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BATMAN #196

Cover Date: November 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1967-09-05

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed)


Story: "The Psychic Super-Sleuth" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsSheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
InksJoe Giella
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Detective Comics #368)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (last in Detective Comics #368)
Commissioner Gordon (in between Brave and the Bold #74 and #75)

Villain(s):

Petru Dubrov Imposter and his gang (first appearance; fakes being the detective and frames former criminals for his robberies)

Other Character(s):

Petru Dubrov (first appearance; a Hungarian "Psychic Detective")

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

This story takes place sometime between April and October.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Batman #3 (2008)


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Second Story: "The Purloined Parchment Puzzle" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsSheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
InksJoe Giella
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (next in World's Finest Comics #171; also in flashback to March 21st)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (next in World's Finest Comics #171)

Villain(s):

James Frost (first appearance; a security guard who steals a rare parchment on March 21st and pins the crime on his partner)
Unnamed bank robbers (first appearance for all; in flashback to March 21st)

Other Character(s):

District Attorney Danton (last in issue #194; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #111)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Batman #3 (2008)


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