Detective Comics, #172
Published: June 1951
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Issue Contents:
The Outlaw Who Had Nine Lives!
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- The Man With Nine Lives [Paul Gregorian]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Top Value in America's Top Comics!
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Outlaw Who Had Nine Lives!
Storyline
Batman and Robin investigate The Man With Nine Lives, who brags that he cannot be killed as he escapes from certain death over and over.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Commissioner James Gordon
- The Man With Nine Lives [Paul Gregorian] (introduction, death)
- unnamed foreign dignitaries
- unnamed police officers
- unnamed power plant employee
- Hoofer Martin (gangster)
- unnamed henchmen
- unnamed reporters
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger (uncertain)
- Pencils: Dick Sprang
- Inks: Charles Paris
The "Popsicle" Twins at Yellowstone Park
Three Clues to Crime!
Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane]
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Bolle
- Inks: Frank Bolle
Story Notes
Art credits from Mike Tiefenbacher; previous indexer credited Frank Bolle.
"Wonder why we aren't catching any fish?"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
The Human Clock!
Captain Tootsie in Emergency Landing
Storyline
Captain Tootsie and the kids clear a highway to enable a landing by a damaged airplane.
Characters
- Captain Tootsie
- Fatso
- Marybelle
- Rollo
- Susan
Credits
- Pencils: flanvia
- Inks: flanvia
- Script: William Schreiber (uncertain)
- Letters: William Schreiber (uncertain)
"Pardon me, I'm being initiated into a fraternity..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
New Hope for the Convict
Credits
- Script: Kamila Wiatrzyk
"I'll take these three books, Miss Richards..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"Send a car over, Chief. I've arrested 'Spike' Malone!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
The Phantom Brave!
Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]
Credits
- Pencils: Bruno Premiani
- Inks: Bruno Premiani
Gains Fame in Race with Flame
"Is salt used mainly for the flavoring of food?"
Credits
- Script: John Howson
- Pencils: John Howson
- Inks: John Howson
- Letters: John Howson
Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.