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Detective Comics #173

DC · Series began 1937 · July 1951

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Dates

Cover date: July 1951
On sale: May 27, 1951
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Henry Boltinoff, Dan Barry, Horace Elmo, Bruno Premiani, Bob Oksnerletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmoinks: Charles Paris, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Henry Boltinoff, Dan Barry, Horace Elmo, Bruno Premiani, Bob Oksnerscript: Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, R. E. Gurvitz, Jack Schiff

Stories

Batman's Double! · 12 pages
With his Van Cleer alias lost to him, Killer Moth decides to steal the identity of Bruce Wayne (whom he imprisons in a vault), then hires a plastic surgeon to alter his face into an exact double of Wayne's, and fools Dick Grayson into believing he is Wayne and Dick doesn't realize at first. The Moth goes out as Batman, enhancing his criminal reputation by making it appear that Batman fears the Moth. Wayne escapes in time to see Killer Moth shot down by one of his own gang, thinking he's been double-crossed. Moth's face is wrecked by the bullets, and the resultant cranial injury causes amnesia.
The Terrible Toys of Dr. Morro! · 6 pages
The Man with the Golden Touch! · 8 pages
Murder Is a Fine Art · 2 pages
Pow-Wow Smith -- Chief of Police! · 10 pages

Reprinted in

Adventure Comics (1938), The Adventures of Bob Hope (1950), Blackhawk (1957), Forbidden Worlds (1958), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)