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BATMAN #252

Cover Date: October 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1973-07-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "The Spook's Master Stroke!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFrank Robbins
PencilsIrv Novick
InksDick Giordano
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon
Alfred Pennyworth
Jason Bard (last in Detective Comics #435/2; next in Batman Family #15; disguised as Batman)

Villain(s):

Spook (last in Detective Comics #435; next in issue #276; revealed to have been executed on April 1st ten years before this story; age 46 at time of "death")

Location(s):

Gotham City


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Second Story: "The King from Canarsie!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsDick Dillin
InksDick Giordano
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Robin

Villain(s):

Van Sicklen (first appearance; agent to entertainer Davy King; tries to scare him off his college education)

Other Character(s):

Davy King (first appearance; a popular entertainer who takes a break from performing to get a college education)

Location(s):

New Carthage
Hudson University

Comment(s):

This story takes place in mid-semester.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder #1 (2008)
Robin: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2020)


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