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191January 1953
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Detective Comics #191

DC · January 1953 · on sale 1952-11-26

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#191
Publication date
January 1953
Key date
1953-01-00
On-sale date
1952-11-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man with a License to Kill!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Exterminator (villain)
2The Man with a License to Kill!comic story12pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Exterminator [Willy Hooker] (villain); Tony Bannig (death); Big Cal Davis; Benny Gates; Joe Hawkins; Clem Hankins; Sal Fields; Baldy Jenkins; Nebraska Hudson; Jack "Bitsy" Connors (death); Bookie Devers (death); Kansas Bill L
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Gun that Couldn't Miss!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 Boltinoff
10Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
11The Specter of Robotmancomic story5.67pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
13Newest Crime Detectortext article2script: Jack E. Miller
14Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
15The Platinum Raiderscomic story8pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

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

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Series context

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