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184June 1952
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Detective Comics #184

DC · June 1952 · on sale 1952-04-28

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#184
Publication date
June 1952
Key date
1952-06-00
On-sale date
1952-04-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Human Firefly!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Firefly [Garfield Lynns]
1Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Human Firefly!comic story12script: Ed Herron; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Chadwycke; Mrs. Chadwycke; unnamed museum guard; The Firefly [Garfield Lynns] (villain, introduction); Snails (villain)
5The Man Who Controlled the Elements!comic story7.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
7The Most Mysterious Book in the Worldtext article2script: David Kahn
8Robotman Runs a Restaurant!comic story5.67pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
12Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13The Indian Relic Robberies!comic story8pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr
14Star Spangled Comics; Adventure Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

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

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Series context

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