Detective Comics (1937 series) (DC) #138

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Number	138
Volume
No Volume	No
Display Volume With Number	No
Indicia Publisher
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed
Brand
No Brand	No
Publication Date	August 1948
Key Date	1948-08-10
Year On Sale	None
Month On Sale	None
Day On Sale	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No
Indicia Frequency
No Indicia Frequency	No
Price	0.10
Page Count	52 (note: total sum of story page counts is 41.5)
Page Count Uncertain	No
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	Yes
Notes
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Sequence Number	0
Title	The Invisible Crimes
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cover
Feature	Batman
Genre	superhero
Job Number
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer
No Pencils
Inks	Winslow Mortimer
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Batman; Robin; The Joker (silhouette).
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).
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Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation: In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).
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Sequence Number	1
Title	The Invisible Crimes
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Batman
Genre	superhero
Job Number
Script	Bill Finger?
No Script
Pencils	Dick Sprang
No Pencils
Inks	Dick Sprang
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	12
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Walter Timmins (first appearance); Mr. Laird (first appearance); Mr. Stacy (first appearance); Mr. Morse (first appearance); The Joker (villain).
Synopsis	The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.
Reprint Notes	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).
Notes	Pencil credit verified by Sprang. Inker credit revised & verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to Howard Sherman? Gene McDonald? Synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-5-08.
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation: In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (November 2007).
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Sequence Number	2
Title	The Inside Story of Robotman
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Robotman
Genre	superhero
Job Number
Script	Otto Binder (credit by Martin O'Hearn)
No Script
Pencils	Jimmy Thompson
No Pencils
Inks	Jimmy Thompson
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	6
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Robotman [Paul Dennis]
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	In World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #208 (December 1971).
Notes	Origin retold, series continues from Star- Spangled Comics.
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes needs confirmation: In World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #208 (December 1971).
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Sequence Number	3
Title	Shorty Meets the Champ
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Slam Bradley
Genre	detective
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Howard Sherman
No Pencils
Inks	Howard Sherman
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	7
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Inker credit revised and verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Inker credit previously given to John Daly.
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Sequence Number	6
Title	The Mystery of the Mary Celeste II
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	The Boy Commandos
Genre	war; adventure
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Curt Swan
No Pencils
Inks	Steve Brodie
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	12
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Andre; Tex].
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Sequence Number	7
Title	none
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	filler
Feature	Daffy & Doodle
Genre	humor
Job Number
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	? (signed as Lit-Win)
No Pencils
Inks	? (signed as Lit-Win)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	0.5
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Daffy; Doodle.
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Lit-Win is a pen name for an unknown artist whom Jack Burnley saw in the DC offices often, but he couldn't remember the man's true name.
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Anonymous User	This change is a temporary migration representing the state of the database at the time of the new site deployment. It will be replaced by history assembled from our old database soon.		2010-11-20 10:33:56	Available	Approved

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