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Detective Comics 140

DETECTIVE COMICS #140

Cover Date: October 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1948-08-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Riddler" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsDick Sprang
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Riddler (first appearance; also in flashback to his youth; next in issue #142)

Location(s):

Earth-Two
Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (October 1971)
Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (1995)
Batman Archives #7 (2007)
Batman: The TV Stories (2013)
Batman Arkham: The Riddler (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2018)
Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019)


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Second Story: "Robotman's Double Trouble!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJimmy Thompson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (uses special appendages to construct houses quickly)

Villain(s):

Two robbers (first appearance for both)


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Third Story: "Dog for a Day!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHoward Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan (dresses up as a dog)

Villain(s):

Bull and his gang (first appearance for all; use dogs to help them rob houses)


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Fourth Story: "The Dictator from Alcatraz!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCurt Swan
InksSteve Brodie
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Boy Commandos:
Brooklyn
Andre Chavard
Tex
Rip Carter

Villain(s):

Jumbo Miller and his gang (first appearance for all; escape Alcatraz and become dictators in a small South American country)

Location(s):

Bodila (first appearance)


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