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Detective Comics 222

DETECTIVE COMICS #222

Cover Date: August 1955
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1955-06-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Great Batman Swindle!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsDick Sprang
InksCharles Paris
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin
Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Brotherhood of Batman (first appearance for all; criminals who swindle Judson into believing he is one of four Batmen; Muggsy named)

Other Character(s):

Ned Judson (first appearance; a millionaire who joins the "Brotherhood of Batman")

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Vol. 1 #259 (November-December 1974)


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Second Story: "The Ocean Pest!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJoe Certa
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass

Villain(s):

Walters and his gang (first appearance for all; pretend to find ancient coins but intend to pass off fake coins)

Other Character(s):

Inspector Saunders (first appearance; an agent of Scotland Yard; poses as Theodore Phipps, a troublesome British reporter to help Compass catch coin counterfeiters)

Story Reprinted in:

The Best of DC #30 (November 1982)


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Third Story: "The Man Who Slept 200 Years!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreira
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Two swindlers (first appearance for both; try to pass off a man as the 200 year old ancestor of a recently deceased millionaire)

Story Reprinted in:

Detective Comics #445 (February-March 1975)


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