Detective Comics #189 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Undersea Hideout!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
1	Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Joe; Buzzy Brown; Mr. Brown
2	The Undersea Hideout!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Styx; Gorman; Harry Blake; Big Red; Rocky Mills; George; Phil; Frisco Riley; Chips Hunter
5	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
6	Mr. Zero!	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond; Karen; Shandu; Mr. Zero; Dr. Radek
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	The Golden Robot!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Robotman [Paul Dennis]; Professor Thorgassen
13	Crime Across the Border	text article	2	script: Jim Montross
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
15	Big Features in One Big Book!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
16	Trial in Red Deer Valley!	comic story	8	pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr	Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]; Swift Runner; Dan Borden; Chief Lone Eagle; Blue Raven (medicine man)

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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