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DETECTIVE COMICS #196
Cover Date: June 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-04-27
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
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Credits:
| Story | William Woolfolk |
| Pencils | Dick Sprang (as Bob Kane) |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Frank Lumardi and his gang (first appearance for all; a gang chief that tries to escape to England)
Location(s):
- London, England
Story Reprinted in:
- Batman Vol. 1 #223 (July-August 1970)
- Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #8 (2020)
Credits:
| Art | Ruben Moreira |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Unnamed gold robber (first appearance; disguises himself as an alien to launder stolen gold)
Credits:
| Art | Joe Certa |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Rance Akins and his gang (first appearance; take advantage of Robotman's mechanical "tic")
Credits:
| Art | Leonard Starr |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Rocky Mears and two other escaped convicts (first appearance for all; all die)
Location(s):
- Red Deer Valley
- Harbor City (first appearance)