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Detective Comics #181

DC · Series began 1937 · March 1952

Dates

Cover date
March 1952
On sale
January 30, 1952
Pages
44

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, Jim Mooney, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Tom Cooke, Leonard Starrinks: Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, Charles Paris, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Tom Cooke, Leonard Starrletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, David Kahn

Stories

  • The Crimes of the Human Magnet! · 12 pages

    Small-time criminal David Wist accidentally gains magnetic powers and launches a crime spree as the Human Magnet, and challenges Batman and Robin to stop him.

  • Roy Raymond's Perfect Double · 5.67 pages
  • The Safest Safe in the World! · 5.67 pages
  • How Forgers Are Caught · 2 pages
  • Pow-Wow Smith, Medicine Man! · 7.67 pages

    Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman

Publisher’s description

Small-time criminal David Wist accidentally gains magnetic powers and launches a crime spree as the Human Magnet, and challenges Batman and Robin to stop him.

Reprinted in

Superboy (1949), Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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