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Batman #73 (1952) · The Collector

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Batman (1940)
#73

DC Comics#73

Batman

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Batman #73

Guns for Hire! / Vicki Vale's Secret! / The Joker's Utility Belt!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: October 1952
On sale: Aug 27, 1952
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 44

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Credits

Writers: Henry Boltinoff, David Vern
Pencillers: Dick Sprang, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inkers: Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoff
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Grand Comics Database issue 10049

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Batman goes undercover to find the head of a criminal organization that rents out guns to other criminals to commit crimes and then disposes of the weapons afterward so they can't be used as evidence.

Ira Schnapp, Pat Gordon, Henry Boltinoff

Covers

Dick Sprang, Charles Paris

Editor

Whitney Ellsworth

Cover letters

Ira Schnapp

Characters

"Keys" Bennett
Alfred
also as Slug Carson]
Batman
Batman [Bruce Wayne
Casey the Cop
Charley
Charlie Chaplin
Commissioner James Gordon
Herman Marn
Oliver Hardy
Pete
Professor Eureka
Robin
Slippery Sam
Stan Laurel
The Joker
the Joker's gang
The Renter
Varsity Vic
Vicki Vale
Weaver
Will Rogers

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