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Detective Comics #163

DC · Series began 1937 · September 1950

Dates

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

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Jim Mooney, Ray Thompson, Dan Barry, Henry Boltinoff, Tom Cooke, Martin Naydel, Bruno Premiani, Rube Grossmaninks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Ray Thompson, Dan Barry, Henry Boltinoff, Tom Cooke, Martin Naydel, Bruno Premiani, Rube Grossmancolors: Jack Adlerscript: Henry Boltinoff, Don C. Cameron, Jack Schiffletters: Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnapp

Stories

  • The Man Who Feared Metal! · 12 pages

    In a quirk of fate, a wanted criminal, seriously injured in an explosion, has a metallic splinter driven into his skull, which has queer magnetic properties, requiring him to stay away from anything metal.

  • The Anti-Gravity Man! · 8 pages
  • Robotman Meets Robotrobber! · 6 pages
  • No Kidding! · 4 pages
  • Travels of a Diamond · 2 pages

    A diamond’s journey from African blue ground to the jeweler’s bench: mined, concentrated, sorted, cut, and reset into heirloom jewelry, with practical advice on remounting stones to suit changing fashions.

  • As Long as the Grass Shall Grow! · 10 pages

Publisher’s description

In a quirk of fate, a wanted criminal, seriously injured in an explosion, has a metallic splinter driven into his skull, which has queer magnetic properties, requiring him to stay away from anything metal.

Reprinted in

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

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