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192February 1953
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Detective Comics #192

DC · February 1953 · on sale 1952-12-29

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#192
Publication date
February 1953
Key date
1953-02-00
On-sale date
1952-12-29
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Phantom Eye of Gotham Citycover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2The Phantom Eye of Gotham Citycomic story12script: John Broome; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim; Ed (newspaper editor); James (butler); Byron King (cameo, big game hunter); Buddy (cameo, King's son); Phantom Eye [Nails Riley aka Byron King and Batman imitator] (villain, introduction)
3-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Tops in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
6-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
7The Case of the Fabulous Fraudscomic story5.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11Superboy Talks About... "The Holiday Spirit!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy
12Robotman - Servant for a Daycomic story5.67pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaRobotman
14The Truth About the Lie Detectortext article2script: Jack Miller
16Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
17The Lady and the Killerscomic story8pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrPow-Wow Smith
18-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop

Plus 5.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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