| Unofficial Detective Comics Index |
DETECTIVE COMICS #164
Cover Date: October 1950
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1950-08-21
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: George Roussos
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Credits:
| Pencils | Bob Kane, Lew Sayer Schwartz |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (also in flashbacks)
Supporting Character(s):
- Robin (also in flashbacks)
- Commissioner Gordon (has brown hair in this story; also in flashbacks)
- Vicki Vale (last in issue #157; next in Batman Vol. 1 #61/3; also in flashback)
Villain(s):
- Tiger Benson (first appearance; escapes from jail)
Other Character(s):
- J.R. Melton (first appearance?; editor of the Gotham Gazette)
- Dave Purdy (first appearance; crime reporter for Gotham Gazette; writes a feature on the Bat-Signal)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Batman and Robin build a new version of the Bat-Signal in flashback.
- This story takes place on Earth-Two.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman Annual #1 (1961)
- Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (1999)
- DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 (2009)
- Batman Archives #8 (2012)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)
Credits:
| Art | Dan Barry |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Roy Raymond (also in flashback to his childhood)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Marvella the Mystic (first appearance; a phony spiritualist)
- Bruno (first appearance; Marvella's assistant)
Other Character(s):
- William (first appearance; Roy's deceased uncle; in flashback only)
Comment(s):
- This story begins on a Friday night.
Credits:
| Pencils | Lee Elias |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Robotman (creates a mobile crime laboratory that attaches to his waist )
Villain(s):
- "Professor" Benson and his gang (first appearance for all; plans crimes; creates a "Mobile Crime Lab" to aid in robberies)
Location(s):
- Smithville
Credits:
| Story | Don Cameron |
| Art | Bruno Premiani |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; disguise as Sioux Indians and rob a bank; use a transport plane to escape and move their horses)
Other Character(s):
- North Wind (first appearance; an ancestor of Pow-Wow's from 400 years previous; in flashback only)
Comment(s):
- Pow-Wow's adventure in this story is a flashback to a month previous, August.