Cover: Jim Aparo

Batman #295

Jan 1978 · DC · 0.35 USD

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“The Adventure of the Houdini Whodunit!”

In "The Adventure of the Houdini Whodunit!", Batman joins the Mystery Analysts of Gotham City as they investigate a baffling mystery: a woman’s body appears at three separate locations, only to vanish before reaching the morgue. Written by Gerry Conway and illustrated by Michael Golden, this 1978 issue unfolds at the Magic Palace, a nightclub steeped in illusion and secrets, where the line between trick and truth blurs. The cover by Jim Aparo captures the eerie spectacle of the case, with Batman at the center of a stage of deception.

writer Gerry Conway · artist, inker Michael Golden · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Ben Oda · cover Jim Aparo

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Full credits

writer Gerry Conway

artist, inker Michael Golden

colorist Jerry Serpe

letterer Ben Oda

cover pencils, inks Jim Aparo

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When Danton, Art Saddows, and Kaye Daye each witness the same woman's body turn up at 3 different locations only to have it disappear after it is loaded into the ambulance but before it arrives at the morgue, the Mystery Analysts investigate the Magic Palace, a night club for magic-related acts. They learn that the murdered woman was a magician's assistant, but who killed her?

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