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DETECTIVE COMICS #168

Cover Date: February 1951
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1950-12-20

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Lew Sayer Schwartz
Inks: George Roussos


Story: "The Man Behind the Red Hood!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsLew Sayer Schwartz (as Bob Kane)
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (also in flashbacks to his early career following Detective Comics #38 and preceding Batman Vol. 1 #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin
Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Joker (also in flashbacks to earliest chronological appearance preceding Batman #1; last in World's Finest Comics #48; next in Batman #63)

Location(s):

Gotham City
State University

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the fall.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman #213 (July-August 1969)
Batman from the 30s to the 70s (1971)
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-39 (October-November 1975)
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989)
Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1990)
Batman in the Fifties (2002)
Batman: Secrets of the Batcave (2007)
Batman Archives #8 (2012)
The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)
The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition (2020)


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Second Story: "The Electric Thinking Cap!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDan Barry
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Homer Price and his gang (first appearance for all; tricks Roy and Churney into thinking the cap was a fake so they could swindle the creator)

Other Character(s):

Roger Churney (first appearance; a school teacher who invents a cap that allows you to learn during sleep)


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Third Story: "The Return of the Iron Man!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFrank Bolle
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Villain(s):

Conlon Gang (first appearance for all; pose as ghost of Spanish conquistadors to keep villagers away from a gold mine)

Location(s):

New Mexico


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Fourth Story: "Ten Little Indians!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsBruno Premiani
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Freddie Voorhees and his gang (first appearance for all; try to swindle land from Indians)

Other Character(s):

Ten Indian children (first appearance for; named or nicknamed Pow-Wow Smith; Tekela named)

Location(s):

Red Deer Valley


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