Detective Comics #161
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- July 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/8365
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(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, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
1Featuring
- Feature
- Kodak
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Dice (theatrical producer, death); Fells (Dice's butler); Fred Barker (theatrical producer, death); Thomas Slade (former theatrical producer); Connie Bell (actress); Dr. French; Eddy Grace (former actor); Carl Rowland (fiancee of Connie Bell); The Avenger [Charles Waters] [aka as Wright] (villain, a jeweler); unnamed fire victims; unnamed murder witness; unnamed doctor
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bob Kane, penciller [signed] (Batman and Robin figures)
- Lew Schwartz, penciller [as Lew Sayre Schwartz]
- Charles Paris, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #10 ([April 1951]) — The Men Who Died on Time!
Synopsis
Batman faces a clever criminal that targets theatrical producers, telling each of them that they will die at midnight. The "death" of Batman provides a clue to that killer.
Notes
Kane pencils credit added, as verified by Schwartz to Craig Delich.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
4Featuring
- Feature
- Danger Trail
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
5Featuring
- Feature
- Columbia
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
6Featuring
- Feature
- Impossible-- But True
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Dan Barry, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
7Featuring
- Feature
- "U. S." Royal; U. S. Royal Bike Tires
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
8
9Featuring
- Feature
- Cracker Jack
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
10Featuring
- Feature
- Robotman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Tom Cooke, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Notes
Art credits verified by Jerry Bails; we formerly credited Frank Bolle.
11Featuring
- Feature
- The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Sam Glankoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
12"Oh boy - New skates!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Little Pete
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Little Pete
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Reprint history
13Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
14Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
15Featuring
- Feature
- Roadmaster
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
16"You're an officer of the law, aren't you?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Casey the Cop
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
17Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
18Featuring
- Feature
- Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith
Credits
- Writing
- Don C. Cameron, scripter
- Art
- Leonard Starr , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #9 ([February 1957]) — Two Detectives Named Smith
- From GCD
- in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #9
Notes
Script credit from Craig Delich.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
20Featuring
- Feature
- Buzzy [DC]
- Genre
- Advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Bob Oksner, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
21"The one and only Superman..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Action Comics; Superman; World's Finest Comics
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside back cover.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Peter Pan Peanut Butter
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , 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.