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DETECTIVE COMICS #198

Cover Date: August 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-06-29

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Lord of Batmanor!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PlotLeigh Brackett
StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsDick Sprang (as Bob Kane)
InksCharles Paris
LetteringPat Gordon
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin
Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Sam Smathers and his gang (first appearance; a crook posing as a detective; uses traps to ward away onlookers while he searches for gold)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Scotland
McLaughlie Castle (also called Batmanor)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Annual #2 (1961)
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 (2009)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)


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Second Story: "Robotman -- On the Loose!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJoe Certa
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (fakes amnesia)

Villain(s):

Three jewel thieves (first appearance for all; take advantage of the "amnesiac" Robotman to kill three civic leaders)


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Third Story: "Destination -- Mars!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreira
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Other Character(s):

Karen's bratty nephew (first appearance)
Martians (first appearance; think that Roy is a Martian faking his human appearance)

Location(s):

Mars

Comment(s):

This story probably takes place on a Friday.


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Fourth Story: "Bring in Pow-Wow Smith Dead!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLeonard Starr
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pow-Wow Smith

Villain(s):

Three bank robbers (first appearance for all; convince townfolk that Pow-Wow is dead and that this person is impersonating him)

Comment(s):

This story probably happens in the 1880s.


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