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Cover of Detective Comics #161
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CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #161

DC · Series began 1937 · July 1950

Dates

Cover date
July 1950
On sale
May 17, 1950
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Dan Barry, Lit-Win, Tom Cooke, Sam Glankoff, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Oksnerletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffinks: Charles Paris, Dan Barry, Lit-Win, Tom Cooke, Sam Glankoff, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Oksnerscript: Lit-Win, Henry Boltinoff, Don C. Cameron, Jack Schiff

Stories

  • The Men Who Died on Time! · 12 pages

    Batman faces a clever criminal that targets theatrical producers, telling each of them that they will die at midnight. The "death" of Batman provides a clue to that killer.

  • The Human Super Weapon! · 8 pages
  • Diamond Key to Doom! · 6 pages
  • Businessman's Best Friend · 2 pages
  • Two Detectives Named Smith! · 10 pages

Reprinted in

Gang Busters (1947), Super Adventure Comic (1950), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956), The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (1957), Batman Archives (1990), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.