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Cover: Jim Mooney

Detective Comics #150

Aug 1949 · DC · 0.10 USD
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In "The Ghost of Gotham City!", a cunning doctor orchestrates a chilling deception, using a fake spectral return of the executed mobster Rifle Rafferty to manipulate Gotham’s police and the Dynamic Duo. With a network of informants embedded in the city’s underworld, he turns fear into a weapon—though the truth behind the ghost remains shrouded in mystery. Dick Sprang’s art and Charles Paris’s inks bring the noir tension to life, while Jim Mooney’s cover captures the eerie atmosphere of a city haunted by its past.

Contains 6 stories
The Ghost of Gotham City!
12 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Commissioner James GordonJudge WhippleDistrict Attorney Robert J. PierceJudge WhippleDr. Paul Visio [as Rifle Rafferty] (villain, introduction)Lefty (villain)

In "The Ghost of Gotham City!" from Detective Comics #150, a cunning doctor manipulates Gotham’s underworld by staging a spectral return of the recently executed mobster Rifle Rafferty, using a network of informants to fuel the illusion. As the Dynamic Duo investigates the eerie rumors, they must untangle a web of deception where the real danger isn’t a ghost—but a mastermind playing on fear and loyalty.

Robotman Meets Robotcrook!
6 pp · Superhero
Robotman [Robert Craneaka Paul Dennis]
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor, Teen
Jerry
A Day in the Life of a Private Eye!
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Slam BradleyShorty Morgan
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Casey
Around the World or Bust!
12 pp · Adventure
The Boy Commandos [Rip CarterBrooklyn [Dan Turpin]TexAndre Chavard]

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $272
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $17,354*
CGC 9.4 none in existence
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $5,306
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 none in existence
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CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $2,173*
CGC 7.0 · 5 in census $1,611
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $1,515*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $1,307
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $1,101*
CGC 5.0 · 4 in census $965
CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $894*
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $781
CGC 3.5 · 5 in census $673
CGC 3.0 · 5 in census $613*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $496
CGC 2.0 · 4 in census $423*
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $184
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Jim Mooney

Reprints

Reprinted in Mr. District Attorney #50 (1956), Detective Comics #238 (1956), Colossal Comic Annual #5 (1958), Batman Archives #7 (2008), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6 (2019)

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