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54August 1941
$0.10

Detective Comics #54

DC · August 1941 · on sale 1941-06-27

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#54
Publication date
August 1941
Key date
1941-08-00
On-sale date
1941-06-27
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Batman with Robin the Boy Wondercover1pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2Hook Morgan and His Harbor Piratescomic story13script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Mr. Sale (store owner); Hook Morgan (villain); Mr. Conroy (villain, merchadise store owner)
3-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
4The Winning Team!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5Protecting the Panama Canalcomic story6script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed MooreBart Regan
6Good Movies and Bookstext article1script: Josette Frank; pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff Young
7Robbery at the Bursar's Officecomic story5script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Charles ParisCrimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing
8-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9"In the Name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!"cartoon0.5pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray
10A Peach of a Pair!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
11The Case of the Bitter Almondscomic story6pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff YoungLarry Steele
12-cartoon0.5
13The Spectrepromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
14Murder in the Skiescomic story6pencils: Win; inks: WinSpeed Saunders
15Who Killed Major Morley?comic story6script: Chad Grothkopf; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad GrothkopfCliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
16Without Feartext story1.5script: Sidney Drew; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye
19Who Killed Holt?comic story6pencils: Don Lynch; inks: Don LynchSteve Malone
20Death Under the Big Top!comic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanSlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
21At the Top of the Field!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Batman Archives #2
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1991On eBay ›
The Batman Chronicles #4
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