Cover: Win Mortimer

Detective Comics #204

Feb 1954 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Man Who Could Live Forever!”

In "The Man Who Could Live Forever!", Gotham’s underworld is thrown into chaos when the enigmatic Odo Neval claims he’s immortal and offers his elixir to the city’s criminal elite—prompting a wave of daring crimes to fund the purchase. Batman, determined to stop the scheme, goes undercover as one of the crime bosses, slipping into a web of deception where every move could be his last. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Sheldon Moldoff with inks by Stan Kaye, this 1954 thriller features a cover by Win Mortimer that captures the eerie allure of a man who defies death.

writer Bill Finger · artist Sheldon Moldoff · inker Stan Kaye · cover Win Mortimer

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writer Bill Finger

artist Sheldon Moldoff

inker Stan Kaye

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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Odo Neval offers his immortality elixir to Gotham's underworld after "proving" that he himself is invulnerable, and the crime bosses immediately begin a crime wave in order to secure funds to buy it. Batman infiltrates the group as one of the crime bosses in order to stop the attempt.

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