Detective Comics #188
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer |
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Comic Title: Detective Comics #188
Publisher: DC
(National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1952
On Sale Date:
September 5, 1952 Newsstand Date September 5, 1952
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #7
Copyright Date September 3, 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 August 29, 1952
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #6
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Batman | Unsigned (a) |
| IFC | Public Service Ad | Binky asks "What Do You Know About Other People?" |
| 1 | Batman | "The Doom in the 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; Filler | Dubble Bubble; "Casey the Cop" by Henry Boltinoff |
| 14 | Fact Feature; Ad | "Quick Quiz"; Necco Wafers |
| 15 | Robotman | "Robotman Becomes a Robot" |
| 16 | Robotman | |
| 17 | Robotman | |
| 18 | Robotman | |
| 19 | Robotman | |
| 20 | Robotman | |
| 21 | House Ad | House of Mystery, Phantom Stranger |
| 22 | Filler | "Jerry the Jitterbug" by Henry Boltinoff |
| 23 | Impossible – But True | "The King of Black Magic" by Ruben Moreira |
| 24 | Impossible – But True | |
| 25 | Impossible – But True | |
| 26 | Impossible – But True | |
| 27 | Impossible – But True | |
| 28 | Impossible – But True; Ad | Wildroot Cream-Oil |
| 29 | Text Story | "The Puzzle of Patience Worth" by Jack E. Miller |
| 30 | Text Story | |
| 31 | Text Feature; Filler | Editorial Advisory Board; "Professor Eureka" by Henry Boltinoff |
| 32 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | "The Secret of Bad Medicine Canyon" |
| 33 | Pow-Wow Smith Indian Lawman | |
| 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 | Ad | Tootsie Roll |
| IBC | Ad | Motor Book Dept. |
| BC | Ad | The Westfield Manufacturing Company |
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