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Detective Comics #143

DC · Series began 1937 · January 1949

Dates

Cover date
January 1949
On sale
November 22, 1948
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jim Mooney, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman, Henry Boltinoff, Curt Swan, Lit-Wininks: Charles Paris, Jimmy Thompson, Howard Sherman, Henry Boltinoff, Steve Brodie, Lit-Winletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Bill Finger, Otto Binder, Henry Lysing, Henry Boltinoff, Lit-Win

Stories

  • The Pied Piper of Peril! · 12 pages

    The Pied Piper returns to continue his criminal activities of committing a series of "pipe" crimes, each with a pipe related to the victim's name!

  • Robotman Versus the Baffler! · 6 pages
  • Low Man on a Barber Pole! · 6 pages
  • Secret Codes Are All Around You · 2 pages
  • The Five Weapons That Shook the World! · 9.5 pages

Publisher’s description

The Pied Piper returns to continue his criminal activities of committing a series of "pipe" crimes, each with a pipe related to the victim's name!

Reprinted in

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

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