Detective Comics #188 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Doom in the Bat-Cave!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1	Binky Asks "What Do You Know About Other People?"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Doom in the Bat-Cave!	comic story	12	pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; "Hook" Deering; Duke; William Milden; Mr. Whitley
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	-	cartoon	0.67	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
7	Robotman Becomes a Robot!	comic story	6	pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
8	Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry
10	The King of Black Magic!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond
12	The Puzzle of Patience Worth	text article	2	script: Jack E. Miller
13	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
14	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
15	The Secret of Bad Medicine Canyon!	comic story	8	pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

Plus 4.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #2	1958	On eBay ›
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #30	1958	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #8 ISBN 978-1-4012-9968-2	2020	On eBay ›

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