Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #140

Oct 1948 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Riddler”

★ 1st appearance — Edward Nigma★ 1st appearance — Riddler

In "The Riddler," a 1948 issue of Detective Comics, Edward Nigma—brilliant and cunning, with a penchant for puzzles—transforms his talents into a game of wits against the Gotham Police and Batman. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Dick Sprang, with inks by Charles Paris, this story introduces one of Batman’s most enduring foes, all brought to life with the sharp, expressive art of Win Mortimer on the cover.

writer Bill Finger · artist Dick Sprang · inker Charles Paris · cover Win Mortimer

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writer Bill Finger

artist Dick Sprang

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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Having grown up an expert and a cheat when it came to solving puzzles, Edward Nigma decides to use this capacity to mystify the Police and Batman...as the Riddler!

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).