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Detective Comics #85

DC · Series began 1937 · March 1944

Dates

Cover date
March 1944
On sale
January 22, 1944
Pages
60

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Dick Sprang, Ed Kressy, Jerry Robinson, Jack Farr, John Daly, Martin Naydel, George Roussos, Joe Shuster, Jack Kirbyinks: Dick Sprang, George Roussos, Jack Farr, John Daly, Martin Naydelscript: Josette Frank, Bill Finger, Jack Farr, Jack Liebowitz, Joe Samachson, Eric Carterletters: Dick Sprang, Jack Farr, George Roussos, Howard Fergusoncolors: George Roussos

Stories

  • The Joker's Double · 13 pages

    Four members of a famed Card Club become the targets for the Prince of Guffaws, but Batman and Robin discover that the Joker didn't commit the crimes, and attempt to track down the real culprit.

  • The Amazing Bicyclonic · Three-Ring Binks · 5 pages
  • The Lone Wolf's Number! · 6 pages
  • The Perfumed Diamonds! · 7.67 pages
  • The Short Wave of Crime! · 6 pages
  • The Saboteur · 2 pages
  • Curtain Call for Action · 11 pages

    General Blayfield orders the Commandos executed for treason.

Publisher’s description

Four members of a famed card club become the targets for the Clown Prince of Crime, but Batman and Robin discover that The Joker didn’t commit the crimes, and they attempt to track down the real culprit.

Reprinted in

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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