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215January 1955
$0.10

Detective Comics #215

DC · January 1955 · on sale 1954-11-28

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#215
Publication date
January 1955
Key date
1955-01-00
On-sale date
1954-11-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Batmen of All Nations!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; The Gaucho; the Legionary; The Musketeer
2The Batmen of All Nations!comic story10script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Knight [The Earl of Wordenshire]; The Squire [Cyril]; The Musketeer (intro); The Legionary (intro); The Gaucho (intro); The Ranger (intro); "Knots" Cardine (intro, villain)
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6X Marks the Mystery!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaCaptain Compass [Mark Compass]
7Block Busteractivity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10Stifling the Firebugstext article2script: John Marlowe
11On the Setcomic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12The Castle of Doom!comic story6pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
World's Finest Comics #1801968On eBay ›
Detective Comics #4201972On eBay ›
Batman: The Black Casebook #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2264-2
2009On eBay ›
Batman in the Fifties #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77950-950-5
2021On eBay ›

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