Cover: Dick Sprang

Detective Comics #146

Apr 1949 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Three's a Crime!”

In "Three's a Crime!", a 1949 Detective Comics issue from the Golden Age, the cunning criminal Carl Cave leans on his obsession with the number three—believing it shields him from justice, even from Batman’s reach. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated with sharp, dynamic lines by Dick Sprang (who also inked the cover), this tale blends classic noir intrigue with a quirky, number-driven villain’s gambit.

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writer Bill Finger · artist, inker Dick Sprang · cover Dick Sprang

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writer Bill Finger

artist, inker Dick Sprang

cover pencils, inks Dick Sprang

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Carl Cave is lucky with numbers, especially concerning the lucky number "3", and he believes that number can protect him from the minions of the law...and Batman himself!

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