Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1951-04-30
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #172 Edit Cover
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The Outlaw Who Had Nine Lives!
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Man With Nine Lives [Paul Gregorian]
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Top Value in America's Top Comics!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Outlaw Who Had Nine Lives!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Man With Nine Lives [Paul Gregorian] (introduction, death); unnamed foreign dignitaries; unnamed police officers; unnamed power plant employee; Hoofer Martin (gangster); unnamed henchmen; unnamed reporters
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin investigate The Man With Nine Lives, who brags that he cannot be killed as he escapes from certain death over and over.
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[no title indexed]
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Kellogg's Raisin Bran / advertisement / 1 page

The "Popsicle" Twins at Yellowstone Park
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The Adventures of the Popsicle Twins; Popsicle Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Three Clues to Crime!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Robotman [Robert Crane]

[no title indexed]
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Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

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

The Human Clock!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Roy Raymond
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Captain Tootsie in Emergency Landing
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pardon me, I'm being initiated into a fraternity...
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New Hope for the Convict
(Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Peg / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll take these three books, Miss Richards...

[no title indexed]
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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Send a car over, Chief. I've arrested 'Spike' Malone!

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

The Phantom Brave!
(Table of Contents: 17)

Pow-Wow Smith / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
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Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]

Gains Fame in Race with Flame
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"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.67 page

Script:
Pencils:
Horace Elmo (signed)
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Horace Elmo (signed)
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?
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Is salt used mainly for the flavoring of food?

[no title indexed]
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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.33 page

Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"
(Table of Contents: 21)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Outlaw Who Had Nine Lives!
    Batman and Robin
  2. Top Value in America's Top Comics!
  3. The Outlaw Who Had Nine Lives!
    Batman and Robin
  4. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Raisin Bran
  5. The "Popsicle" Twins at Yellowstone Park
    The Adventures of the Popsicle Twins; Popsicle Products
  6. Three Clues to Crime!
    Robotman
  7. [no title indexed]
    Columbia Bicycles
  8. ["Wonder why we aren't catching any fish?"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  9. Editorial Advisory Board
  10. The Human Clock!
    Impossible-- But True
  11. Captain Tootsie in Emergency Landing
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  12. ["Pardon me, I'm being initiated into a fraternity..."]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  13. New Hope for the Convict
  14. ["I'll take these three books, Miss Richards..."]
    Peg
  15. [no title indexed]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  16. ["Send a car over, Chief. I've arrested 'Spike' Malone!"]
    Casey the Cop
  17. [no title indexed]
    Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  18. The Phantom Brave!
    Pow-Wow Smith
  19. Gains Fame in Race with Flame
    "P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story
  20. ["Is salt used mainly for the flavoring of food?"]
    Quick Quiz
  21. [no title indexed]
    Nestlé's Crunch
  22. Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"
    Superboy
  23. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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