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Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) comic books 1938-1955, graded by CBCS

  • Item #54925590
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects story. Cover detached and completely split. 15th wrap detached.
    • Label #21-15A304A-002
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    Joker cover art by Jerry Robinson. A Crime A Day starring Batman, Robin, and The Joker, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos. A Break for Santa starring The Boy Commandos, script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon. The Unlucky Reporter starring The Crimson Avenger, script and pencils by Jack Lehti, inks by Charles Paris. Death on the Diamond starring Spy, art by Chuck Winter. Murder on the Campus text story by Jack Watson. The Voice from Nowhere starring Air Wave, pencils by Harris Levy (as Lee Harris), inks by Charles Paris. Case of the Missing Grin starring Slam Bradley, art by Howard Sherman. 68 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60162539
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Coverless.
    • Label #21-25615E2-001
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    Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Alvin Schwartz and unknown. Art by Howard Sherman, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. After winning a card game, the Joker decides to use his winning hand, a Royal Flush in diamonds, as the basis for a series of crimes. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Royal Flush Crimes!" by Alvin Schwartz and Howard Sherman. Plus: Slam Bradley in "Crime Is All Wet!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Moon Rocketeers!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Invisible Commando" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: 2-page text story "Small Crime" by Pace Cummings, and Casey the Cop half-pager by Henry Boltinoff. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60669225
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    Cover by Jack Burnley and Charles Paris. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Jack Burnley, Charles Paris, Ray Burnley, John Daly, Lee Harris, Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. After a gang of jewel thieves, Batman and Robin land on an island owned by a judge, who has, because of the death of one of his daughters, forbidden the existence of any modern devices on the island in "The Isle of Yesterday!" by Bill Finger, Jack Burnley, Charles Paris and Ray Burnley. Plus: Slam Bradley in "The Heat's On!" with art by John Daly; Air Wave in "Crime Spots on the Sun!" with art by Lee Harris; and The Boy Commandos in "The Quarterback from Brooklyn!" with art by Curt Swan and Steve Brodie. Also: Nifty 2-pager, and 2-page text story "Long Chance" by Kit Martin. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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  • Item #60449421
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    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Cover Detached and Completely Split.
    • Label #22-23C36B1-006
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    Origin of the Joker. Cover by Lew Sayre Schwartz and George Roussos. Stories by Bill Finger and unknown. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer, George Roussos, Bruno Premiani, Frank Bolle and Dan Barry. Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood. Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" by Bill Finger, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer and George Roussos. Plus: Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman in "Ten Little Indians!" with art by Bruno Premiani; Robotman in "The Return of the Iron Man!" with art by Frank Bolle; and Impossible -- But True! tale "The Electric Thinking Cap!" (featuring Roy Raymond) with art by Dan Barry. Also: Peg 1-pager by Henry Boltinoff; Quick Quiz activity page by H.T. Elmo; 2-page text piece "Your Thinking Cap" by William Morrison; and Jerry the Jitterbug half-pager by Boltinoff. And: Green Arrow, Tomahawk and the Shining Knight in the 1-page public service announcement "The World of Adventure in Books" by Jack Schiff and Win Mortimer. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    • Slight amateur restoration
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Amateur Restoration includes: cover reinforced with glue. All 3 edges trimmed. Staples removed. Removed from a bound volume.
    • Label #22-0B38017-005
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    Cover art by Win Mortimer. If I Were Batman starring Batman and Robin, script by Edmond Hamilton, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris. Do You Know Your Neighbors? public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer. The Money That Came to Life! starring Roy Raymond TV Detective, script by Jack Miller, art by Ruben Moreira. Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade text article by Jack Miller. The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel starring John Jones Manhunter From Mars, script by Joe Samachson, art by Joe Certa. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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