Detective Comics, #181

Published: March 1952

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Detective Comics #181

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Issue Contents:
The Amazing Crimes of the Human Magnet!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • the Human Magnet [David Wist]
Credits
The Team's the Thing!
Story 1 1 page advocacy; teen
Storyline

Leave It to Binky

Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Crimes of the Human Magnet!
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Small-time criminal David Wist accidentally gains magnetic powers and launches a crime spree as the Human Magnet, and challenges Batman and Robin to stop him.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • the Human Magnet [David Wist] (villain, intro)
  • Charles
  • Frenchy Day
Credits
Story 3 1 page children

"Golly, he's good!"

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 4 1 page
Story Notes

Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.

Story 5 1 page humor

"Hey you! You can't stand there!"

Story 6 0 pages
Roy Raymond's Perfect Double
Story 7 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
Credits
Charlie Wild and the Hitch-Hiker
Story 8 0 pages
Story 9 1 page humor

"Jerry, I'd like to talk to you!"

Story 10 0 pages
The Safest Safe in the World!
Story 11 6 pages superhero
Characters
  • Robotman [Paul Dennis]
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits from Mike Tiefenbacher; previous indexer suggested Joe Certa.

What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
Story 12 0 pages

Featuring Superman and the Mole Men

Story 13 1 page
How Forgers Are Caught
Story 14 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
Story 15 1 page humor

"Good night, Ed. It was a swell evening!"

Story 16 1 page
Pow-Wow Smith, Medicine Man!
Story 17 8 pages western-frontier
Storyline

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman

Credits
Story 18 0 pages
Story 19 1 page
Story 20 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 21 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.