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Detective Comics #195

DC · Series began 1937 · May 1953

Dates

Cover date
May 1953
On sale
March 25, 1953
Pages
44

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Ray Thompson, Joe Certa, Leonard Starrinks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Ray Thompson, Joe Certa, Leonard Starrletters: Ira Schnapp, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoffscript: Jack Schiff, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller

Stories

  • The Original Batman · 12 pages

    Batman is surprised when a former acrobat appears in Gotham claiming to be the original Bat Man and has legal rights to the name.

  • The Magic Wand · 5.67 pages
  • Robotman-Guided Missile · 5.67 pages
  • The Precinct · 2 pages
  • The Ghost Riders of Weeping Valley · 8 pages

    Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman

Reprinted in

Colossal Comic Annual (1956), Superboy (1949), Falling in Love (1955), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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