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CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #70

DC · Series began 1937 · December 1942

Dates

Cover date
December 1942
On sale
October 20, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jerry Robinson, Bob Kane, Howard Sherman, Jack Lehti, Chuck Winter, Henry Boltinoff, Lee Harris, Jack Kirbyinks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Howard Sherman, Charles Paris, Chuck Winter, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Simonscript: Don C. Cameron, James Benton, Henry Boltinoff, Murray Boltinoff, Josette Frank, Sidney Eliasletters: Howard Sherman, Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoffediting: Murray Boltinoff

Stories

  • The Man Who Could Read Minds! · 13 pages

    An accident turns a sideshow swami into a real mind-reader, a man who can guess every opponent's plan, anticipate his every move and strike as fast as they can think! And when he guesses the true identities of the Dynamic Duo, this may well be their last case!

  • X Marked the Spot at the Tee! · 8 pages
  • The Mystery of the Musical Muggs · 8 pages
  • The Man Who Looted Lives! · 6 pages
  • The Clever Touch · 2 pages
  • Who Rubbed Out the Editor? · 7 pages

    Murray of Kolossal Komics is questioned about notes at the scenes of three murders which point to his characters, Keen Arrow, Showerman and Sunburned Kid. And then he is murdered.

  • War with Stamps · 0.5 pages
  • Fury Rides a Taxicab! · 12 pages

    A cabdriver from Brooklyn takes on the Nazis single-handed.

Reprinted in

Commandos [ashcan] (1942), Batman Archives (1990), The Batman Chronicles (2005), The Boy Commandos by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2010), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016)

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