Detective Comics, #173
Published: July 1951
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The Batman's Double!
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Batman's double [Killer Moth
- Cameron van Cleer]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer (uncertain)
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Now More Than Ever!
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Batman's Double!
"There's the man I want to look like, doc!"
Storyline
With his Van Cleer alias lost to him, Killer Moth decides to steal the identity of Bruce Wayne (whom he imprisons in a vault), then hires a plastic surgeon to alter his face into an exact double of Wayne's, and fools Dick Grayson into believing he is Wayne and Dick doesn't realize at first. The Moth goes out as Batman, enhancing his criminal reputation by making it appear that Batman fears the Moth. Wayne escapes in time to see Killer Moth shot down by one of his own gang, thinking he's been double-crossed. Moth's face is wrecked by the bullets, and the resultant cranial injury causes amnesia.
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Commissioner James Gordon
- Killer Moth [Cameron van Cleer
- also as Bruce Wayne] (villain)
- Withers (van Cleer's butler)
- Jack Forsythe (playboy)
- Sonny Blandish (playboy)
- unnamed doctors
- unnamed guard
- Whitey Casey (gang leader)
- unnamed gang members
Credits
- Pencils: Bob Kane
- Pencils: Leomacs
- Inks: Charles Paris
Story Notes
Penciler credits verified by Schwartz and inker credit verified by Paris. In Killer Moth's previous appearance in Batman #64, van Cleer's butler was named Smithers, here he is called Withers.
Editorial Advisory Board
The Terrible Toys of Dr. Morro!
"Robotman has met some strange customers in his day..."
Characters
- Robotman [Paul Dennis]
- Dr. Morro (villain)
- Fingers (crook)
- Jack (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: Frank Bolle
- Inks: Frank Bolle
Story Notes
Art credits from Mike Tiefenbacher; previous indexer credited Frank Bolle.
"Zowie! She must be the new girl next door..."
Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Neat Treat!
The Man with the Golden Touch!
"Is rice paper made of rice?"
Credits
- Script: John Howson
- Pencils: John Howson
- Inks: John Howson
- Letters: John Howson
"I'll set the alarm real early!"
Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Murder Is a Fine Art
Credits
- Script: 佐藤真登
Pow-Wow Smith -- Chief of Police!
"Picture, if you can, modern law in an Indian tribe!"
Characters
- Pow-Wow Smith [Ohiyesa Smith]
- Little Black Bear
- Running Horse
- "Professor" Blackie Gaines (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: Bruno Premiani
- Inks: Bruno Premiani
"Just a minute, Al!"
Characters
- Varsity Vic
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
ad for Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer
"Here I am, Bill, all set for the job!"
Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Look for the Real Reason!
Featuring Leave It to Binky
Characters
- Binky Biggs
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bob Oksner
- Inks: Bob Oksner
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Squeeze Play Saves the Day!
Story Notes
Back cover.