Detective Comics #213
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Mysterious Mirror-Man!", Batman agrees to write a piece for a local paper in exchange for a $25,000 donation to fight juvenile delinquency—just as a prison escapee, inspired by a broken mirror, begins a new criminal spree. Now calling himself Mirror-Man, the fugitive uses his mastery of reflective surfaces to target Batman, setting a trap designed to expose the Dark Knight’s identity through a device that can X-ray anything beneath fabric—starting with the cowl. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Sheldon Moldoff, with inks by Charles Paris, the cover by Win Mortimer captures the eerie allure of this classic 1954 tale.
In "The Mysterious Mirror-Man!" from Detective Comics #213, Batman’s decision to write a piece for a local paper sets off a chain of events that leads to a bizarre new criminal: a prison escapee who, after shattering a mirror during his breakout, vows to make mirrors his weapon. Now operating as the Mirror-Man, he targets Batman with a high-tech device capable of X-raying through fabric—specifically aiming to expose the Dark Knight’s identity beneath his cowl.
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Reprinted in Detective Comics #8 (1954), Batman Annual #3 (1962), Atom #1/1964 (1964), Rommets Helter #5/1966 (1966), Supermann #19/1969 (1969), Detective Comics #419 (1972), Batman Poche #12 (1978), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 (2009), Läderlappen #11/1957
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