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212October 1954
$0.10

Detective Comics #212

DC · October 1954 · on sale 1954-08-25

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#212
Publication date
October 1954
Key date
1954-10-00
On-sale date
1954-08-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Puppet Master!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Puppet-Mastercomic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Charles Paris
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6Death at Ten Fathoms!comic story5.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
8-promo (ad from the publisher)1
9The Batman Whirly-Word Gameactivity1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
10Catching the Car Crookstext article2pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); colors: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset
11Mysto -- Country Slicker!comic story8pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

Plus 3.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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