Detective Comics #97 (1945) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Buzzy	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	The Secret of the Switch!	comic story	12	script: Joe Greene; pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang, Jerry Robinson; letters: Dick Sprang	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Oscar the Weasel (villain, informer); Benny the Gimp (villain); Joe the Nutcracker (villain); Nick Petri (villain); The Slasher (villain, death)
5	Call of Death!	comic story	6.67	pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
6	-	public service announcement	0.33
8	-	cartoon	1	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
9	Too Much for Granted	text story	2	script: Eddie Bell
10	Fido the Gabber	comic story	4	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr	Three-Ring Binks; Fido
11	Doubling in Danger!	comic story	6	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; colors: George Roussos; letters: George Roussos	Air Wave [Larry Jordan]
13	Tom Edison	comic story	1
14	He Swings through the Air!	comic story	11	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Klein	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Alfy Twidgett; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Andre Chavard; Jan Haasan]
16	-	public service announcement	1		Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

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

Collection	Year
Batman Archives #4 ISBN 1-56389-414-9	1998	On eBay ›
Special Edition, Detective Comics #4	1945	On eBay ›
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-7359-0	2018	On eBay ›
Frozen Adventures: Flurries of Fun #[nn] ISBN 978-1-50671-470-7; 1-50671-470-6	2019	On eBay ›

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