Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #199

Cover Date: September 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-07-29

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "The Invisible Batman!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Bob Kane, Lew Sayer Schwartz
Inks	Ray Burnley, Stan Kaye
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (temporally becomes invisible)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Big Jack Baker and his gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #5 (December 1964)

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)

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Second Story: "The Girl Who Became a Witch!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ruben Moreira
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Hester Blake (first appearance; a young heiress who fakes being a witch to get Roy to marry her)

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Third Story: "The Robber Robot!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Joe Certa
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (dreams he is in a future world of robots)

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Fourth Story: "The Thunder Warrior of Hollow Mountain!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Leonard Starr
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Three swindlers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Thunder Warrior (first appearance; a former circus giant forced pose as a legendary chief to try and convince residents of Red Deer Valley to leave)

Location(s):

Red Deer Valley

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