Detective Comics, #167
Published: January 1951
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Bodyguards for Cleopatra!
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Cleopatra
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
- Colors: Jack Adler
What a Gift!
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Advertisement for flash kit from Kodak.
Bodyguards to Cleopatra!
"How would you like a job..."
Storyline
Professor Nichols uses hypnosis to send Batman and Robin back to Cleopatra's Egypt to investigate their appearance in a mysterious ancient frieze.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Cleopatra [aka The Great One]
- Commissioner James Gordon
- Vicki Vale
- Professor Carter Nichols
- Yati (Royal scribe)
- Sebek (manager of the graneries)
- Takeloth (Chief of the Royal Police)
- Ka-Ra (villain, chief irrigation engineer)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Dick Sprang
- Inks: Charles Paris
There's a Genuine Schwinn Bike in Every Price Class to Suit You!
Characters
- Santa Claus
Story Notes
Advertisement for Schwinn Bikes from Arnold, Schwinn & Company.
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Listing of editorial advisory board members & titles published by DC.
The People Who Couldn't Grow Old!
"How much would you pay for a machine that is guaranteed to keep you alive forever?"
Storyline
Roy Raymond is shown a machine that apparently can reduce a persons age by 30-40 years. Roy investigates the device, to see if the machine can really reduce a person’s age.
Characters
- Roy Raymond
This Christmas Ask Dad for a Roadmaster
Characters
- Santa Claus
"Ice skating on the lake!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Lucky Block
The Captured Brain!
"A body of steel and a human brain have made robot man the metal - mental marvel that fights for law and justice ."
Storyline
A crook exposes Robotman’s body to radiation, that makes Robotman a danger to the public. Paul Dennis must attempt to preserve his brain and adapt it to a new body, in order to survive.
Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane
- aka Paul Dennis]
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Bolle
- Inks: Frank Bolle
Story Notes
Art credits from Mike Tiefenbacher; previous indexer credited Frank Bolle.
"Half of all the world's lakes..."
Credits
- Script: Martin Naydel
- Pencils: Martin Naydel
- Inks: Martin Naydel
Thrilling for Features and Fun!
Story Notes
Advertisement for Columbia Built bikes from The Westfield Manufacturing Company.
"I've got a date with a new girl!"
Characters
- Jerry
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Here Comes the Band!
Panic Stalks the Forest at the Dread Cry of "Warpath!"
How to Bring Christmas Cheer
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Creig Flessel
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
"Published as a public service in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations."
The Killer Cougar of Shoe Mountain!
"There were a million hiding places in the hills , and a great cat knew everyone of them."
Storyline
Pow wow smith is asked, by the local sheriff , to capture a wounded killer cougar that is terrorising the local communities.
Credits
- Pencils: Bruno Premiani
- Inks: Bruno Premiani
New -- and Great! Big Town
Featuring Big Town
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Sy Barry
Story Notes
House ad for Big Town #1.
Given
Be a Success As a Radio-Television Technician
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
This Christmas Be a Cowboy
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Harman
- Inks: Fred Harman
Story Notes
Back cover. Advertisement for Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine from Daisy Manufacturing Co.