Detective Comics #161

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CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

Reprinted 7x

Batman faces a clever criminal that targets theatrical producers, telling each of them that they will die at midnight. The \"death\" of Batman provides a clue to that killer.

Cover Date

July 1, 1950

On Sale Date

May 17, 1950

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Jack Schiff

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Credits

Writer

Don Cameron, Don C. Cameron, HB, Jack Schiff, Lit-Win

Penciller

BOB KANE, Bob Oksner, Dan Barry, HB, Leomacs, Leonard Starr, Lit-Win, Sam Glankoff, Tom Cooke, Win Mortimer

Inker

Bob Oksner, Charles Paris, Dan Barry, HB, Leonard Starr, Lit-Win, Sam Glankoff, Tom Cooke, Win Mortimer

Letterer

HB, Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnapp

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; James Dice (theatrical producer, death); Fells (Dice's butler); Fred Barker (theatrical producer, death); Thomas Slade (former theatrical producer); Connie Bell (actress); Dr. French; Eddy Grace (former actor); Carl Rowland (fiancee of Connie Bell); The Avenger [Charles Waters] [aka as Wright] (villain, a jeweler); unnamed fire victims; unnamed murder witness; unnamed doctor

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Collects

Action Comics #100