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Detective Comics 156

DETECTIVE COMICS #156

Cover Date: February 1950
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1949-12-19

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Cover Credits:
Art: Dick Sprang


Story: "The Batmobile of 1950!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
PencilsDick Sprang
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin
Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Smiley Dix and his gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

Batman and Robin build a new version of the Batmobile.
This story takes place on Earth-Two.
This story probably takes place in the fall of 1949, during the school year.

Story Reprinted in:

100-Page Super-Spectacular #DC-14/8 (February 1973)
Batman in the Fifties (2002)
Batman Archives #8 (2012)


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Second Story: "The Beauty Who Talked to Beasts!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDan Barry
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Larry Devoe (first appearance; kills his boss, an old friend of Roy's)

Other Character(s):

Malana (first appearance; a part played by an actress of a woman raised in the jungle who can talk to animals)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Impossible - But True! is broadcast on Friday nights.


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Third Story: "To Arms!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLee Elias
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (uses a new robot body with six arms)

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; rob a gun factory to get convicts out of prison)


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Fourth Story: "The Great Gold Robbery!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsCarmine Infantino
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Rigger (first appearance; a surveyor working on an Indian reservation who guides crooks on a gold dust heist)

Comment(s):

Red Deer Valley is in northwest Utah.


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