DETECTIVE COMICS (1937-2011; 2016-) #113
CGC VF+: 8.5
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: ow/white pgs; QES Certified: Criteria met: Superior staple area + superior gloss + deep color strike (red & yellow)
Dick Sprang cvr/art; Batman pirate pole dancing cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 6 (CBI)
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Dick Sprang cvr/art; Batman pirate pole dancing cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 6 (CBI)
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ow/white pgs; QES Certified: Criteria met: Superior staple area + superior gloss + deep color strike (red & yellow)
Dick Sprang cvr/art; Batman pirate pole dancing cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 6 (CBI)
The classic Detective Comics #113 features the bizarre Batman tale "Crime on the Half-Shell," with the Dynamic Duo taking on oyster-swiping pirates while helping a young lady convince her father that she can work on the family's oyster boat. The Boy Commandos keep touring post-war Europe in "When Comrades Meet," going after tulip-swiping gangsters in Amsterdam who've taken over the farm of their old friend Jan.
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Artist Information
Swan was a house artist at DC working on titles like Tommy Tomorrow, he began gravitating towards Superman and his related books, Superboy, World's Finest and Jimmy Olsen, he would eventually leave DC thanks to his personality issue with Editor In Chief Mort Weisinger. He would eventually return and go on to be the artist that defined the look of Superman in the Silver Age, eventually becoming the editor of the title, but after thirty years of keeping up standards of all things Superman, Swan was given the boot in favor of John Byrne's Superman reboot, Swan's comic work began to taper off after this dismissal and he eventually retired, but will forever be recognized as the Silver Age Superman's finest artist.
Dick Sprang cvr/art; Batman pirate pole dancing cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 6 (CBI)
The classic Detective Comics #113 features the bizarre Batman tale "Crime on the Half-Shell," with the Dynamic Duo taking on oyster-swiping pirates while helping a young lady convince her father that she can work on the family's oyster boat. The Boy Commandos keep touring post-war Europe in "When Comrades Meet," going after tulip-swiping gangsters in Amsterdam who've taken over the farm of their old friend Jan.
Visit the QES website.
Artist Information
Swan was a house artist at DC working on titles like Tommy Tomorrow, he began gravitating towards Superman and his related books, Superboy, World's Finest and Jimmy Olsen, he would eventually leave DC thanks to his personality issue with Editor In Chief Mort Weisinger. He would eventually return and go on to be the artist that defined the look of Superman in the Silver Age, eventually becoming the editor of the title, but after thirty years of keeping up standards of all things Superman, Swan was given the boot in favor of John Byrne's Superman reboot, Swan's comic work began to taper off after this dismissal and he eventually retired, but will forever be recognized as the Silver Age Superman's finest artist.