Detective Comics #168
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- February 1951
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/8741
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor)
Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue contents
Cover
The Man Behind the Red Hood
(Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Red Hood [The Joker]
Credits
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Reprint history
- Compare
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #27 ([September 1952]) — No title recorded
Notes
Inks credits by Craig Delich; we previously credited Charles Paris. We also previously credited Sheldon Moldoff on pencils, but he didn't start on Batman until 1953.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Big Town
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dean Chalmers (of State University); Paul Wong (student); Jimmy Kale (student); Earl "Farmerboy" Benson (villain, ex-con, university gardener); The Red Hood [The Joker](villain, origin)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz [as Bob Kane]
Win Mortimer (Robin figure on splash) - Inks
- George Roussos
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #14 ([August 1951]) — The Man Behind the Red Hood
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969) — The Man Behind the Red Hood!
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #20 ([May 1970?]) — The Man Behind the Red Hood
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #20 ([May 1970?])
-
Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971) #73-168329 (October 1971) — The Man behind the Red Hood!
-
Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975) — The Man Behind the Red Hood!
-
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989]) — The Man Behind the Red Hood
-
Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press, 1990 series) (November 1990) — The Man Behind the Red Hood
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([June] 2012) — The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Synopsis
Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.
Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited Charles Paris.
Splash loosely based on cover.
3"Dad, how would you like to take a walk?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Peg
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Peg
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
4Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
5Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Pop
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Bill Schreiber
6Featuring
- Feature
- Impossible-- But True
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond
Credits
- Art
- Dan Barry
7Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
8Featuring
- Feature
- Nabisco Shredded Wheat
- Characters
- Straight Arrow
9"Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
- Genre
- Children
Credits
- Art
- Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
10Credits
- Letters
- typeset
11Featuring
- Feature
- Robotman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
Credits
- Art
- Frank Bolle
12"What causes tides?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Quick Quiz
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- H. T. Elmo
- Art
- H. T. Elmo
- Letters
- H. T. Elmo
Notes
Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Columbia
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Feature
- Green Arrow; Tomahawk; Shining Knight
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Win Mortimer
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
15Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Author
- William Morrison
- Letters
- typeset
16"I'll pick up some easy money shovelling snow!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Jerry
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
17Featuring
- Feature
- Smith Brothers Cough Drops
18Featuring
- Feature
- Tomahawk
19Credits
- Letters
- typeset
20Featuring
- Feature
- Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith
Credits
- Art
- Bruno Premiani
21Featuring
- Feature
- Motor's Auto Repair Manual
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
22Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Air Rifles
Credits
- Art
- Fred Harman
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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