Detective Comics #171
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Menace of the Giant Birds!", the Penguin, newly released from prison, claims he's gone straight and opens a bird refuge—though Batman remains skeptical. As he and Robin trail the Penguin through Gotham’s streets, they find him visiting a bank, a jewel importer, a metal refinery, a nightclub, and a curio shop, each time returning stolen goods. But when Batman realizes these returns are part of a larger, more dangerous plan, he must uncover the truth before the Penguin’s latest scheme takes flight. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Dick Sprang with inks by Charles Paris, this 1951 classic features a cover by Win Mortimer.
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Released from prison, the Penguin pledges to go straight and sets up a bird refuge, but Batman doesn't believe him. Batman and Robin follow the Penguin and stop him as he goes to a bank, a jewel importer, a metal refinery, a night club, and a curio shop, but in all cases it turns out Penguin is there not to rob, but to return items previously stolen by him. However, Batman soon discovers that the items returned are key to the Penguin's latest scheme.
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