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Cover of Detective Comics #111
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CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #111

DC · Series began 1937 · May 1946

Dates

Cover date
May 1946
On sale
March 19, 1946
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Graham Hunter, Colin Allen, George Roussos, Howard Sherman, Jack Farr, Lit-Win, Curt Swan, Michael Berryinks: Win Mortimer, Graham Hunter, Colin Allen, George Roussos, John Daly, Jack Farr, Lit-Win, Steve Brodie, Michael Berryscript: Don C. Cameron, Al Martin, Jack Farr, Lit-Wincolors: George Roussosletters: George Roussos, Jack Farr

Stories

  • Coaltown, U.S.A. · 12 pages

    A greedy mine owner gets on the wrong side of the people in his community by firing the local school teacher and by refusing to institute safe mine conditions for the workers.

  • The Case of the Unlucky Treasure Hunters! · 6 pages
  • Turnabout Tactics! · 6.67 pages
  • Soft Touch · 2 pages

    Willie Barlow, a seasoned pickpocket, poses as a store Santa to lift wallets during the Christmas rush. He robs the toy department, is caught when a store detective exposes the hidden loot, and the twist reveals the real Santa is an unsuspecting, deaf janitor.

  • "Three-Ring" Binks · 4 pages
  • Reconversion for Rats! · 11 pages

Reprinted in

Batman Archives (1990), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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