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Detective Comics #165

DC · Series began 1937 · November 1950

Dates

Cover date
November 1950
On sale
September 18, 1950
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Al Plastino, Dan Barry, Tom Cooke, Henry Boltinoff, Ray Thompsonletters: Ira Schnappscript: Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Don C. Cameron, Jack Schiffinks: Charles Paris, Al Plastino, Dan Barry, Tom Cooke, Henry Boltinoff, Ray Thompson, Win Mortimer

Stories

  • The Strange Costumes of Batman! · 12 pages

    While making an inspection of equipment in the Bat-Cave, Bruce and Dick also must inspect the various costumes Batman and Robin use in their fight against crime for leaks and tears, and, as it turns out, a never before used costume saves the day for the Batman, who has been seriously wounded.

  • The Man Who Never Slept! · 8 pages
  • One-Man Fire Department! · 6 pages
  • Cabbages and Kale! · 4 pages
  • Let 'Em Eat Wood · 2 pages
  • The Riddle of Fort Brave! · 10 pages

Reprinted in

Batman (1940), Batman Annual (1959), Batman Annual (1961), Batman Archives (1990), Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (1999), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (2009), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Robin: 80 Years of the Boy Wonder: The Deluxe Edition (2020)

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

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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