Detective Comics #243
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Batman the Giant!", Batman and Robin visit a scientist's lab to see groundbreaking new inventions—the Maximizer and the Minimizer—meant to aid law enforcement. But when the Maximizer malfunctions on Batman, he begins to grow uncontrollably, forcing him to flee Gotham to protect its citizens, leaving crime to flourish in his absence. Written by Edmond Hamilton and illustrated by Dick Sprang with inks by Charles Paris, the cover by Sheldon Moldoff captures the moment of escalating peril.
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Batman and Robin are invited to his lab to witness inventions he has just created to aid law enforcement: the Maximizer and the Minimizer. Unfortunately, the Maximizer plays on the Caped Crusader, who begins to grow uncontrollably, and finds he must leave Gotham City for the people's protection, allowing crime to seemingly run rampant.
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