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Detective Comics comic books issue 97

  • Issue #97
    Detective Comics (1937 1st Series) 97
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4433330012
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Joe Greene, Jack Farr and unknown. Art by Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, Howard Sherman, George Roussos and unknown. The Batman tracks down the unusual safe that holds the loot taken years before by the Slasher's mob. With the Slasher supposedly dead, the villain has left behind a note leading the Caped Crusaders to that safe: a safe having 7 switches, only one of which opens the safe; the rest are connected to a bomb! Don't miss Batman and Robin in "The Secret of the Switch!" by Joe Greene and Dick Sprang. Plus: Three-Ring Binks in an untitled story by Jack Farr; Slam Bradley in "Call of Death!" with art by Howard Sherman; Air Wave in "Doubling in Danger!" with art by George Roussos; and The Boy Commandos in "He Swings Through the Air!" Also: Gags, Groans 'n' Giggles 1-pager by Lit-Win; 2-page text story "Too Much for Granted" by Eddie Bell; and Billy Brand 1-pager. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.