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Detective Comics #304

DC · Series began 1937 · June 1962

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Dates

Cover date: June 1962
On sale: April 24, 1962
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Certainks: Sheldon Moldoff, Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Certaletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff

Stories

The Return of Clay-Face · 12.67 pages
Father of Fingerprints · 1 pages
The Crime College · 11.67 pages
Prof Proxon teaches classes in crime and supplies strange futuristic weapons to his students.

Publisher’s description

Matt Hagen breaks jail again and uses his powers as Clayface to impersonate wealthy men in order to gain information for future crimes, which brings him into renewed conflict with Batman and Robin. However, Clayface’s powers are limited by time, and in order to keep working, Hagen takes a sample of the mysterious pool and starts investigating the element with a scientist he has kidnapped. Batman obsesses over Clayface, and his investigation leads him to the criminal’s secret hideout, where he learns of the chemical sample. Batman incorporates the chemical sample into a freezing gun, and with the weapon he is able to stop Clayface.

Reprinted in

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (2007)