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Detective Comics #140

DC · Series began 1937 · October 1948

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Dates

Cover date: October 1948
On sale: August 23, 1948
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Facsimile reprints exist

Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (2023). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Jimmy Thompson, Wayne Boring, Al Wenzel, Howard Sherman, Irwin Hasen, Curt Swan, Sheldon Mayerinks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Jimmy Thompson, Stan Kaye, Howard Sherman, Irwin Hasen, Steve Brodie, Sheldon Mayerletters: Ira Schnappscript: Bill Finger, Otto Binder, Sheldon Mayer

Stories

The Riddler · 12 pages
Having grown up an expert and a cheat when it came to solving puzzles, Edward Nigma decides to use this capacity to mystify the Police and Batman...as the Riddler!
Robotman's Double Trouble! · 6 pages
Dog for a Day! · 7 pages
To the Moon and Back · 2 pages
The Dictator from Alcatraz! · 12 pages

Publisher’s description

Having grown up an expert and a cheat when it came to solving puzzles, Edward Nigma decides to use this capacity to mystify the Police and Batman...as the Riddler!

Reprinted in

Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (2023), Batman from the 30s to the 70s (1971), Batman Archives (1990), Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (1995), Batman: The TV Stories (2013), Batman Arkham: The Riddler (2015), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019)