Detective Comics, #169

Published: March 1951

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Detective Comics #169

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Issue Contents:
Boss of the Big House
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
Tops in Comics!
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Batman -- Boss of the Big House!
Story 2 12 pages superhero
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
Story Notes

Kane penciller credit added by Craig Delich and verified to him by Schwartz.

Story 3 1 page
Story 4 1 page children

"We're holding her for ransom!"

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 5 1 page
The Man Who Could Live Under Water!
Story 6 8 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
Credits
Story 7 1 page non-fiction

"How small is a newly hatched humming bird?"

Credits
Story 8 0 pages
Buzzy Scores One for the Handicapped!
Story 9 1 page advocacy; teen
Characters
  • Buzzy
Credits
The Case of the Broken Ski!
Story 10 4 pages detective-mystery
Credits
Story 11 0 pages
Robotman, Actor!
Story 12 6 pages superhero
Characters
  • Robotman [Robert Crane
  • aka Paul Dennis]
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits from Mike Tiefenbacher; previous indexer credited Frank Bolle.

Every Home a Theatre
Story 13 2 pages non-fiction
The Big Pow-Wow!
Story 14 10 pages western-frontier
Characters
  • Pow-Wow Smith
Credits

Featuring Big Town

Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.