Detective Comics #217
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Mental Giant of Gotham City!", young Barney Barrows—driven by a dream to become a policeman—finds his path blocked by a failed mental test. But after a lab explosion grants him an enormous intellect and a swollen head, Barney turns his newfound mind against Gotham’s guardians, forcing Batman and Robin to obey his commands. Written by Edmond Hamilton and brought to life with sharp, expressive art by Dick Sprang and Charles Paris, this 1955 classic features a cover by Win Mortimer that captures the story’s eerie, larger-than-life tension.
In "The Mental Giant of Gotham City!" from Detective Comics #217, young Barney Barrows—once rejected for being too mentally unqualified to join the force—finds his mind amplified after a lab explosion, growing both in size and intellect. Now wielding a towering intellect, he turns his obsession with policing into a dangerous game, forcing Batman and Robin to serve his warped sense of justice.
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↩ Reprints World's Finest Comics #42 (1949)
Reprinted in The Hundred Comic Monthly #8 (1957), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #14 (1957), Batman Annual #3 (1962), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 (2009)
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