Cover: Jim Mooney

Detective Comics #134

Apr 1948 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Umbrellas of Crime!”

In "The Umbrellas of Crime!", the Penguin’s elaborate scheme hinges on a fleet of trick umbrellas—until a lightning strike destroys them all. Furious but undeterred, he warns Batman he’ll still pull off his crimes using umbrellas that aren’t quite umbrellas. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Jim Mooney, with inks by Charles Paris, this 1948 issue features a cover by Jim Mooney that captures the Penguin’s menacing flair.

writer Bill Finger · artist Jim Mooney · inker Charles Paris · cover Jim Mooney

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writer Bill Finger

artist Jim Mooney

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Jim Mooney

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A freak lightning bolt destroys most of the Penguin's trick umbrellas that he was going to use to commit crimes, so he warns Batman he'll commit the crimes anyway but by using umbrellas that are not umbrellas.

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