Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #188

Oct 1952 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Doom in the Bat-Cave!”

In "The Doom in the Bat-Cave!", Batman and Robin face their most personal threat yet when fugitive "Hook" Deering takes them deep into the Bat-Cave, turning the sanctuary into a deadly labyrinth. With the shadows of Gotham closing in and the cave’s traps growing more perilous, the Dark Knight must outthink a foe who knows his secrets—and his limits. Art by Lew Sayre Schwartz and Charles Paris brings the tension to life, while Win Mortimer’s cover captures the chilling moment the cave itself feels like a trap.

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artist Lew Sayre Schwartz · inker Charles Paris · cover Win Mortimer

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artist Lew Sayre Schwartz

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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As Batman and Robin pursue "Hook" Deering and his gang, Hook threatens to kill Batman in the Bat-Cave, a threat which becomes more credible after Batman and Robin escape from a series of minor traps set in the Bat-Cave.

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