Detective Comics #155

DC Comics

United States

Published
January 1950
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/8059

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Show/hide Cover Bruce Wayne, Private Detective (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Cover, 1 page

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Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
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Superhero
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale

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Show/hide 1. No title recorded (Kodak) Advertisement, 1 page

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Kodak

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Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. Bruce Wayne, Private Detective! (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

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Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
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Superhero
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Vicki Vale; Ed Wedge (detective); Tracks Carlin (villain, flashback); Frank Kelcey (villain, architect); Tilley (villain, Carlin's attorney)

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Synopsis

Bruce subs for a famed detective as he recuperates from appendix surgery. He immediately gets two clients, both of whom want a model train that once belonged to a criminal, Tracks Carlin...and are willing to get it at any cost!

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Writer identification by Bob Hughes. Art credits by Craig Delich, as confirmed to him by Lew Sayre Schwartz.

Oddity: Batman throws his gauntlets into a wind tunnel motor to save his life. Yet, in the next panel, he is still wearing his gauntlets!

Show/hide 3. No title recorded (Thom McAn) Advertisement, 1 page

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Show/hide 4. Here's Good News for Batman and Robin Fans! (Batman; World's Finest Comics) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

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Batman; World's Finest Comics

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Show/hide 5. Mighty Maro-- The Man Who Reads Minds! (Impossible-- But True!) Comic story, 8 pages

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Impossible-- But True!
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Detective-mystery
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Roy Raymond

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Show/hide 6. No title recorded (Bazooka) Advertisement, 1 page

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Bazooka

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Show/hide 7. Blood Hounds Cartoon, 0.5 pages

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Charlie Evans

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Show/hide 8. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.5 pages

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Show/hide 9. The Andrews Raiders Comic story, 6 pages

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Show/hide 10. Superboy Says "Give Your Town a Present!" Public service announcement, 1 page

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Advocacy; superhero

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Show/hide 11. Lone Wolf! Cartoon, 1 page

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Non-fiction
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Amos Anderson

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Show/hide 12. Dangerous Business Text article, 2 pages

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Show/hide 13. No title recorded Comic story, 0.75 pages

"Isn't it a beautiful night for our first date?"

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Humor; teen
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Jerry

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Show/hide 14. No title recorded (Nestlé's Crunch) Advertisement, 0.25 pages

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Nestlé's Crunch

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Show/hide 15. No title recorded Comic story, 1 page

"Hello, Casey! All set for our big bowling tournament next week?"

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Humor
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Casey the Cop

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Reprint history

Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #131 ([January 1960?])
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Show/hide 16. The Ranger from Red Deer Valley! (Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman) Comic story, 10 pages

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Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
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Western-frontier
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Pow Wow Smith [Ohiyesa]; Bob Murphy; El Rio Lobo (villain)

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Show/hide 17. No title recorded (Adventure Comics; Action Comics; Star Spangled Comics) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

"You don't have to wait 2 months..."

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Adventure Comics; Action Comics; Star Spangled Comics

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Show/hide 18. No title recorded (Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Co.) Advertisement, 1 page

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Bud and Sis; Wilson Chemical Co.

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Show/hide 19. No title recorded (National Radio Institute) Advertisement, 1 page

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National Radio Institute

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Inside back cover.

Show/hide 20. No title recorded (Daisy B-B Guns) Advertisement, 1 page

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Daisy B-B Guns

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Back cover.


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On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 84084

Entry created

  • 16/03/2021

Cover added

  • 16/03/2021

Index completed

  • 16/03/2021