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Detective Comics #138

DC · Series began 1937 · August 1948

Dates

Cover date
August 1948
On sale
June 21, 1948
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman, Henry Boltinoff, Curt Swan, Lit-Win, Creig Flesselinks: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman, Henry Boltinoff, Steve Brodie, Lit-Win, Creig Flesselletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff, Henry Lysing, Lit-Win

Stories

  • The Invisible Crimes! · 12 pages

    The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.

  • The Inside Story of Robotman! · 6 pages
  • Shorty Meets the Champ! · 7 pages
  • Secret Codes Can Be Fun! · 2 pages
  • The Mystery of the Mary Celeste II! · 12 pages

Publisher’s description

The Joker follows up an article in the newspaper about a scientist discovering a lost elixir of invisibility and becomes a real terror to Batman until the crime fighter takes some of the elixir himself.

Reprinted in

Detective Comics (1948), World's Finest Comics (1941), Superboy (1949), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954), Superman Adventure Book (1955), Aquaman (1962), Batman Archives (1990), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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