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DETECTIVE COMICS #339

Cover Date: May 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1965-03-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino
Inks: Joe Giella


Story: "Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksJoe Giella
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in Justice League of America #35; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (last in Teen Titans #4; next in World's Finest Comics #149)

Villain(s):

Walter Hewlett (first appearance; a scientist who creates a ray that gives him animal abilities)
Karmak (first appearance; a gorilla that was accidentally given intelligence by Hewlett)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

DC Special #16 (Spring 1975)
Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #2 (2006)
Showcase Presents Batman #1 (2006)
DC Goes Ape #1 (2008)
Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (2014)


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Second Story: "The Counterfeit Crime-Buster!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksSid Greene
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Elongated Man

Supporting Character(s):

Sue Dibny

Villain(s):

Husky Harry Bellows and his gang (first appearance for all)

Guest Appearance(s):

Batman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #149)

Other Character(s):

Hugh Rankin (last in issue #335)

Location(s):

Zenith City (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents The Elongated Man #1 (2006)


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