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Detective Comics 49

DETECTIVE COMICS #49

Cover Date: March 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-01-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Bob Kane (signed)
Inks: Jerry Robinson


Story: "Clayface Walks Again!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson, George Roussos
LetteringGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon
Julie Madison (changes her name to Portia Storme; last in issue #40; last Earth-Two appearance)

Villain(s):

Clayface (last in issue #40; final Earth-Two appearance; next in issue #496 (Post-Crisis))

Comment(s):

The Batmobile is a red roadster.
The characters in this story are the Earth-Two versions.

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Archives #1 (1990)
The Batman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Second Story: "The Echo!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Lehti
PencilsJack Lehti
InksCharles Paris
LetteringCharles Paris
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger

Supporting Character(s):

Mac

Villain(s):

Jon (first appearance; a "master scientist"; creates Echo; dies?)
Echo (first appearance; a large humanoid robot; destroyed?)

Comment(s):

The Crimson wears a cape with his super-hero costume.


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Winiarski
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Villain(s):

Bull Baldwin (first appearance; a rich sportsman; kills his wife with fishing line)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHoward Sherman
LetteringHoward Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Tom Severs (first appearance; trying to kill famous crooner Randall Legro)


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