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Batman #74

Dec 1952 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Crazy Crime Clown!”

Batman and Robin agree to participate in a movie about death row prisoner Skid Turkel to show that crime does not pay. Chosen to play the role of Turkel is Alfred! When Turkel finds out about the movie he breaks out of prison with the intention of making sure the movie ends with the real life deaths of Batman and Robin.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Dick Sprang · inker Ray Burnley · letterer Ira Schnapp · cover Win MortimerWin Mortimer

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letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils Win Mortimer
cover inks Win Mortimer

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Batman and Robin agree to participate in a movie about death row prisoner Skid Turkel to show that crime does not pay. Chosen to play the role of Turkel is Alfred! When Turkel finds out about the movie he breaks out of prison with the intention of making sure the movie ends with the real life deaths of Batman and Robin.

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