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Detective Comics #167

DC · Series began 1937 · January 1951

Dates

Cover date
January 1951
On sale
November 22, 1950
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Ray Thompson, Dan Barry, Henry Boltinoff, Tom Cooke, Martin Naydel, Fred Ray, Bruno Premiani, Carmine Infantino, Fred Harmaninks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Ray Thompson, Dan Barry, Henry Boltinoff, Tom Cooke, Martin Naydel, Fred Ray, Creig Flessel, Bruno Premiani, Sy Barry, Fred Harmancolors: Jack Adlerletters: Ira Schnappscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Jack Schiff

Stories

  • Bodyguards to Cleopatra! · 12 pages

    Professor Nichols uses hypnosis to send Batman and Robin back to Cleopatra's Egypt to investigate their appearance in a mysterious ancient frieze.

  • The People Who Couldn't Grow Old! · 8 pages

    Roy Raymond is shown a machine that apparently can reduce a persons age by 30-40 years. Roy investigates the device, to see if the machine can really reduce a person’s age.

  • The Captured Brain! · 6 pages

    A crook exposes Robotman’s body to radiation, that makes Robotman a danger to the public. Paul Dennis must attempt to preserve his brain and adapt it to a new body, in order to survive.

  • Here Comes the Band! · 2 pages
  • The Killer Cougar of Shoe Mountain! · 10 pages

    Pow wow smith is asked, by the local sheriff , to capture a wounded killer cougar that is terrorising the local communities.

Publisher’s description

Professor Nichols uses hypnosis to send Batman and Robin back to Cleopatra's Egypt to investigate their appearance in a mysterious ancient frieze.

Reprinted in

Adventure Comics (1938), Batman (1940), Batman Archives (1990), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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