Detective Comics #185

DC Comics

United States

Published
July 1952
Page count
44
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/9805

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt (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
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #51 ([August 1954])
Untitled
 
United Kingdom
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #51 ([November 1954])
Untitled
Show/hide 1. Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!" (Buzzy) Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Buzzy
Genre
Advocacy; teen

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff
Art
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt! (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 11.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Script
John Broome ? (Writer A)
Pencils
Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane]
Inks
Charles Paris

Reprint history

Also printed
United Kingdom
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #51 ([November 1954])
The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt
 
United Kingdom
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #51 ([November 1954])
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #41 ([May 1967?])
The Secret of Batman's Utility Belt
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #203 (August 1968)
The Secret of Batmans Utility Belt!
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #203 (August 1968)
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #17 ([March 1969?])
The Secret of Batmans Utility Belt

Notes

Martin O'Hearn confirmed that the person he has referred to as Writer A is possibly John Broome and definitely not David Vern.

Verified inker credit by Craig Delich.

Show/hide 3. Untitled (Riddle Me This; Necco) Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Riddle Me This; Necco
Show/hide 4. Untitled (Columbia) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Columbia
Show/hide 5. Turns Terrific Clout Into Out! (Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
Genre
Sports
Show/hide 6. The Three Impostors! (Robotman) Comic story, 5.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Robotman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Joe Certa ?
Show/hide 7. Untitled (Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

"Is the safari ready to start?"

Featuring

Feature
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
Genre
Children

Credits

Art
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Show/hide 8. Untitled (Popsicle) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Popsicle
Show/hide 9. The Case of the Modern Aladdin! (Impossible-- But True) Comic story, 7.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Impossible-- But True
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Roy Raymond

Credits

Art
Ruben Moreira
Show/hide 10. Untitled (Schwinn) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Schwinn

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.

Show/hide 11. Untitled (Wildroot Cream-Oil) Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Wildroot Cream-Oil

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 12. He Foresaw Wonders Text article, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Author
David Kahn
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 13. The Man Who Killed Pow-Wow Smith! (Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman) Comic story, 7.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Art
Leonard Starr

Notes

Art credits per Craig Delich.

Show/hide 14. Untitled (Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 15. The Craziest Pair in History (The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Notes

Inside back cover.

Show/hide 16. Champion Larry Yogi Berra Sparks Yankees! (Wheaties) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Wheaties
Genre
Sports

Notes

Back cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 37020

Entry created

  • 13/07/2008

Cover added

  • 02/04/2010

Index completed

  • 22/08/2019

Last updated

  • 22/08/2019