Detective Comics #187

DC Comics

United States

Published
September 1952
Page count
44?
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Black & white
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/9948

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Double Crimes of Two-Face (Batman and Robin) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Batman and Robin
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Two-Face; Batman; Robin

Credits

Art
Win Mortimer
Show/hide 1. Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety! (Buzzy) Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Buzzy
Genre
Humor; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff; Wolfie

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff
Art
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
Jack Schiff

Synopsis

Wolfie learns a lesson about playing pranks while swimming.

Show/hide 2. The Double Crimes of Two-Face! (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman and Robin
Genre
Superhero
Characters
V: Two-Face (4-panel origin); The Penguin and the Joker appear in pictures in a newspaper; GA: James Gordon

Credits

Script
Don Cameron
Pencils
Dick Sprang
Inks
Charles Paris

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #42 ([November 1953])
The Double Crimes of Two-Face
 
United Kingdom
Batman (KGM, 1952 series) #42 ([February 1954?])
The Double Crimes of Two-Face

Synopsis

The Two-Face on the cover and in this story is not Harvey Dent - it is George Blake masquerading as Two-Face.

Show/hide 3. Untitled Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Notes

Advertisement for All-American Men of War #127 and Star Spangled War Stories #2

Show/hide 4. The First Talking Dog! (Impossible -- But True) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Impossible -- But True
Genre
Detective-mystery
Characters
Roy Raymond

Credits

Art
Ruben Moreira
Show/hide 5. Untitled (Little Pete) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Little Pete

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 6. Untitled (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 7. The Man Who Insured Robotman! (Robotman) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Robotman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Robotman; Johnny Logan; Hiram Applegate; Slick Willie Walker; Hops Morrison; Charley the Clip

Credits

Art
Joe Certa?

Reprint history

Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #91 ([September 1956])
The Man Who Insured Robotman!
 
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #91 ([September 1956?])
The Man Who Insured Robotman!
Show/hide 8. Secrets of Code Text article, 2 pages

Credits

Author
Bob Lanza
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 9. The Man from Scotland Yard! (Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Pow-Wow Smith; The Wolf; Mr. Ravenswood

Credits

Art
Leonard Starr

Notes

Credits for Pencils and Inks by Craig Delich.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 98039

Cover added

  • 18/08/2015

Index completed

  • 18/08/2015

Last updated

  • 18/08/2015