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Detective Comics #68

DC · Series began 1937 · October 1942

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Dates

Cover date: October 1942
On sale: August 22, 1942
Pages: 68

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Jerry Robinson, Bob Kane, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Kirby, Harold Sherman, Jack Lehti, Pierce Rice, Lee Harris, Howard Shermaninks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Simon, Harold Sherman, Charles Paris, Arturo Cazeneuve, Howard Shermancolors: Jerry Robinsonletters: Jerry Robinson, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris, Howard Shermanscript: Josette Frank, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Lehti, Niles Hall, Murray Boltinoff

Stories

The Man Who Led a Double Life! · 13 pages
Two-Face gets away from Batman and resumes his criminal career, but, in the end, is double-crossed by one of his own men!
The Treachery of Osuki! · 12 pages
The boys end up shipwrecked in the Pacific with a Japanese pilot, but without Rip Carter.
Scoopy · 0.5 pages
Dead Men Do Tell Tales · 10 pages
Two crooks sell an old man and a young boy a treasure map and then decide they want it back.
Adventure of the Peglegged Wildcat · 6 pages
Escape from Death · 2 pages
The Case of the Talking Gun! · 7 pages
The Case of the Cultured Crooks! · 8 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman fights to redeem his former friend Harvey Dent, now the diabolical madman known as Two-Face!

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinCommissioner James GordonThe Crimson AvengerLee TravisWingWing HowBrooklynRip CarterAlfy TwidgettHarvey KentTwo-FaceAndre ChavardAir WaveJan HaasanLarry Jordan

Reprinted in

Giant Batman Album (1962), 100-Page Super Spectacular (1973), Batman Archives (1990), Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (1995), The Batman Chronicles (2005), Batman vs. Two-Face (2008), The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2010), Batman Arkham: Two-Face (2015), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016), Two-Face: A Celebration of 75 Years (2017)