Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #196

Jun 1953 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“City Without Guns!”

In "City Without Guns!", Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson arrive at London’s Scotland Yard only to find an unsettling gap in the wall—where a portrait of Batman and Robin once hung, now nothing remains. Written by Bill Woolfolk and brought to life with sharp, dynamic art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris, this 1953 tale from Detective Comics #196 unfolds with a mystery that tests the duo’s detective instincts. The cover, a striking illustration by Win Mortimer, captures the tension of a city where even legends seem to vanish.

writer Bill Woolfolk · artist Dick Sprang · inker Charles Paris · cover Win Mortimer

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Cast · 2 characters

Karen Duncan Roy Raymond

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writer Bill Woolfolk

artist Dick Sprang

inker Charles Paris

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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When Bruce and Dick visit London's Scotland Yard, they are shocked to see a frame that once held a picture of Batman and Robin empty, and seek to find out why this has happened.

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