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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #136

DETECTIVE COMICS #136
TITLE: The Dead Man's Chest

COVER DATE: June, 1948

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Dick Sprang
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
COVER: Dick Sprang

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)

PLOT:
The curator of the Gotham Museum buys a treasure map that once belonged to pirate Henry Morgan. When Bruce Wayne sees the map he recognizes his own handwriting on it. Bruce and Dick ask Professor Nichols to send them back in time to investigate the mystery.

Batman and Robin soon arrive in the past where they are taken prisoner by Morgan's pirates. Batman escapes and injures Morgan, but Robin is taken hostage forcing Batman to surrender.

Batman is then forced to draw a map to Morgan's treasure in Florida. Batman changes some of the numbers so that Morgan is never able to recover his treasure. When Bruce returns to his own time, the treasure is still where it was originally buried. The recovered treasure is then given to the museum.


TITLE: The City of Glass

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Harris Levy
INKER: Harris Levy
CHARACTERS: Air Wave; Static

PLOT:
District attorney Larry Jordan sends his assistant to a new exhibit, a city made of glass. Crooks are also at the exhibit. They have removed all metal from themselves to prevent Air Wave from tuning in on them. However, when Jordan tunes in on his assistant, he learns about the crooks.

Air Wave arrives at the exhibit and chases the crooks. Since the crooks are carrying no metal, he uses the silver coating on some mirrors to track them. Air Wave then rounds up the crooks.

TITLE: Truth+Penalty=Crime-Catchers

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Howard Sherman
INKER: Howard Sherman
CHARACTERS: Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

PLOT:
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TITLE: A Tale of Two Brooklyns

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Curt Swan
INKER: Steve Brodie
CHARACTERS: Boy Commandos; Andre Chavard; Tex; Brooklyn

PLOT:
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