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Publisher: DC

Title: Detective Comics
Issue: 78
Page Count: 60
Publish Date: August 1943
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Detective Comics #78
Owner: endless117

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Story Title: The Bond Wagon - cover
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]


Story Title: Editorial Advisory Board - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Indian Paint -- The Story of an Indian Pony by Glen Balch - text article
Features:Good Books Worth Reading
Pages:0.67
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Bond Wagon - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Matt Wilkins [as Captain John Paul Jones] (ex-sea Captain); Passin' Pete Arnold [as Nathan Hale] (former football player); ? [as General George Washington]; ? [as Ethan Allen]; Baron von Luger (villain); Karpf (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain, image); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:Batman hires some men down on their luck to dress as famous Americans from Revolutionary War days to man a Bond Wagon in order to sell more bonds to the people. However, the Nazis plan to sabotage this effort!


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: The Meanest Muggs in the World! - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:World's Finest Comics
Pages:0.33


Story Title: The Prevue Murders - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Jo-Jo Jordan; Mad Dog Larsen (villain)


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:humor; teen
Characters:Jerry


Story Title: Outlaw Serenade - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure


Story Title: Menace of the Mouse-Traps! - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:superhero
Characters:Air Wave [Larry Jordan]; Static


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Laffs
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Boy Commandos; Batman
Pages:0.5


Story Title: Freedom Station - comic story
Pages:12
Genre:adventure; war
Characters:Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Jan Haasan; Alfy Twidgett; Andre Chavard]; Adolf Hitler (villain)
Synopsis:The Commandos try to set up an underground radio station in Germany.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Lightning Ju-Jitsu
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Publishers Art Service
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man! - comics-form advertising
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Monster Man (villain)


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