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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #157

DETECTIVE COMICS #157
TITLE: The Race of the Century

COVER DATE: March, 1950

WRITER: Edmond Hamilton
ARTIST: Bob Kane
INKER: Charles Paris
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
COVER: J. Winslow Mortimer

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

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

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Man Who Could See Tomorrow

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Dan Barry
INKER: Dan Barry
CHARACTERS: Roy Raymond; Karen Duncan

PLOT:
Professor John Gaylord claims to have invented a machine capable of predicting the future. The machine correctly predicts the conditions involved in the deaths of two men. Roy Raymond challenges Gaylord to predict his fate. The machine shows Roy a scene of his own death. The following day Roy narrowly avoids death from electrocution. Roy and police raid Gaylord house and discover evidence proving that the predictions were faked film footage. Gaylord killed the men in an attempt to make his machine credible and give him an opportunity to make millions predicting phony outcomes.

TITLE: Pounds of Peril

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Lee Elias
INKER: Lee Elias
CHARACTERS: Robotman

PLOT:
Paul Dennis attends a carnival with some friends. When he accidentally falls on a scale and breaks it, nearby crooks suspect that he is Robotman. The crooks begin attacking Paul, but he escapes. Robotman then knocks out one of the crooks and dresses him as Paul Dennis. When the other crooks see Robotman and Dennis together, they are fooled into believing that Dennis is not Robotman. The crooks are then taken to jail, and Robotman's secret is safe.

TITLE: The Promise of Pow-Wow Smith

WRITER: George Kashdan
ARTIST: Carmine Infantino
INKER: Carmine Infantino
CHARACTERS: Pow-Wow Smith

PLOT:
Pow-Wow Smith is summoned by a local sheriff to help fight a gang of bandits terrorizing a railroad construction project. Pow-Wow finds traces of oil nearby, but the ground does not contain oil. He calls on the help of his other tribe members to help guard the railroad, while he finds the secret of the oil. He traces it back to a secret pipeline. The bandits had been stealing oil from the pipeline and the railroad threatened to expose their operation. Pow-Wow exposes the plan, captures the bandits, and ensures the railroad is completed.

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