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Detective Comics #168

DC · Series began 1937 · February 1951

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Dates

Cover date: February 1951
On sale: December 20, 1950
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer, Henry Boltinoff, William Schreiber, Dan Barry, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Horace Elmo, Bruno Premiani, Fred Harmaninks: George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, William Schreiber, Dan Barry, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Horace Elmo, Win Mortimer, Bruno Premiani, Fred Harmanletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmoscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Jack Schiff, Bill Morrison

Stories

The Man Behind the Red Hood! · 13 pages
Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.
The Electric Thinking Cap! · 7.67 pages
The Return of the Iron Man! · 6 pages
Your Thinking Cap · 2 pages
Ten Little Indians! · 10 pages

Reprinted in

Batman (1940), Superboy (1949), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954), Falling in Love (1955), Batman from the 30s to the 70s (1971), Limited Collectors' Edition (1972), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989), Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1990), Batman Archives (1990), Batman in the Fifties (2002), Batman: Secrets of the Batcave (2007), The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition (2020), Batman in the Fifties (2021)