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Detective Comics #390

DC · Series began 1937 · August 1969

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Dates

Cover date: August 1969
On sale: June 26, 1969
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Irv Novick, Bob Brown, Henry Scarpelli, Gil Kane, Curt Swaninks: Irv Novick, Joe Giella, Henry Scarpelli, Murphy Anderson, Neal Adamsletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Ira Schnappscript: Frank Robbins, Julius Schwartz, Mike Friedrich

Stories

If the Coffin Fits -- Wear It! · 14.17 pages
The Masquerader's gang of crooks keep trying to destroy Batman's costume. It's a ploy to force him to wear a new costume which will constrict and eventually kill him. The Masquerader is eventually revealed to be Batman's tailor Sam Tweed, who devised the deadly costume.
Countdown to Chaos! · 7.67 pages
Dick's date with Sandy is interrupted by a gang from a rival school who try to crash the Gotham school dance. Meanwhile, someone is blackmailing the school's administrator to force him to break off talks with the teacher's union.

Publisher’s description

Batman takes on a costumed villain! Some party crashers interrupt Dick’s date with Sandy!

Reprinted in

Superman Supacomic (1959), Batman in the Sixties (1999), Showcase Presents: Batman (2006), Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder (2008), Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2020)