Detective Comics #196
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "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.
In "City Without Guns!" from Detective Comics #196, Bruce and Dick arrive at London's Scotland Yard only to find an unsettling absence—a frame once holding a photo of Batman and Robin now empty. The mystery deepens as they set out to uncover why the image vanished, chasing clues through the fog-laced streets of a city that seems to have forgotten its greatest protectors.
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Reprinted in Batman #5 (1954), Colossal Comic Annual #[1] (1956), Five-Score Comic Monthly #69 (1964), Baticomic #2 (1967), Batman #223 (1970), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #9 (2021)
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