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206April 1954
$0.10

Detective Comics #206

DC · April 1954 · on sale 1954-02-24

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#206
Publication date
April 1954
Key date
1954-04-00
On-sale date
1954-02-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Trapper of Gotham City!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Trapper [Jason Bard]
2The Trapper of Gotham City!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Stan KayeBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Rolf Nielson (contractor); John Ventor (engineer); Martin Kerry (engineer); The Trapper [Jason Bard] (villain, animal trapper); Trapper's gang [Foppy; rest unnamed] (villains)
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quizpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Case of the Slumbering Sleuth!comic story5.67pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank GiacoiaSierra Smith
8-promo (ad from the publisher)1
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
10Wings of Danger!comic story8script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard StarrMysta
11I Should've Been Dead!text story2script: Jack Miller
12The Nightmare World!comic story6pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9
ISBN 978-1-77950-445-6
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