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DETECTIVE COMICS #198
Cover Date: August 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-06-29
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
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Credits:
| Plot | Leigh Brackett |
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane) |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Lettering | Pat Gordon |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Sam Smathers and his gang (first appearance; a crook posing as a detective; uses traps to ward away onlookers while he searches for gold)
Location(s):
- Gotham City
- Scotland
- McLaughlie Castle (also called Batmanor)
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman Annual #2 (1961)
- DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 (2009)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)
Credits:
| Art | Joe Certa |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Robotman (fakes amnesia)
Villain(s):
- Three jewel thieves (first appearance for all; take advantage of the "amnesiac" Robotman to kill three civic leaders)
Credits:
| Art | Ruben Moreira |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Other Character(s):
- Karen's bratty nephew (first appearance)
- Martians (first appearance; think that Roy is a Martian faking his human appearance)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story probably takes place on a Friday.
Credits:
| Art | Leonard Starr |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Three bank robbers (first appearance for all; convince townfolk that Pow-Wow is dead and that this person is impersonating him)
Comment(s):
- This story probably happens in the 1880s.