Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #191

Jan 1953 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Man with a License to Kill!”

In "The Man with a License to Kill!", Batman and Robin face off against the mysterious Executioner—a bounty hunter with a deadly mandate to eliminate criminals wanted dead or alive. But as the Dark Knight digs deeper, he uncovers a troubling twist: the Executioner may be manipulating the system, orchestrating escapes to collect bounties on the very same fugitives he's supposed to kill. Dick Sprang's art, inked by Charles Paris, brings the shadowy tension to life, while Win Mortimer's cover captures the menace of the masked killer.

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artist Dick Sprang · inker Charles Paris · cover Win Mortimer

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artist Dick Sprang

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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Batman and Robin encounter the Executioner, a bounty hunter who kills criminals with a bounty on their head who are wanted dead or alive. However, as they try to determine his identity, Batman discovers the Executioner is also playing a role in helping criminals escape from prison in order to collect the bounty on them.

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