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201November 1953
$0.10

Detective Comics #201

DC · November 1953 · on sale 1953-09-28

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#201
Publication date
November 1953
Key date
1953-11-00
On-sale date
1953-09-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Human Target!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1United Nations Day -- October 24thpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Human Target!comic story12script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Prince Michael Gruyere; Fred Venable [the Human Target; also as Prince Michael Gruyere; Perry Davison; Moreno the Magician; Tom Baker; Jim Lovett]; Marianne Venable; Turk Vincent; Blinky Groves; Moreno the Magician; Detective Bar
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Riddle of the Unseen Man!comic story6pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9Safety-First Robot!comic story5.67pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
11Convict Without a Numbertext article2script: Jack E. MillerJohn Bradley
12The Line of Stars Presentspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
13Deadline in Red Deer Valley!comic story7.67pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

Plus 6.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
The Best of DC #301982On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9
ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6
2021On eBay ›

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