Detective Comics #173
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Batman's Double!", the Killer Moth, stripped of his Van Cleer identity, orchestrates a daring scheme: he kidnaps Bruce Wayne, undergoes a surgical transformation to resemble him, and tricks Dick Grayson into believing he's the real Wayne. Posing as Batman, the impostor manipulates Gotham’s underworld, making it seem as though even the Dark Knight fears him. The story unfolds with tension and deception, as Wayne’s escape leads to a shocking confrontation—only to leave the Moth’s fate shrouded in mystery and memory. Art by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, and Charles Paris, with a striking cover by Win Mortimer.
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With his Van Cleer alias lost to him, Killer Moth decides to steal the identity of Bruce Wayne (whom he imprisons in a vault), then hires a plastic surgeon to alter his face into an exact double of Wayne's, and fools Dick Grayson into believing he is Wayne and Dick doesn't realize at first. The Moth goes out as Batman, enhancing his criminal reputation by making it appear that Batman fears the Moth. Wayne escapes in time to see Killer Moth shot down by one of his own gang, thinking he's been double-crossed. Moth's face is wrecked by the bullets, and the resultant cranial injury causes amnesia.
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