Detective Comics, #198

Published: August 1953

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Detective Comics #198

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Issue Contents:
The Lord of Batmanor!

Featuring Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder

1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
The Line of Stars
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Lord of Batmanor!

Featuring Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder

Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

The dying Lord of Batmanor in Scotland wills the castle to Batman, so the Dynamic Duo make their way to Scotland to claim the castle, and end up solving a 400-year-old mystery in the process.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Angus McLaughlie [The Lord of Batmanor] (death)
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • Sam Smathers (villain, American detective)
  • Smather's gang (villains)
Story Notes

Inker credit by Bob Hughes and Craig Delich. Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

A Sprint in Time Spikes Crime
Story 3 1 page adventure
Story 4 1 page children

"Your turn to bat, Pud..."

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 5 1 page
Story Notes

Includes a plug for polio research.

Robotman --- On the Loose!
Story 6 6 pages superhero
Credits
Story 7 0 pages
Victory by Deception
Story 8 1 page
Credits
Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"
Story 9 1 page advocacy; teen
Credits
Destination -- Mars!
Story 10 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
Credits
Story 11 0 pages
Witness on Wire
Story 12 2 pages non-fiction
Story 13 1 page humor

"It's a nice day for the police outing..."

Bring in Pow-Wow Smith Dead!

Featuring Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman

Story 14 8 pages western-frontier
Credits
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
Story 17 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.