Detective Comics #169

(March 1951)

Batman -- Boss of the Big House! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Kane (some Batman & Robin figures) (signed); Lew Sayre Schwartz [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne][also as Walter "Slug" Braden]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Glen Powers; Prison Warden Downs; Steve (prison guard); Dr. Fleming (prison doctor); Floyd Lawton (villain); "The Black Diamond" (villain); John "Squint" Tolmar (villain); Pete Dugan (villain, prison barber); "Big George" Howlett (villain, death); Jergens (villain); "Machine Gun" Porter (villain)

Synopsis:

After Batman saves the life of an innocent condemned man on death row, the pridon warden asks him to stick around as "acting Warden" until a new one is appointed. But he is puzzled as to why a prisoner that is scheduled to be released the next day attempts to break out the evening before. Batman figures that it may be connected to $250,000 missing since a robbery years before since the con occupies the same cell as the executed crtiminal responsible for the robbery.

Reprints:

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([June] 2012)

Keywords:

Bat Cave; Batmobile

Indexer Notes

Added penciller credit [Kane] by Craig Delich (November 2005) and verified to him by Schwartz.

The Man Who Could Live Under Water! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Barry

Inks:

Dan Barry

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

H. T. Elmo

Inks:

H. T. Elmo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Scores One for the Handicapped! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

The Case of the Broken Ski! (Table of Contents)

Case-Book Mystery / filler / 3.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Barry?

Inks:

Dan Barry?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Robotman, Actor! (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Bolle

Inks:

Frank Bolle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Every Home a Theatre (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

The Big Pow-Wow! (Table of Contents)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bruno Premiani

Inks:

Bruno Premiani

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier