Detective Comics #186
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer |
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Comic Title: Detective Comics #186
Publisher: DC
(National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1952
On Sale Date:
July 3, 1952 Newsstand Date July 3, 1952
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #5
Copyright Date July 1, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1952
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.
Newsstand Date June 27, 1952
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #4
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Batman | Unsigned (a) |
| IFC | Public Service Ad | Superman says: "It's Smart to Check -- and Doublecheck" |
| 1 | Batman | "The Flying Bat-Cave" by Bob Kane |
| 2 | Batman | |
| 3 | Batman | |
| 4 | Batman | |
| 5 | Batman | |
| 6 | Batman | |
| 7 | Batman | |
| 8 | Batman | |
| 9 | Batman | |
| 10 | Batman | |
| 11 | Batman | |
| 12 | Batman | |
| 13 | Ad | B.F. Goodrich |
| 14 | Text Feature; Text Feature | Message to Parents; Editorial Advisory Board |
| 15 | Impossible – But True | "The Man Who Could Imitate Anything" by Rubin Moreira |
| 16 | Impossible – But True | |
| 17 | Impossible – But True | |
| 18 | Impossible – But True | |
| 19 | Impossible – But True | |
| 20 | Impossible – But True; Ad | Wildroot Cream-Oil |
| 21 | Filler; Ad | "Little Pete" by Henry Boltinoff; Necco Wafers |
| 22 | Filler | "Shorty" (by Henry Boltinoff) |
| 23 | Robotman | "The Man Who Read Robotman's Mind" |
| 24 | Robotman | |
| 25 | Robotman | |
| 26 | Robotman | |
| 27 | Robotman | |
| 28 | Robotman | |
| 29 | Ad; Filler | Dubble Bubble; "Professor Eureka" by Henry Boltinoff |
| 30 | Filler | "Casey the Cop" by Henry Boltinoff |
| 31 | Text Story | "From Arrow Poison to Mankind's Boon" |
| 32 | Text Story | |
| 33 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | "The Mystery of the Stolen Arrows" |
| 34 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| 35 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| 36 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| 37 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| 38 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| 39 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| 40 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| IBC | House Ad | Sensation Mystery, House of Mystery |
| BC | Ad | Wilson Chem. Co. |
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