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Detective Comics 151

DETECTIVE COMICS #151

Cover Date: September 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1949-07-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Mooney


Story: "I.O.U. My Life!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDick Sprang
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon (hair is brown in this story)

Villain(s):

Ben Kole (first appearance; a failed businessman who tries to collect on people's lives by making them I.O.U. notes)

Location(s):

Earth-Two
Gotham City
Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Archives #7 (2007)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2018)


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Second Story: "Around the World in 24 Hours!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJimmy Thompson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Other Character(s):

Dr. Payne (first appearance; gives Robotman a malfunctioning "Atomotor" to power his robot body)
Mack (first appearance; often aids Robotman in repairing his robot bodies)


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Third Story: "Rich Man, Poor Man, Lawyer... Thief!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHoward Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Slick Eddie (first appearance; poses as an eccentric's son to swindle his inheritance)


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Fourth Story: "The Origin of Pow-Wow Smith!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksGeorge Klein
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith (first appearance; a Sioux Indian youth who goes to college and becomes a lawman)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy (first appearance; Pow-Wow's childhood friend and college classmate; becomes a lawman)
Ohiyesa's mother (first appearance)

Location(s):

Red Deer Valley
Elkhorn
Pow-Wow is probably 22 or 23 in this story.


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