Detective Comics (1937 series) (DC) #168

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Price:: 0.10 USD
Pages:: 52
Indicia frequency:: monthly
Indicia Publisher:: National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:: Superman DC National Comics

Editing:: Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Color:: Color
Dimensions:: Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:: Newsprint; Glossy
Binding:: Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
Publishing Format:: Was Ongoing Series

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Title	The Man Behind the Red Hood	The Man Behind the Red Hood
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	cover	cover
Feature	Batman and Robin	Batman and Robin
Genre	superhero	superhero
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Script	?	?
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Pencils	Lew Sayre Schwartz	Lew Sayre Schwartz
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Inks	George Roussos	George Roussos
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Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
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Notes	Original cover art had Moldoff/Roussos credits on it - impossible for Moldoff(he didn't start until 1953). Revised ink credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). One former ink credit was given to Charles Paris.	Original cover art had Moldoff/Roussos credits on it - impossible for Moldoff (he didn't start until 1953). Revised ink credit verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). One previous ink credit was given to Charles Paris.
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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	The Man Behind the Red Hood	The Man Behind the Red Hood
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Batman and Robin	Batman and Robin
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	Bill Finger	Bill Finger
No Script
Pencils	Lew Sayre Schwartz; Win Mortimer (Robin figure on splash)	Lew Sayre Schwartz; Win Mortimer (Robin figure on splash)
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Inks	George Roussos	George Roussos
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Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
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Page Count	13	13
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Batman; Robin Joker (as the Red Hood, origin)	Batman; Robin; Red Hood [Joker](origin)
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329 in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975) in Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] ([December] 1988) in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn]	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) in Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329 in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975) in Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] ([December] 1988) in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] in Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press, 1990 series) #[nn] ([November] 1990)
Notes	Revised ink credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previous ink credit given to Charles Paris.	Revised ink credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previous ink credit given to Charles Paris.
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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Tony R. Rose	Editing	2011-07-28 01:24:48	Available	Editing
Tony R. Rose		2011-07-28 01:26:10	Editing	Pending Review
R. J. Roper		2011-07-29 01:02:06	Pending Review	Under Review
R. J. Roper		2011-07-29 01:02:41	Under Review	Approved

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