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Publisher: DC

Title: Detective Comics
Issue: 168
Page Count: 52
Publish Date: February 1951
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Detective Comics 168 (Joker Origin)
Owner: changerchanger

193
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3.0
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Detective Comics 168
Owner: Khyron21

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3.0
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Detective Comics #168 CGC 7.5 (restored) 1951 Origin of Joker
Owner: Johnny Blaze

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7.5
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Detective 168
Owner: XPhile

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Detective Comics 168 (Red Hood Joker Origin)
Owner: changerchanger

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1.5
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Inside This Issue:

Detailed information about the issue is listed below.

Story Title: The Man Behind the Red Hood - cover
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Red Hood [The Joker]


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


Story Title: The Man Behind the Red Hood! - comic story
Features:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Pages:13
Genre:superhero
Characters:Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dean Chalmers (of State University); Paul Wong (student); Jimmy Kale (student); Earl "Farmerboy" Benson (villain, ex-con, university gardener); The Red Hood [The Joker] (villain, origin); unnamed crime victim; unnamed police officer; unnamed college students; unnamed night watchman
Synopsis:Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Peg


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wheaties
Pages:1


Story Title: Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans - comics-form advertising
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Tootsie
Synopsis:Captain Tootsie brings a sled to the orphanage so the children can play in the snow.


Story Title: The Electric Thinking Cap! - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Roy Raymond


Story Title: Lucky Block - advertisement
Features:Nestlé's Crunch
Pages:0.33


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Nabisco Shredded Wheat
Pages:1
Characters:Straight Arrow


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
Pages:0.5
Genre:children


Story Title: Editorial Advisory Board - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Return of the Iron Man! - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:superhero
Characters:Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Pages:0.75
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Columbia
Pages:0.25
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The World of Adventure in Books - public service announcement
Features:Shining Knight; Green Arrow; Tomahawk
Pages:1
Genre:advocacy; superhero
Characters:Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]


Story Title: Your Thinking Cap - text article
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.5
Genre:humor
Characters:Jerry


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Pages:0.5


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Tomahawk
Pages:0.67


Story Title: [ no title ] - statement of ownership
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Ten Little Indians! - comic story
Features:Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Pages:10
Genre:western-frontier
Characters:Pow-Wow Smith


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Motor's Auto Repair Manual
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Daisy Air Rifles
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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