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DETECTIVE COMICS #153
Cover Date: November 1949
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1949-09-19
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Cover Credits:
Art: Dick Sprang
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (dreams he uses large glider wings to fly)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Slits Danton (first appearance; a gangster who tries to get revenge on Batman)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman Archives #7 (2007)
Credits:
| Art | Jimmy Thompson |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Second Robotman (first appearance; a convicted killer whose brain was transferred into a robotic body; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. Zanger (first appearance; builds a second robotic body; see Comments)
Comment(s):
- Dr. Zanger looks very similar to Dr. Niles Caulder...
- It is stated in this story that the original scientist who created Robotman had died; it is not known if this refers to Crane (whose brain is transplanted into Robotman's body) or Chuck Grayson, whose body was placed in suspended animation after suffering a brain disease.
Credits:
| Art | Ruben Moreira |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Roy Raymond (first appearance; host of the television show Impossible -- But True! broadcast on ZBS)
Supporting Character(s):
- Karen Duncan (first appearance; Roy's assistant)
Villain(s):
- Chinchilla poachers (first appearance; use orchids to hypnotize interlopers into thinking they have aged overnight)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Vapuranos Valley (first appearance; in South America)
Credits:
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Pawnee Joe Winters (first appearance; a condemned outlaw who escapes and tries to get revenge on Pow-Wow)
Location(s):
- Red Deer Valley in the 19th Century