Detective Comics, #190

Published: December 1952

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Detective Comics #190

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Issue Contents:
How to Be the Batman!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

How to Be the Batman!
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

A criminal psychologist named Dr. Sampson uses an amnesia gas on Batman, blotting out his memory of who he is, and Robin desperately tries everything in his power to restore it before Sampson's mob rules Gotham City.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap)
  • Robin [Dick Grayson] (origin re-cap)
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father, flashback, death)
  • Martha Wayne (Bruce's mother, flashback, death)
  • Joe Chill (villain, flashback)
  • Dr. Sampson (villain)
  • Dr. Evarts
  • Walter Nelson
Credits
Story Notes

Pencil credits verified to Craig Delich by Schwartz.

Story 3 1 page children

"Whoopee! This is the real wild west!"

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 4 1 page
Story Notes

Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!
Story 5 1 page advocacy; superhero
Characters
  • Superman
Credits
The Man with the Life Ray
Story 6 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
Credits
Story 7 0 pages
Now More Than Ever

Featuring The Adventures of Bob Hope

Story 8 1 page
Robotman's Robot!
Story 9 6 pages superhero
Characters
  • Robotman
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits from Mike Tiefenbacher; previous indexer suggested Joe Certa.

Story 10 1 page
Story 11 1 page humor

"Fire Sale"

Whistling Murder
Story 12 2 pages non-fiction; crime
Credits
Story 13 1 page humor; military

"Yippee! Remember that contest I entered last month?"

Mission with the Mounties!
Story 14 8 pages western-frontier
Characters
  • Pow-Wow Smith
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

Story 15 0 pages
Draw Me!
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.