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Detective Comics #111

DC · Series began 1937 · May 1946

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Dates

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

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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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

Publisher’s description

When a brave schoolteacher and a community of miners stand up for their rights and safer working conditions against a greedy mine owner, they are met with violence. But having just arrived in town, Batman and Robin play their hazardous and heroic part in bringing justice to “Coaltown, U.S.A.”

Reprinted in

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