Detective Comics, #169
Published: March 1951
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Issue Contents:
Boss of the Big House
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer (uncertain)
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Tops in Comics!
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Batman -- Boss of the Big House!
Storyline
After Batman saves the life of an innocent condemned man on death row, the prison warden asks him to stick around as "acting Warden" until a new one is appointed. But he is puzzled as to why a prisoner that is scheduled to be released the next day attempts to break out the evening before. Batman figures that it may be connected to $250,000 missing since a robbery years before since the con occupies the same cell as the executed criminal responsible for the robbery.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne
- also as Walter "Slug" Braden]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Glen Powers
- Prison Warden Downs
- Steve (prison guard)
- Dr. Fleming (prison doctor)
- Deadshot [Floyd Lawton] (villain, cameo)
- "The Black Diamond" (villain, cameo)
- John "Squint" Tolmar (villain)
- Pete Dugan (villain, prison barber)
- "Big George" Howlett (villain, death)
- Jergens (villain)
- "Machine Gun" Porter (villain)
- unnamed prison guards
Credits
- Pencils: Bob Kane
- Pencils: Leomacs
- Inks: Charles Paris
Story Notes
Kane penciller credit added by Craig Delich and verified to him by Schwartz.
"We're holding her for ransom!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
The Man Who Could Live Under Water!
"How small is a newly hatched humming bird?"
Credits
- Script: John Howson
- Pencils: John Howson
- Inks: John Howson
- Letters: John Howson
Buzzy Scores One for the Handicapped!
Characters
- Buzzy
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Case of the Broken Ski!
Robotman, Actor!
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.
Every Home a Theatre
The Big Pow-Wow!
Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith
Credits
- Pencils: Bruno Premiani
- Inks: Bruno Premiani
Featuring Big Town
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.