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219May 1955
$0.10

Detective Comics #219

DC · May 1955 · on sale 1955-03-27

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#219
Publication date
May 1955
Key date
1955-05-00
On-sale date
1955-03-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Gotham City's Strangest Race!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2Gotham City's Strangest Race!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Marty Mantee; Jack Tallant; Lefty Royl; Duke Wilton
3-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
5Binky Gives "Tips on Camping!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBinky Biggs; Allergy Biggs
6The Manhunt Under the Sea!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
7-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
9-activity1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin NaydelBatman [Bruce Wayne]
10The FBI's Star Studentstext article2script: Jonathan Michaels
11The Most Amazing Club in the World!comic story6script: Jack Miller; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey
13The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dogpromo (ad from the publisher)1

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

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