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Detective Comics #183

DC · Series began 1937 · May 1952

Dates

Cover date
May 1952
On sale
March 26, 1952
Pages
44

Values

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Tom Cooke, Ray Thompson, Leonard Starr, Fred Harmaninks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Tom Cooke, Ray Thompson, Leonard Starr, Fred Harmancolors: Jack Adlerletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Dan Keene

Stories

  • Famous Name Crimes! · 12 pages

    Batman goes undercover to join the Namesake Club, a club whose members share their name with a famous person in history, and who are being murdered in the same manner as their historical namesakes.

  • The Man in the Iceberg! · 7.67 pages
  • The Wrecking of Robotman! · 5.67 pages
  • Phony Documents · 2 pages
  • Manhunt in Manhattan! · 7.67 pages

Publisher’s description

Someone is targeting namesakes of famous historical figures, with murder in mind!

Characters

Pow-Wow Smith

Reprinted in

World's Finest Comics (1941), Gang Busters (1947), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015)

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