Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #184

Jun 1952 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Human Firefly!”

A striking Win Mortimer cover sets the scene as Batman and Robin are thrown back by blinding rays of light emanating from the Human Firefly — a goggled villain in grey and green bearing a bold "FF" on his chest, with a blazing yellow burst radiating behind him against a Gotham skyline. This 1952 DC gem spotlights the Dynamic Duo facing "The Man of 1,000 Lights" in a story crafted by writer Ed Herron and brought to life inside by artist Dick Sprang and inker Charles Paris. Also along for the ride is the backup feature Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman — solid ten-cent value from one of comics' most dependable anthology titles.

artist Dick Sprang · inker Charles Paris · writer Ed Herron · cover Win Mortimer

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CGC 0.5 $590 CGC 4 $1699 CGC 5 $1810 CGC $3495 Detective Comics #184 First Appearance Firefly! 1952 Batman! Coverless $199.95 DETECTIVE COMICA 184, June 1952, 1st APPEARANCE OF THE VILLAIN FIREFLY $699

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artist Dick Sprang

inker Charles Paris

writer Ed Herron

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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Garfield Lynns, a disgruntled special effects creator, turns to crime and tries to rob the rich of Gotham City during a gala premiere. The robbery is stopped by Batman and Robin, who pursue Lynns into the swamps, where a lowly firefly distracts the two heroes long enough for Lynns to make his escape. Lynns decides to take on the super-villain persona of Firefly and launches a series of spectacular crimes.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).