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186August 1952
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Detective Comics #186

DC · August 1952 · on sale 1952-07-01

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#186
Publication date
August 1952
Key date
1952-08-00
On-sale date
1952-07-01
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Flying Bat-Cave!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- And Doublecheck!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]
2The Flying Bat-Cave!comic story12script: John Broome; pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Rocky; "Diamond" Lang; "Big-Time" Gateson
4Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Man Who Could Imitate Anything!comic story5.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
11The Man Who Could Read Robotman's Mind!comic story6pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaRobotman [Robert Crane]
13-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
15From Arrow Poison to Mankind's Boontext article2letters: typeset
16The Mystery of the Stolen Arrows!comic story8pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrPow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]
17Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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