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Detective Comics #207

DC · Series began 1937 · May 1954

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Dates

Cover date: May 1954
On sale: March 24, 1954
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, Sheldon Moldoff, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Joe Certa, Martin Naydel, Horace Elmo, Leonard Starrinks: Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Joe Certa, Martin Naydel, Horace Elmo, Leonard Starrletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Horace Elmoscript: Jack Schiff, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Otto Binder, Martin Naydel, Jack Miller, Horace Elmo, Bill Woolfolk

Stories

Batman the Magician! · 12 pages
The great magician Merko is kidnapped by a gang "Boss", wanting him to find a way to remove a pair of handcuffs from his wrists that were put on him by a rival gang and which supposed contain explosives. Batman and Robin substitute for Merko and his assistant on stage until they get a lead to the whereabouts of Merko, and can save him.
The Secret of the Flying Saucers! · 6 pages
Beware the Sea Serpent! · 5.67 pages
Meet a Killer · 2 pages
Conjurers of Crime! · 8 pages

Publisher’s description

The great magician Merko is kidnapped by a gang "Boss", wanting him to find a way to remove a pair of handcuffs filled with explosive sensitive to vibration from his wrists that were put on him by a rival gang. Batman and Robin substitute for Merko and his assistant on stage until they get a lead to the whereabouts of Merko, and can save him.

Reprinted in

Detective Comics (1950), Superman (1939), Batman (1940), Batman (1950), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954), Batman Annual (1961), Century Comic (1961), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (2009), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)