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Detective Comics #166

DC · Series began 1937 · December 1950

Dates

Cover date
December 1950
On sale
October 23, 1950
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Henry Boltinoff, Dan Barry, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Bruno Premianiinks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoff, Dan Barry, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Bruno Premianiletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Don C. Cameron

Stories

  • The Man with a Million Faces! · 12 pages

    An ex-con, John Gillen, working with the Carson Circus and billed as "The Man With a Million Faces," astounds the public with his ability to visually imitate anyone. However, the Dynamic Duo discover two employees at the circus are using this fact to commit crimes and blame them on him.

  • The Machine from Which No Man Can Hide! · 8 pages
  • The Robot Robberies! · 6 pages
  • "...Of Sailing Ships and Wax" · 2 pages
  • The Indian Who Had to Get Rich! · 10 pages

Reprinted in

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

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