Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1957-08-20
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #248 Edit Cover
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Around the World in 8 Days!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Draw Me!
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Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page

Around the World in 8 Days
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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un-named doctor; Hans (villain, introduction); Claus (villain, introduction); un-named gondolier (villain)
Synopsis:
Bandits break into a hospital and steal an experimental new drug....the only one that will save a patient, and Batman & Robin only have a week to discover its location and get it back so that the man can be injected with it. To make matters worse, the loot from the crime has been broken up between "fences" all over the world!
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Dairy Queen / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy

The Fabulous Fabric
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Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages

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Ruben Moreira (signed)
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Ruben Moreira (signed)
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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Karen (supporting); Walter Wallach (intro)
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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

Decision for a Lady Cop
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text story / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:adventure

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I brought this pup in, Sarge!
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Sarge
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The Martian Without a Memory
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Martian Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages

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Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; crooks (intro, villain); Duggin
Synopsis:
A jolt of electricity from a live wire causes Jones to lose his memory. He no longer knows he's a Martian.
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writer credit by Bob Hughes

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Warden Willis / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As members of the Citizens Society we have some suggestions for your prison, Warden Willis!
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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Build Your Own Cannon / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Around the World in 8 Days!
    Batman and Robin
  2. Draw Me!
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. Around the World in 8 Days
    Batman and Robin
  4. [no title indexed]
    Dairy Queen
  5. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  6. How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!
  7. The Fabulous Fabric
    Roy Raymond TV Detective
  8. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  9. Decision for a Lady Cop
  10. ["I brought this pup in, Sarge!"]
    Casey the Cop
  11. The Martian Without a Memory
    Martian Manhunter
  12. ["As members of the Citizens Society we have some suggestions for your prison, Warden Willis!"]
    Warden Willis
  13. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  14. [no title indexed]
    Build Your Own Cannon
  15. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  16. Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  17. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Craig Delich
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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