Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #194

Cover Date: April 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-02-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "The Stolen Bank" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Sammy Sabre (first appearance; secret owner of a new bank)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Wayne Manor

Comment(s):

In this story, Batman establishes that he has a message written to Commissioner Gordon that reveals his secret identity in the event of his death.

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Second Story: "The Man in Ice!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Howard Sherman
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Mr. Norton and fake Sir Archibald Gibbons (first appearance for both; try to fake a frozen explorer from 200 years ago)

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Third Story: "The Crime Collector" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Plot	Carmine Infantino
Story	Jack Miller
Pencils	Sid Check
Inks	Moe Worthman
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Villain(s):

Randolph Strange and his gang (first appearance; uses historic armor to aid in robberies)

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #226 (November-December 1974)

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Fourth Story: "Return of the Killers!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Leonard Starr
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Bentons (first appearance for all; three killers who return for revenge on the town that convicted them)

Location(s):

West Town

Comment(s):

This is a story of the Original Pow-Wow Smith in the 1880s.

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