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DETECTIVE COMICS #205

Cover Date: March 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-01-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Origin of the Bat-Cave!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsSheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (also in flashback to his buying Wayne Manor and setting up the Batcave; time travels to 17th Century)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (time travels to the 17th Century)
Professor Nichols

Villain(s):

Huron raiders (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jeremy Coe (first appearance; a frontiersman who infiltrates hostile Indians)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Wayne Manor
Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Annual #1 (1961)
Batman from the 30s to the 70s (1971)
Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (1999)
Batman: Secrets of the Batcave (2007)
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 (2009)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)


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Second Story: "The Puzzle of the Blind Artist!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtRuben Moreita
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Other Character(s):

Barry Stuart (first appearance; an artist with nyctalopia; a form of night vision/day blindness)


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Third Story: "Mission to Mystery!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJoe Certa
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass

Villain(s):

Pete Murdock and Jack Tarr (first appearance for both; two wharf rats; exchange orders for ship)

Location(s):

Zingha Island (first appearance)


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Fourth Story: "The Riddle of the Doomed Magicians!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Woolfolk
ArtLeonard Starr
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Mysto

Villain(s):

A prop manager and two tunneling bank robbers (first appearance for all; kills stage magicians to cover up digging of tunnel)


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