Detective Comics #170
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April 1951
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/8870
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Issue contents
Cover
The Flying Dutchman II
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Art
- Win Mortimer
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Reprint history
1"Millions of readers know..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hans Van Dirk (villain); Grimes (villain, crew member, death)
Credits
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures, signed)
Lew Sayre Schwartz - Inks
- Charles Paris
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #18 ([November 1951]) — The Flying Dutchman II
-
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #49 ([May 1969?]) — The Flying Dutchman II
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([June] 2012) — The Flying Dutchman II!
Synopsis
Batman and Robin venture out to track down a pirate submarine that has been torpedoing and looting cargo ships. However, after locating the vessel, the Dynamic Duo are captured and forced to become crew members on the new Flying Dutchman II. To make matters worse, the crew is taking bets as to who Batman actually is under the mask.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Royal Desserts
4"Let's go in and hear our fortunes!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
- Genre
- Children
Credits
- Art
- Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
5"Service with a Smile"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Shorty
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
6Featuring
- Feature
- Impossible-- But True
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond
Credits
- Pencils
- Dan Barry
- Inks
- Ramona Fradon
Notes
Ink credit by Craig Delich and Jerry Bails; we previously credited Dan Barry.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Nabisco Shredded Wheat
8"I've got to watch these prisoners closely..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
9Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
10Featuring
- Feature
- Robotman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
Credits
- Art
- Frank Bolle
11Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
- Genre
- Superhero
12"Thomas Bewick, a famous English artist..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Fingerprint Facts
- Genre
- Non-fiction
13Credits
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
15"Do stars actually fall?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Quick Quiz
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- H. T. Elmo
- Art
- H. T. Elmo
- Letters
- H. T. Elmo
16Featuring
- Feature
- Columbia
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
17"That's interesting -- Televising events right from the street!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
18Featuring
- Feature
- Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith
Credits
- Art
- Bruno Premiani
19Featuring
- Feature
- Mystery in Space
20Featuring
- Feature
- Art Instruction, Inc.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
21Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Win Mortimer
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
Inside back cover.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Air Rifles
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.