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DETECTIVE COMICS #215

Cover Date: January 1955
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1954-11-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Inks: Charles Paris


Story: "The Batman of All Nations!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsSheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Guest Star(s):

Knight (Percival Sheldrake)
Squire (Cyril Sheldrake)
Legionary (first appearance; hero of Italy; does not meet with the other heroes of this story during the story)
Musketeer (first appearance; hero of France)
Gaucho (first appearance; hero of Brazil)
Ranger (first appearance; hero of Australia)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin
Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Knots Cardine and his gang (first appearance for all; attempt to kill Batman by posing as The Legionary)

Location(s):

Gotham City
England
Wordenshire
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Australia

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #180 (November 1968)
Batman: The Black Casebook (2009)
Batman in the Fifties (2021)


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Second Story: "X Marks the Mystery!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJoe Certa
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass

Villain(s):

Roderick Allerton (first appearance; a wealthy seaman who gets Compass to attempt to bring in a pirate's treasure to win a bet)
Pete Pettigrew (first appearance; a waterfront gambler)

Story Reprinted in:

Detective Comics #420 (February 1972)


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Third Story: "The Castle of Doom!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreira
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

A caretaker (first appearance; uses a deserted estate as a smuggling operation)

Location(s):

Gulf of Siam (now called Gulf of Thailand)


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