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Detective Comics #130

DC · Series began 1937 · December 1947

Dates

Cover date
December 1947
On sale
October 22, 1947
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bob Kane, Lee Harris, C. C. Beck, Howard Sherman, Phil Berube, Henry Boltinoff, Curt Swaninks: Charles Paris, Lee Harris, Pete Costanza, Howard Sherman, Phil Berube, Henry Boltinoff, Steve Brodieletters: Ira Schnapp, Phil Berube, Henry Boltinoffscript: Bill Finger, Phil Berube, Henry Boltinoff, Ted Field, George Kashdan

Stories

  • The Box! · 12 pages

    A mysterious box in Batman's Hall of Trophies tells the strange story of revenge by a man known as the Diamond King, whose son died at the hands of certain gangsters. When the evidence to prove their guilt was stolen and the men set free, the father uses the box to gain his revenge upon each of them.

  • Static Sees Double! · 6 pages
  • The Man Who Drowned Nine Times! · 7 pages
  • The Coward · 2 pages
  • Fifty Below Zero! · 11 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman and Robin follow the trail of several criminals who want to obtain a mysterious box; the strange thing is that everyone who obtains this box is murdered shortly after!

Reprinted in

Batman Archives (1990), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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