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Detective Comics 207

DETECTIVE COMICS #207

Cover Date: May 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-03-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "Batman the Magician!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWalter Gibson
ArtSheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
InksCharles Paris
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin

Villain(s):

Moriarty Gang (first appearance for all)
Another rival gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Merko the Magician (first appearance; a popular stage magician and illusionist)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Annual #2 (1961)
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 (2009)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)


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Second Story: "The Secret of the Flying Saucers!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreita
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

John Diamond and Harry Clay (first appearance for both; try to use a fake flying saucer to pull an insurance scam)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on a Friday and a couple of days after.


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Third Story: "Beware the Sea Serpent!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJoe Certa
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass

Villain(s):

Escaping convicts (first appearance for all; use a movie prop sea serpent to help in their escape)


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Fourth Story: "Conjurers of Crime!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Woolfolk
ArtLeonard Starr
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mysto

Villain(s):

Bann and his gang (Edward Caruthers; first appearance for all; gets his men to use magic tricks in the performance of their robberies)


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