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Detective Comics 345

DETECTIVE COMICS #345

Cover Date: November 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1965-09-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Joe Giella


Story: "The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksJoe Giella
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Batman #175; also in flashback to several months before this story; next in Showcase #59)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (last in Batman #175; next in Showcase #59)
Commissioner Gordon (in between Batman #175 and #177)

Villain(s):

Blockbuster (Mark Desmond; first appearance; a young frail biochemist who creates a formula that causes him to become a mindless hulk; also in flashback to several months before this story; next in issue #349)
Roland Desmond (first appearance; Mark's older criminal brother; directs him to commit crimes; next in flashback in Starman #10)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #261 (March-April 1975)
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988)
Showcase Presents Batman #2 (2006)
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (2014)


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Second Story: "Robberies in Reverse!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksSid Greene
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Elongated Man (next in Batman #177)

Supporting Character(s):

Sue Dibny

Villain(s):

Unnamed criminals (first appearance for all)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents The Elongated Man #1 (2006)


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