Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #186

Aug 1952 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Flying Bat-Cave!”

In "The Flying Bat-Cave!", Batman faces his most cunning test yet when criminals kidnap Robin and force him to swear he’ll stay out of Gotham for a full week. With the city wide open to chaos, the Dark Knight surprises everyone by building a flying Bat-Cave, turning the skies into his new battlefield. Written by John Broome and illustrated by Lew Sayre Schwartz, with inks by Charles Paris, this 1952 classic features a bold new twist on Gotham’s guardian, all capped by Win Mortimer’s dynamic cover art.

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writer John Broome · artist Lew Sayre Schwartz · inker Charles Paris · cover Win Mortimer

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writer John Broome

artist Lew Sayre Schwartz

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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When criminals kidnap Robin, they make Batman pledge not to set foot in Gotham for one week. Thinking they have a clear path to commit crimes, the criminals are surprised when Batman creates a flying Bat-Cave from which he and Robin can foil crimes from the air.

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