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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #229

DETECTIVE COMICS #229
COVER TAGLINE: None
COVER DATE: March, 1956
COVER: J. Winslow Mortimer
PRICE: $.10 U.S.

TITLE: The 10,000 Secrets of Batman
STORY ARC: None

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Charles Paris
EDITORS: Jack Schiff

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

PLOT:
Batman brings the crew of a TV show into the Bat-Cave to do a feature story. One of the technicians steals Batman’s crime file and sells it to crooks. Batman tracks down the thief, then follows him to the other crooks.

Batman tries to take the files back, but the crooks trap him. He manages to escape, then summons Robin. Using a copy of the crime file, the heroes deduce the location of the crook’s next crime. They prevent the robbery, capture the crooks, and retrieve the files.

TITLE: The Diamond Mine on Broadway

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Ruben Moreira
INKER: Ruben Moreira

CHARACTERS: Roy Raymond

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Phantom Bodyguard

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Joe Certa
INKER: Joe Certa
EDITORS: Jack Schiff

CHARACTERS: Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz); Captain Harding

PLOT:
Millionaire Drexel Mansfield requests police protection after he is nearly murdered. John Jones is assigned to protect Mansfield. While under the detective's protection, several more near-miss "accidents" occur. Drexel accuses his business partner Larry Cowan of the attacks, but when John questions him, he disagrees. Later, Drexel buys a gun for protection. When Cowan shows up at a party, Drexel tries to kill him, but detective Jones has already deduced that Drexel staged the accidents as an excuse to kill his partner. John removed the bullets from the gun, saving Cowan. Then Drexel is arrested.

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