Detective Comics #192

(February 1953)

The Phantom Eye of Gotham City (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Vern ?

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim; Ed (newspaper editor); James (butler); Byron King (cameo, big game hunter); Buddy (cameo, King's son); Phantom Eye [Nails Riley aka Byron King and Batman imitator] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

As vicious criminal creates a means to televise crimes as they happen and making the Dynamic Duo look like they are inept. He goes further to disguise himself as Batman and get unmasked on TV as a wealthy big-game hunter, forcing Batman to actually prove who he is or give up his crime fighting vendetta.

Reprints:

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966 - January 1967)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G30 (December-January 1967)
• in Lynvingen (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #1/1968 ([januar] 1968)

Keywords:

Bat-Cave; Batmobile; Utility Belt

Indexer Notes

Revised writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Credit previously assigned to Writer A.

none (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Case of the Fabulous Frauds (Table of Contents)

Impossible -- But True / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Roy Raymond

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

The Holiday Spirit! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Winslow Mortimer

Inks:

Winslow Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy

Robotman -- Servant for a Day (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Certa?

Inks:

Joe Certa?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robotman

Reprints:

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4 ([Circa 1956])

The Truth About the Lie Detector (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Lady and the Killers (Table of Contents)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Starr

Inks:

Leonard Starr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Pow-Wow Smith

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Craig Delich.