Detective Comics #168

(February 1951)

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Big Town / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Man Behind the Red Hood! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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 Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) #73-168329 (October 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)

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.

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Peg / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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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] ?)

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Pop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Electric Thinking Cap! (Table of Contents: 6)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Barry

Inks

Dan Barry

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Raymond

Lucky Block (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Return of the Iron Man! (Table of Contents: 11)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Bolle

Inks

Frank Bolle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; humor

Characters

Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]

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Quick Quiz / activity / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo

Pencils

Horace Elmo

Inks

Horace Elmo

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What causes tides?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

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Columbia / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The World of Adventure in Books (Table of Contents: 14)

Shining Knight; Green Arrow; Tomahawk / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Your Thinking Cap (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Morrison

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Ten Little Indians! (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bruno Premiani

Inks

Bruno Premiani

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Pow-Wow Smith

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Motor's Auto Repair Manual / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)