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Detective Comics #176

DC · Series began 1937 · October 1951

Dates

Cover date
October 1951
On sale
August 27, 1951
Pages
52

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Martin Naydel, Leonard Starr, Horace Elmoinks: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Ray Thompson, Tom Cooke, Martin Naydel, Leonard Starr, Horace Elmocolors: Jack Adlerletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmoscript: Jack Schiff, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Coleman, Martin Naydel, Ben Banks, Horace Elmo

Stories

  • The Underworld Crime Committee! · 12 pages

    A criminal organization run by Mr. Velvet starts investigating its members to find out who is tipping off the police to their crimes. However, when they don't have any success, Mr. Velvet has Robin kidnapped and forces Batman to become the crime committee's new chief investigator to uncover the traitors.

  • The Man Who Was 300,000 Years Old! · 8 pages
  • The Testing of Robotman! · 6 pages
  • Vigilantes of the Air Waves · 2 pages
  • Grass from the Sky! · 10 pages

Publisher’s description

A criminal organization run by Mr. Velvet starts investigating its members to find out who is tipping off the police to their crimes.

Characters

Roy RaymondKaren Duncan

Reprinted in

Action Comics (1938), World's Finest Comics (1941), Our Fighting Forces (1954), All Favourites Comic (1960), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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