Unofficial Detective Comics Index |
DETECTIVE COMICS #168
Cover Date: February 1951
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1950-12-20
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Lew Sayer Schwartz
Inks: George Roussos
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Credits:
Story | Bill Finger |
Pencils | Lew Sayer Schwartz (as Bob Kane) |
Inks | George Roussos |
Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Batman (also in flashbacks to his early career following Detective Comics #38 and preceding Batman Vol. 1 #1)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Joker (also in flashbacks to earliest chronological appearance preceding Batman #1; last in World's Finest Comics #48; next in Batman #63)
Location(s):
- Gotham City
- State University
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in the fall.
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman #213 (July-August 1969)
- Batman from the 30s to the 70s (1971)
- Limited Collectors' Edition #C-39 (October-November 1975)
- The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989)
- Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1990)
- Batman in the Fifties (2002)
- Batman: Secrets of the Batcave (2007)
- Batman Archives #8 (2012)
- The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (2014)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019)
- The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition (2020)
Credits:
Art | Dan Barry |
Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Homer Price and his gang (first appearance for all; tricks Roy and Churney into thinking the cap was a fake so they could swindle the creator)
Other Character(s):
- Roger Churney (first appearance; a school teacher who invents a cap that allows you to learn during sleep)
Credits:
Art | Frank Bolle |
Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Conlon Gang (first appearance for all; pose as ghost of Spanish conquistadors to keep villagers away from a gold mine)
Location(s):
- New Mexico
Credits:
Pencils | Bruno Premiani |
Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Freddie Voorhees and his gang (first appearance for all; try to swindle land from Indians)
Other Character(s):
- Ten Indian children (first appearance for; named or nicknamed Pow-Wow Smith; Tekela named)
Location(s):