Detective Comics, #171

Published: May 1951

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Detective Comics #171

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Issue Contents:
Batman and Robin vs. The Penguin Man on 1,000 Umbrellas!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Credits
Story 1 1 page

"These top favorites plus 23 other great comics magazines..."

Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Menace of the Giant Birds!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Every great metropolis attracts human birds of prey..."

Storyline

Released from prison, the Penguin pledges to go straight and sets up a bird refuge, but Batman doesn't believe him. Batman and Robin follow the Penguin and stop him as he goes to a bank, a jewel importer, a metal refinery, a night club, and a curio shop, but in all cases it turns out Penguin is there not to rob, but to return items previously stolen by him. However, Batman soon discovers that the items returned are key to the Penguin's latest scheme.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
  • unnamed prison guard
  • unnamed henchmen
  • unnamed bank manager
  • John Willis (jewel importer)
  • unnamed metal refinery manager
  • unnamed night club manager
  • unnamed curio shop manager
Credits
Danger! in the Deep
Story 3 1 page adventure
Story 4 1 page humor; teen

"What's that on the ground?"

Characters
  • Varsity Vic
The Hit of the Lot!
Story 5 0 pages
The Amazing Mr. Planet!
Story 6 8 pages detective-mystery

"Mr. Raymond, I presume!"

Characters
  • Roy Raymond
  • Karen
  • Professor Sherman
  • Mr. Planet
  • Jim Coleman
  • Absforth
  • Hobart
Credits
Story 7 1 page children

"We're lost!"

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 8 1 page
Story 9 1 page

"How many gallons of sap are required to make..."

Credits
Story 10 0 pages
The Powerless Robot!
Story 11 6 pages superhero

"What happens when a bullet shatters the amazing electronic "heart"..."

Characters
  • Robotman [Robert Crane
  • Paul Dennis]
  • Pete Merrick
  • Swipes (crook)
  • Grabber (crook)
Credits
Story Notes

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

Story 12 1 page humor

"Help! Police; Sounds like a woman up there!"

Characters
  • Casey the Cop
Story 13 1 page
Buzzy Says "Get It Off Your Chest!"
Story 14 1 page advocacy; teen
Characters
  • Buzzy Brown
Credits
Black and Blue!
Story 15 4 pages humor
Characters
  • Dover
  • Clover
Credits
From Table Top to Battlefield
Story 16 2 pages non-fiction

"Modern science has brought us such an abundance of things..."

Credits
Indian Posse!
Story 17 10 pages western-frontier

"Out of the towns they looted..."

Characters
  • Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]
  • Sheriff Ames
  • Raynor (crook), Collins (crook)
Credits
Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Sabotaging the Saboteurs
Story 19 1 page adventure
Story Notes

Back cover.