Detective Comics
#168
(February 1951)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-12-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Man Behind the Red Hood
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Red Hood [The Joker]
- Reprints
-
in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([August] 2012), #8 ([August] 2012) - in The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2014 series) ([September] 2014)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #59 - Batman - Under the Hood ([März 2016]) - in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #7 ([August] 2019)
- in The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) ([July] 2020)
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Inks credits by Craig Delich; we previously credited Charles Paris. We also previously credited Sheldon Moldoff on pencils, but he didn't start on Batman until 1953.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Lew Sayre Schwartz (signed as Bob Kane); Win Mortimer (Robin figure on splash)
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dean Chalmers (of State University); Paul Wong (student); Jimmy Kale (student); Earl "Farmerboy" Benson (villain, ex-con, university gardener); The Red Hood [The Joker] (villain, origin); unnamed crime victim; unnamed police officer; unnamed college students; unnamed night watchman
- Synopsis
- Batman is invited to be a guest instructor for a class on criminology at State University, and, since the students are making such good progress, he decides to use them to try and solve a case he never could concerning a criminal known as the Red Hood.
- Reprints
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #213 (July-August 1969)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1970 (24. Januar 1970) - in Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971)
- in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-39 (October-November 1975)
- in The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) (1989)
- in The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) (1988 [February 1989])
- in The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([August] 1989)
- in Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Longmeadow Press, 1990 series) ([November] 1990)
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([June] 2002)
- in Batman: Secrets of the Batcave (DC, 2007 series) ([October] 2007)
-
in DC + Aventura (Panini Brasil, 2011 series) #1 (março 2011) - in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #8 ([August] 2012)
- in The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2014 series) ([September] 2014)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #59 - Batman - Under the Hood ([März 2016])
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #7 ([August] 2019)
- in The Joker: 80 Years of the Clown Prince of Crime: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) ([July] 2020)
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; Batcave; Gotham City; State U. Tatler
Indexer Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited Charles Paris.
Splash loosely based on cover.
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dad, how would you like to take a walk?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Peg
- Reprints
- in Falling in Love (DC, 1955 series) #12 (August 1957)
-
in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #105 ([November 1957] ?)
-
The Electric Thinking Cap!
Impossible-- But True / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond
The Return of the Iron Man!
Robotman / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero; humor
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
[no title indexed]
Quick Quiz / activity / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What causes tides?
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
The World of Adventure in Books
Shining Knight; Green Arrow; Tomahawk / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll pick up some easy money shovelling snow!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jerry
- Reprints
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #26 (February 1958)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Man Behind the Red Hood
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
[no title indexed]
Big Town -
2.
The Man Behind the Red Hood!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
["Dad, how would you like to take a walk?"]
Peg -
4.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
5.
Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
6.
The Electric Thinking Cap!
Impossible-- But True -
7.
Lucky Block
Nestlé's Crunch -
8.
[no title indexed]
Nabisco Shredded Wheat -
9.
["Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!"]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum -
10.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
11.
The Return of the Iron Man!
Robotman -
12.
["What causes tides?"]
Quick Quiz -
13.
[no title indexed]
Columbia -
14.
The World of Adventure in Books
Shining Knight; Green Arrow; Tomahawk -
15.
Your Thinking Cap
-
16.
["I'll pick up some easy money shovelling snow!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
17.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
18.
[no title indexed]
Tomahawk -
19.
[no title indexed]
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20.
Ten Little Indians!
Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman -
21.
[no title indexed]
Motor's Auto Repair Manual -
22.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
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