddie Graves; Red-Eye (crook)
21-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 11.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Detective Comics #2531958On eBay ›
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Adventure Comics #4131971On eBay ›
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ISBN 978-1-4012-9968-2		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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