Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1951-04-02
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #171 Edit Cover
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Batman and Robin vs. The Penguin Man on 1,000 Umbrellas!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Menace of the Giant Birds!
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Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; unnamed prison guard; unnamed henchmen; unnamed bank manager; John Willis (jewel importer); unnamed metal refinery manager; unnamed night club manager; unnamed curio shop manager
Synopsis:
Released from prison, the Penguin pledges to go straight and sets up a bird refuge, but Batman doesn't believe him. Batman and Robin follow the Penguin and stop him as he goes to a bank, a jewel importer, a metal refinery, a night club, and a curio shop, but in all cases it turns out Penguin is there not to rob, but to return items previously stolen by him. However, Batman soon discovers that the items returned are key to the Penguin's latest scheme.
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Danger! in the Deep
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's that on the ground?
Characters:
Varsity Vic
Reprints (1)

The Hit of the Lot!
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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.25 page

The Amazing Mr. Planet!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 8 pages

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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mr. Raymond, I presume!
Characters:
Roy Raymond; Karen; Professor Sherman; Mr. Planet; Jim Coleman; Absforth; Hobart

[no title indexed]
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Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.67 page

Script:
Pencils:
Horace Elmo (signed)
Inks:
Horace Elmo (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How many gallons of sap are required to make...

[no title indexed]
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Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page

The Powerless Robot!
(Table of Contents: 11)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What happens when a bullet shatters the amazing electronic "heart"...
Characters:
Robotman [Robert Crane; Paul Dennis]; Pete Merrick; Swipes (crook); Grabber (crook)
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Help! Police; Sounds like a woman up there!
Characters:
Casey the Cop
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
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Bendix Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page

Buzzy Says "Get It Off Your Chest!"
(Table of Contents: 14)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor
Characters:
Buzzy Brown

Black and Blue!
(Table of Contents: 15)

Dover and Clover / comic story / 4 pages

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Dover; Clover

From Table Top to Battlefield
(Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
Mason Gould (credited)
Pencils:
? [spot illustration]
Inks:
? [spot illustration]
Colors:
? [spot illustration]
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Modern science has brought us such an abundance of things...

Indian Posse!
(Table of Contents: 17)

Pow-Wow Smith / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]; Sheriff Ames; Raynor (crook), Collins (crook)
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

Sabotaging the Saboteurs
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"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Batman and Robin vs. The Penguin Man on 1,000 Umbrellas!
    Batman and Robin
  2. ["These top favorites plus 23 other great comics magazines..."]
  3. The Menace of the Giant Birds!
    Batman and Robin
  4. Danger! in the Deep
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
  5. ["What's that on the ground?"]
    Varsity Vic
  6. The Hit of the Lot!
    Nestlé's Crunch
  7. The Amazing Mr. Planet!
    Impossible-- But True
  8. ["We're lost!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  9. Editorial Advisory Board
  10. ["How many gallons of sap are required to make..."]
    Quick Quiz
  11. [no title indexed]
    Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  12. The Powerless Robot!
    Robotman
  13. ["Help! Police; Sounds like a woman up there!"]
    Casey the Cop
  14. [no title indexed]
    Bendix Coaster Brake
  15. Buzzy Says "Get It Off Your Chest!"
    Buzzy
  16. Black and Blue!
    Dover and Clover
  17. From Table Top to Battlefield
  18. Indian Posse!
    Pow-Wow Smith
  19. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  20. Sabotaging the Saboteurs
    "U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]
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