Detective Comics #161
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Men Who Died on Time!", Batman confronts a mysterious criminal who terrorizes theatrical producers with chilling predictions of death at midnight—only to vanish without a trace. With the Dark Knight himself seemingly felled at the stroke of midnight, a single clue emerges from the chaos. Penciled by Bob Kane and Lew Sayre Schwartz, with inks by Charles Paris, this 1950 thriller delivers classic noir suspense. The cover, by Win Mortimer, captures the eerie tension with a dramatic, shadowed Gotham skyline.
In "The Men Who Died on Time!" from Detective Comics #161, Batman confronts a mysterious criminal who terrorizes theatrical producers with midnight death threats—each one seemingly fulfilled. When Batman’s own staged demise becomes a key clue, the Dark Knight must unravel a deadly game of timing and deception before the next victim is claimed.
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Reprinted in Super Adventure Comic #10 (1951), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #9 (1957), Gang Busters #61 (1957), The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #43 (1958), Batman Archives #8 (2012), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #7 (2019), Batman #7, Läderlappen och Robin #2/1951, Supermann #2, Supermann #3
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