Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #196

Cover Date: June 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-04-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "City Without Guns!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin

Villain(s):

Frank Lumardi and his gang (first appearance for all; a gang chief that tries to escape to England)

Location(s):

London, England

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #223 (July-August 1970)

Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #8 (2020)

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Second Story: "The Man from the 5th Dimension!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ruben Moreira
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Unnamed gold robber (first appearance; disguises himself as an alien to launder stolen gold)

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Third Story: "The Repeating Robotman!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Joe Certa
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Villain(s):

Rance Akins and his gang (first appearance; take advantage of Robotman's mechanical "tic")

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Fourth Story: "The Garment of the Golden Chief" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Leonard Starr
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Rocky Mears and two other escaped convicts (first appearance for all; all die)

Location(s):

Red Deer Valley

Harbor City (first appearance)

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